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buckybarnesevents · 8 months

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⏪PART ONE

WEEK EIGHT: July 20th - July 26th

Prompts: “How did you meet?” ✧ Undercover Mission | High Stakes Op | Stakeout

— A Farmer’s Wingman | A Stroke of Luck | Starstruck ✧ by rookthorne — A Sugar-Coated Pill - Chapter 3 ✧by polizwrites — When life gets hard, I’m always gong to hold you ✧by reagy-jay — Power Play - Chapter 4 ✧ by late-to-the-party-81 — Business ✧ by otpcutie — Bet On You ✧ by im-95-not-dead — if you can take all of my faults, one day I’ll repay the costs ✧by buckyismybicycle — Forgive Me, Though I Have Sinned - Chapter 5 ✧by buckybarnesdeservestobehappy — Fiasco ✧ by smutconnoisseur

WEEK NINE: July 27th - August 2nd

FREE WEEK ✧ Optional Prompts: “S” - Sex Pollen, Sounding, Summer Vacation, Spanking

— A Sugar-Coated Pill - Chapter 4 ✧ by polizwrites — Would That Be A Problem? ✧ by endlesstwanted — found love in a hopeless place ✧ by buckyismybicycle — Stucky AU: Summer Vacation ✧ by otpcutie — Spellbound ✧ by smutconnoisseur — Awakening the Beast | Run, Kotenok, Run | Stroke of Midnight ✧ by rookthorne — Sunshine After The Rain ✧ by im-95-not-dead — Power Play - Chapter 5 ✧ by late-to-the-party-81 — Desperate ✧ by buckets-and-trees — Shine Bright Like a Sunset ✧ by buckybarnesdeservestobehappy

WEEK TEN: August 3rd - August 9th

Prompts: “Long day at work?” ✧ Superior | Massages/Back Rubs | Bath

— Taking the Burden | Serenity | Protected Haven | A Clover’s Intuition ✧ by rookthorne — These Hands Of Mine ✧ by im-95-not-dead — You bring me closer to God - Chapter 1 ✧ by late-to-the-party-81 — When the Pool Closes - Chapter 3 ✧ by buckybarnesdeservestobehappy — Stucky AU: Spa Day ✧ by otpcutie — Bubble Bath Dreams ✧ by smutconnoisseur — hey now, you’re an all-star - Chapter 22 ✧ by @buckyismybicycle — Technicalities - Chapter 4 ✧ by polizwrites

WEEK ELEVEN: August 10th - August 16th

Prompts: “Give me a colour.” ✧ Red | Yellow | Green

— Winter Soldier aesthetic (Green) ✧ by otpcutie — In The Still Of The Night ✧ by im-95-not-dead — You bring me closer to God - Chapter 2 ✧ by late-to-the-party-81 — every shade of grey has left us colourblind ✧ by buckyismybicycle — Strengthened Bond | Soft Hearts, Gentle Words ✧ by rookthorne — When the Pool Closes - Chapter 4 ✧ by @buckybarnesdeservestobehappy — Bucky's Last choice by rufferto9

WEEK TWELVE: August 3rd - August 9th

Prompts: Who’s my ____?” ✧ Good Boy/Girl | Perfect Fuckhole | Little Slut

— Heel ✧ by rookthorne — I’ve Got To Praise You (Like I Should) ✧ by im-95-not-dead — I Can Take You To Heaven And Back ✧ by endlesstwanted — Starshine (1k) ✧ by otpcutie — a fire growing between my head and my heart ✧ by buckyismybicycle — A Future Golden With Promise - Chapter 4 ✧ by buckybarnesdeservestobehappy — Technicalities - Chapter 5 ✧ by polizwrites — You bring me closer to God - Chapter 3 ✧ by late-to-the-party-81 — The Taming of a Mongrel ✧ by smutconnoisseur

WEEK THIRTEEN: August 3rd - August 9th

FREE WEEK ✧ Optional Prompts: “B” - Belly Bulge, Bondage, Bossy

— Finding Something Fresh - Chapter 4 ✧ by polizwrites — You bring me closer to God - Chapter 4 ✧ by late-to-the-party-81 — Castaway Cove ✧ by metalbvcky — Full of Surprises | Breathtaking ✧ by rookthorne — Your Hand In Mine ✧ by im-95-not-dead — Bucky Barnes AU: Baker!Bucky ✧ by otpcutie — Saturday Night Movie Marathon ✧ by buckets-and-trees — the way you touch, the way you taste ✧ by buckyismybicycle — To Be Bitten Under The Mistletoe ✧ by endlesstwanted — Contact High, Middle Earth, and Laying Low ✧ by buckybarnesdeservestobehappy

And that's a wrap, folks! Thank you so much for joining us, and we can't wait to see you next year! 😘

2023 AO3 Collection | Event Archive

& a big thank you to @rookthorne for our header & dividers!

#bucky barnes events #bucky barnes #bucky barnes fanworks #bucky barnes fanfiction #bucky barnes fanart #hotbuckysummer2023 #bbe #event masterlist

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twwpress · 6 months

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Weekly Press Briefing #70: October 22nd - October 28th

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from October 22 - October 28, 2023! Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing!

Challenges/Prompts:

There are no open challenges/prompts that we know of this week. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote or know of one we’re missing? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

This Week in Canon:

Welcome back to This Week in Canon, where we revisit moments in The West Wing that occurred on these dates during the show’s run.

Season 2, Episode 4: In This White House aired on October 25, 2000.

Season 3, Episode 3: Ways and Means aired on October 24, 2001.

Season 5, Episode 4: Han aired on October 22, 2003.

Season 6, Episode 2: The Birnam Wood aired on October 27, 2004.

Season 7, Episode 5: Here Today aired on October 23, 2005.

Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from October 22 - October 28:

Amy Landecker posted photos of her and Brad’s new puppy, Angie: 1 | 2

Amy Landecker posted photos of her and husband Bradley Whitford with his The Handmaid’s Tale castmades Ever Carradine and Julie Dretzin at the Hudson Theatre, where Julie is appearing in Sea of Terror. Bradley Whitford posted one of these photos too.

Amy Landecker posted a graphic promoting an upcoming Stories from the Front Line event in LA on November 2.

Josh Malina posted a video of himself encouraging his fellow union members to stay SAG-AFTRA strong, as well as a version with captions.

Josh Malina posted photos from a couple’s memorable wedding in celebration of their anniversary: 1 | 2

Marlee Matlin posted photos from Family Weekend at UO, where her youngest daughter is a student.

Marlee Matlin posted a video of Maine Governor Janet Mills hugging the ASL interpreter when speaking on CNN about the tragic mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, in which multiple victims were members of the Deaf community.

Marlee Matlin posted in memory of Matthew Perry.

Mary McCormack posted a photo of herself walking the SAG-AFTRA picket line with Mac Brandt.

Peter James Smith posted a photo of himself on the SAG-AFTRA picket line with Greg Daniels.

Rob Lowe posted a photo of himself and his son Johnny on the pickleball court.

Miscellaneous:

On October 28th, beloved actor Matthew Perry passed away. In addition to being known around the world for playing Chandler Bing on Friends, TWW and Sorkinverse fans also know and love him for his roles as Joe Quincy, the Associate White House Counsel who replaces Ainsley Hayes, and Matt Albie on Studio 60. We are deeply saddened by this loss and are sending our love to his family, friends, and fans.

Edits/Artwork:

#joshdonnamsr (taylor’s version)! by @hvnleia [VIDEO EDIT] #JOSHDONNA: i broke my own heart ‘cause you were too polite to do it by @JessBakesCakes [VIDEO EDIT]

Editors’ Choice:

Trick or treat! To celebrate spooky season, we rounded up some of our favorite Halloween fics that weren’t in last year’s Halloween round-up. Stay in with these sweet (and mostly not-so scary) treats!

Dead Man's Creek by LadyReisling for RisalSoran | Rated G | No Pairings Listed (Gen Fic) | Complete | No political operative in their right mind would be here four days before the election. But they all lived by the same credo: Let Bartlet be Bartlet. "Who said this is a good idea?" by msmarycrawley | Rated G | No Pairings Listed (Gen Fic) | Complete | The country’s best and brightest decorate the White House for Halloween. life and love are the same by jazzjo | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, C. J. Cregg/Andrea Wyatt/Toby Ziegler (implied) | Complete | As far as Josh knows, his baby girl has it all figured out. If things were different... by Khoshekh42 | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete | Josh hands out candy on Halloween. He and Sam talk about their relationship. all dressed up by sam_writes_fics | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Ainsley Hayes/Sam Seaborn | Complete | Josh and Donna take their kids trick or treating. // Halloween fic set fifteen (ish) years post canon. Stuck in the Middle With You by blueteak for SuburbanSun | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | fter an hour stuck in the elevator on Halloween, senior staff suspected the reason they were still stuck there had something to do with Leo trying to teach them a lesson. White House elevators couldn't just get stuck like others, could they? tears and fears and feelin’ proud by jeaniecregg | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler | Complete | CJ drags Toby to a scary movie.

We will be reblogging this week's fics shortly!

#the west wing #tww #tww fandom #josh lyman #donna moss #tww fic #west wing #cj cregg #sam seaborn #toby ziegler

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zenaidamacrouras1 · 1 year

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Backhoe Bonus Drabble

This is a random summer scene that doesn't fit into any of my Backhoe chapters. I'll have a series of these that I'll probably add on as a separate work in the Backhoe series after the whole fic is finished, but have a tumblr drabble for now. This takes place during the time jump between chapters 19 and 20. I don't think it's majorly spoilery, and I don't think you need to read the fic to get it. If you like to read a fic pure with no surprises whatsoever, maybe read the fic first.

Chapters 1-20 are here, chapters 21 and 22 are mostly ready and will post this week and next, probably going to be like 25 chapters total please stop laughing at me I'm trying to end this damn thing. (initial chapter count was like 5) (go ahead and laugh) (but also feel free to encourage me, I think I'm finally out of my writer's block, yay!)

Late July:

Ever since Bucky became manager for his crew, he’s tried to make sure they don’t have unexpected afternoons off. On the one hand, sure, there’s nothing better than finishing a job early and peacing the fuck off to head home. On the other, well, you don’t get paid for hours you don’t work. So, he tries to make it so everyone’s getting paid, is all.

But sometimes, the timing just doesn’t work out like that. Right now, it’s 1 pm on a Friday, and they’ve wrapped up this gig, and it don’t make sense to start on the next job till Monday morning, so everyone heads home. Bucky promises some long days next week to make up for it on that paycheck. So it’s backslaps and a few dirty jokes while they all pack up, and then Bucky’s in his truck driving the winding roads back home.

Steve’s gonna be there, he thinks, with a grin he’s glad no one can see. Steve’s just come back last night from helping out with some action out in San Francisco. Greenpeace paid him to fly out there and do trainings on art shit and paint some big-ass banners.

Bucky’d like to burst with pride when he saw those damn banners hanging from a god damn skyscraper, protesting globalization. Steve was on strict orders from Greenpeace and one J.B. Barnes not to get arrested himself; he just painted the banners. Bucky had shown the pictures to Peter, cause Peter was the only guy at work he’s out with on both the politics stuff and on the gay stuff. Peter’s genuine “Holy shit, man” was worth all the teasing that followed about how fucking lovesick Bucky is about his sexy little anarchist boyfriend.

But also, he had missed Steve, fuck it all but he did, and dammit the guy was only gone five days. It doesn’t bode well for when Steve goes back to college next month, but Bucky’s never been one to worry about a debt before it comes due. That just means suffering twice.

Bucky listens to the truck for any errant noises as he drives. He'd thought he heard a knock this morning, but apparently whatever it was has worked itself out for now. He switches on the stereo.

Bucky tries one of the playlists Steve loves listening to, featuring Against Me! and a bunch of other political punk bands. Bucky doesn’t hate it, he doesn’t, but fuck, it’s a pretty summer’s day and the sunlight’s filtering through the leaves and everything green is just so happy to be alive and growing in the mountains right now. That music is so damn strident, sometimes a man just wants to enjoy some peace in this world and forget about all the problems. After half a song, Bucky switches to some bluegrass. He and Steve don’t have to like the same music, he figures.

Becca Jane, never shy with her opinion, has declared that Steve’s music of choice sounded "like you stuck a bull in a barrel with an electric guitar and shoved it down a flight of stairs." About three days into listening to the punk music coming out of Steve’s studio in the laundry room, she’d come home from her MCAT prep course and handed Steve a pair of brand-new bluetooth headphones and an ultimatum.

So the Barnes kids like country music and their houseguest, who happens to be Bucky's boyfriend, likes punk. Steve switched to headphones and there really haven’t been any other major conflicts with him living there. It’s kind of a miracle, Bucky thinks, as he turns onto Brushy Fork Holler Road. Jean’s out in her front yard gardening, and he raises two fingers up off the wheel to say hi, slowing in case she’s got something to say, but she just waves and looks back down to her precious rose bushes. Sometimes Bucky thinks she spends more time fussing over her flowers than Bucky does raising five kids, but to each their own. Looks pretty, anyway.

Then it's just another minute until he hears the crunch of gravel under his truck tires and he's looking at the house he's lived in his whole life.

The house is quiet when he climbs out of the truck in the driveway. No one’s expecting him, so that ain’t a surprise. The girls are probably down at the swimming hole or playing video games at Maria and Monica’s. He kicks off his boots on the front porch and goes prowling through the house. He grins when he hears Steve singing from the laundry room.

Steve’s singing is—well, the thing is, if Steve was good at everything, that just wouldn’t be fair, now would it? Steve’s a great strategist on this pipeline shit; he’s been such a help to Bucky on his quest to stop the fucking thing. He has a great head for the lawyer stuff and the activist strategy side of it. He’s learning how to cook and getting real good at it. He’s obviously a gifted artist, as everyone knows, and he’s fucking nice as hell too. The girls love him, and they are a tough audience.

And, well, he has other skills Bucky ain’t shouting to the world about, that’s private, but Bucky sure ain’t got nothing to complain about. When it comes to the bedroom, Steve’s a god damn prodigy, Bucky thinks with a shiver of pleasure down his spine. Steven Brooklyn Grant God Damn Rogers.

So it just makes sense that Steve would have a few faults, and that's the most charitable thing Bucky can say about Steve’s singing. Steve couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket—hell, he couldn’t carry a tune in a semi-truck full of buckets. He’d flip that semi right over, highway’d be backed up and on fire from here to Timbuktu.

Which is why Bucky’s at the door of the laundry room before he can piece together what song Steve’s torturing to within an inch of its life. It’s the fucking Dixie Chicks. Or just the Chicks now, whatever. Steve is obediently wearing the headphones Becca told him to wear at the risk of death if she had to hear “that atonal screeching you call music one more fucking time" and so he has no idea how loud he’s “singing”—honestly, it ain’t anything Bucky’d categorize as singing, but there are words and they are carrying through the door.

I wanna walk and not runI wanna skip and not fallI wanna look at the horizon and not see a building standing tallI wanna be the only one for miles and milesExcept for maybe you and your simple smile

Bucky feels a slow sly smile stretch across his face and pulls the door open. Steve’s singing a country music love song. Steve's facing away from him, wearing just a pair of boxer briefs and a loose black t-shirt. Bucky sees Steve's pants are in the sink; he must have gotten paint on them and taken them off to soak.

Steve's got one hand wide to the side like he's balancing on a tightrope and the other is painting some kind of white accent on a flower. He makes it look so easy, light movements bringing life wherever Steve touches.

Cowboy taaaaake me awaaaaayyy

Steve caterwauls to his flowers, and Bucky can't take the suspense anymore. He waits until the paintbrush is a safe distance from the canvas, then slips his arms around Steve's slender waist and lowers his lips to Steve's neck. Steve jumps with a little shout and whirls around, dropping his paintbrush. He jerks his earbuds out.

"You're early!" Steve gasps. He's blushing something fierce.

"Who's this cowboy you're singing about running away with, and should I be jealous?" Bucky whispers into Steve's smooth, pretty neck. He gives a small kiss. "Don't tell me I gotta fight a cowboy for your honor. I ain't much with a six-shooter, and I am kindly scared of horses."

"You're scared of horses?" Steve asks incredulously, always looking for something to direct the conversation away from his own feelings.

"Maybe they're scared of me? Me and horses never had much opportunity to get to know each other, makes more sense to be scared of horses than chickens," Bucky says, and offers a few more kisses to Steve's neck.

"Horses are majestic and chickens are evil,” Steve says darkly, and sighs, leaning into Bucky’s lips on his neck. “Hmm. Well, my cowboy is very handsome, you should definitely be jealous."

"Maybe I'll steal him away. I got lots of beans. Cowboys cain't resist a good bean."

"Well, my cowboy is good-looking but a bit slim in the brains department, so he might like you, actually."

Bucky huffs a laugh into Steve's neck, and drops a few more kisses, running his mouth softly up and down Steve's neck. Steve suddenly busts out a loud laugh, which is not the reaction Bucky was going for. He'd been expecting more of Steve's little sighs.

"What?" Bucky says in frustration, when Steve's still laughing.

"Buh—" Steve can't hardly breathe for laughing.

"Spit out whatever fool insult you've done come up with, then," Bucky says, a smile quirking up despite himself. Steve looks so fucking pleased, the jerk.

"Buckaroo!" Steve manages to burst out with a wicked grin.

"Oh, hell no," Bucky says. "Nope. Absolutely not. I ain't a fucking cowboy." Steve's still laughing at him.

"That right, Buckarooooo?" he taunts.

"I'm a hillbilly. It's different," Bucky says with a mock threat in his voice.

"Okay, okay, so what do you have that my imaginary cowboy doesn't?" Steve smirks at him. Everything is a challenge with this guy.

"Hmm, it's more of a show-don't-tell kinda thing," Bucky murmurs, moving back into Steve's space. "See, cowboys are all talk."

"So what are hillbillies?" Steve says, suddenly breathy, Bucky notes with satisfaction.

"Action, Stevie, we're about action."

It ain't but a second till Bucky's pulled out that sweet little sigh he wanted from Steve, and a whole symphony of pretty sounds after that.

#stucky au #stucky fanfic #Appalachian Bucky Barnes #Artist Steve Rogers #Drabble #Idiots in Love #sweet sappy lusting

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thatstormygeek · 4 months

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“Ultimately, I believe that we should provide equal protection under the law for all unborn children,” Fairchild said. “I believe that science proves that life begins at conception, and the government has a responsibility to protect that life from conception until natural death.”

Oh, wow. That's quite a stand for a Republican. Obviously this means he supports extended pregnancy and parental leave and socialized healthcare and universal basic income and all that stuff, right? I mean, if the government has a responsibility to "protect" life from "conception until natural death," that's a big change from how we currently operate.

Let's see what else he's been up to in his 3 years in the Kansas legislature...

Hmm. That doesn't seem like it's super concerned with protecting life. What else?

That's kind of odd. I mean, if you're going to disallow certain types of medicine that have years of evidence of their effectiveness, sponsoring a bill to make sure drugs that don't have that evidence are more widely available certainly is A Choice.

Ultimately, of the 19 bills and resolutions he's signed on to sponsor, four of them have been anti-abortion actions. The rest are spread out across topics, though two of the four non-abortion resolutions are about legislative term limits (the other two are recognizing a Teacher of the Year and condemning the Oct 7th attacks).

I don't know why I bothered to begin doing this. We all know they don't care that they are hypocrites. I guess something about the ridiculousness of his statement combined with the GOP take on pretty much anything inspired me.

However, I did run across this in a bill that became law over Gov. Kelly's veto and just...what?

This is an ultrasound of a fetus at 9 weeks

There is zero chance of this fetus being born alive.

This is a 12 week ultrasound:

Again, this fetus is not going to survive birth. (Ultrasound images from here)

Fetal viability is a complex topic that I'm not going to go into, except to say that experts place the earliest viable gestation age around 22-24 weeks and, according to that Wikipedia article linked right there, the "lowest gestational age newborn to survive...was born on 5 July 2020 in the United States, at 21 weeks and 1 day gestational age, weighing 420 grams." So what the fuck are they even doing with that reporting requirement? I mean, we know what they are doing, but still. wtf.

#this is my brain on life #us politics #representative government my ass #fire the gop #kansas reflector #kansas #abortion #fetal viability #ultrasound images

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cariantha · 1 year

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I posted 602 times in 2022

That's 602 more posts than 2021!

194 posts created (32%)

408 posts reblogged (68%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@jamespotterthefirst

@jerzwriter

@mydemonsdrivealimo

@peonierose

@potionsprefect

I tagged 270 of my posts in 2022

#ethan x sawyer - 107 posts

#thanks for the ask! - 105 posts

#ethan ramsey - 76 posts

#open heart - 73 posts

#thirsty thursday - 39 posts

#manips - 22 posts

#open heart choices - 22 posts

#ethan ramsey x mc - 22 posts

#ethan x mc - 22 posts

#open heart fanfic - 22 posts

Longest Tag: 83 characters

#i can't look at this picture and not imagine diapers and coloring books in that bag

My Top Posts in 2022:

Meet My MC

Taglist: @choicesficwriterscreations @potionsprefect @jamespotterthefirst @annfg8 @peonierose @socalwriterbee @tessa-liam @jerzwriter @quixoticdreamer16 @mysticalgalaxysstuff @inlocusmads

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Preliminary Observations

Book: Open Heart, Book 1, Chapter 2

Pairing: Dr. Ethan Ramsey x F!MC (Dr. Sawyer Brooks)

Word count: 1888

Rating: Teen

Category: Ethan’s POV

Warning: A few curse words.

Prompt/Summary: Harper asks Ethan to share his impressions of the new interns after their first day on the job.

A/N: I’ve been replaying Chapter 2 over and over as I work on my next set of edits. I had a little spark of inspiration and just started writing and I think it resulted in my first fic. 😱 Here goes nothing!

Ethan was in the diagnostics office finalizing some paperwork before calling it a day and heading to Donahue’s to decompress. He frequented the pub a few nights a week usually to grab a beer and some dinner before heading home. Sometimes he would treat himself to a nice glass of scotch, a reward after a long and stressful day. Tonight was most definitely going to be a night that he treated himself. It was July 1st after all, the most dreaded day of the year. The day each year that a new cohort of interns show up to wreak havoc in the hospital. And as anticipated, it had been an exhausting day of babysitting and putting obnoxious ass-kissers in their place.

Donahue’s was down the street and popular with the hospital staff. For Ethan, it was an airlock between the hospital and home. A place to grieve losses or celebrate victories and leave the remnants of the workday behind.

Ethan wasn’t a social person, but he liked to watch people. He was exceptionally observant. He found it fascinating what you could learn about a person when observing them “out in the real world.” And over the years he had learned quite a bit about his colleagues watching from his barstool in the corner.

He knew some of the interns would likely find their way to the local watering hole tonight. No doubt receiving an invitation from the friendliest of residents, Dr. Delarosa. His curiosity about this new batch outweighed the desire to go directly home and avoid any further annoyance. And if he was being honest with himself, there was one intern in which he was quite intrigued. When he passed through the atrium a little while ago, he overheard the new friend group discussing their plans for the evening. She confirmed that she would be there tonight, thus confirming his decision to stop and get a drink before heading home.

“Knock, knock,” Harper said as she rapped on the frame of the open door. “Got a minute?”

“I was just getting ready to leave for the night,” Ethan said as he signed off on the last of his paperwork.

“I won’t keep you long. I just wanted to check in. I know how much you look forward to this day each year,” she sassed him. “So, what do you think of the new crop?” she asked moving to take the seat next to him at the table.

Ethan leaned back in his chair, pinched his eyes shut, and took a deep breath. “They’re interns, Harper. They are annoying as all hell.” He started to rub the tension from his neck.

“Here, let me help you with that,” she said seductively, brushing his hand aside to replace it with her own.

“Harper, please,” he said sternly. Gently he grabbed her wrist and moved her hand back to her lap.

Ethan had been warding off her advances for a few weeks now. He recognized the pattern and knew she wanted to be “on” again. And truth be told, he was tired of the on/off situation. He respected her immensely, but was bored with her as a romantic partner. The last time they were officially together, conversations rarely strayed away from work. Sex was satisfying, but nothing mind-blowing. The investment in whatever kind of relationship they attempted no longer worth the return. Her becoming Chief was a convenient excuse to end things for good.

Seemingly unphased by yet another polite rejection, she continued, “I heard the Internal Medicine floor had several emergencies and that the code team was spread pretty thin this afternoon.”

“Yes, it was a busy day. We had simultaneous code blues called this afternoon,” Ethan stated. “Unfortunately, the patient that the code team was called to first didn’t make it. However, the doctors who called the code for the other patient were thankfully able to pull her through.”

“Wow, it sounds like the interns on this floor got to see quite a bit of action today!”

“I suppose so.”

“So… did any of those interns stand out to you today?” she said secretly hoping that her niece was one of them. “I also need to know if you scared any of them shitless and made them quit already. We do have candidates on a waitlist praying for that to happen,” she laughed.

Ethan pinched the bridge of his nose. He knew all she really cared about was Aurora’s performance today. “Harper, I was just trying to make sure no one unnecessarily died today. I wasn’t really giving any one of them too much thought,” he lied. He had been giving one a lot of thought actually. His recommendation for the intern program. He had seen a lot of potential in her application and she hadn’t disappointed on her first day in action.

“Come on, Ethan,” Harper nudged, “I know you well enough to know you were paying closer attention than that. You're the reason we all stopped placing bets on interns. You called it every time. You have an uncanny ability to see those with the most, and least, potential. I don’t know if it’s your keen diagnostic skills or a Spidey-sense…” she said, shaking her head with a laugh, “...but obviously my strategy of counting how many times an intern is caught crying in the supply closet is flawed.”

Ethan gave her a polite laugh.

“So, go on and tell me, who are you betting on this year?”

“Fine,” he said exasperated, not wanting to play this game with her. “Based on my preliminary observations today, I would bet on Varma and Brooks. From what I observed today, Dr. Varma has the ambition and drive to be successful here. She's aggressive and has a tactless attitude, but she’s quite intelligent. And she won’t be scared easily.”

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The Boyfriend Excuse

Book: Open Heart, Book 2 (sometime after the gala)

Pairing: Dr. Ethan Ramsey x F!MC (Dr. Sawyer Brooks)

Word count: 1.1K

Rating: Teen

Category: Fluff

Warning: A curse word or two.

Prompt: Ethan’s reaction to MC saying “I have a boyfriend” when he tries to hug/kiss her or something because she’s way too hammered. (prompt courtesy of @mvalentine)

Sawyer had been at Donahue's since happy hour started. The crew had all gathered there to celebrate Jackie's birthday. Given the occasion and who they were celebrating, tequila shots appeared in front of her one after the other.

Breaking into a sweat on the dance floor, Sawyer began to feel quite dizzy. She weaved and wobbled her way to a stool at the bar. Trying to regain equilibrium, she rested her elbows on the counter and buried her face into her hands.

A few moments later, a very tan and handsome man wearing a navy colored Hawaiian print shirt sidled up next to her.

"Hey there. How are you doing?" he asked, running fingers through his side swept hair. "Can I get you something, or maybe just take you home?"

"I'm fine, and no thank you," she replied politely, slowly lifting her head. She avoided making eye contact with him and kept her eyes trained behind the bar. She thought if she could get the bartender's attention and order two drinks that this guy would assume she wasn’t there alone.

She just managed to ask the bartender for the drinks when a towering figure who smelled like a mix of citrus and ocean breeze stepped up to the bar on her other side.

The men flanking her shared a gentlemanly nod of understanding. The taller of the two then leaned down and whispered near her ear.

"You look like you’re ready to get out of here. Do you want to come home with me tonight? Or should I take you back to your place?"

"Um, would you excuse me please?” As quickly as she could without falling over, Sawyer jumped up from the stool and started to walk away from the bar.

“Where are you going?” asked the man who had approached her first.

She whipped her head around in his direction, the quick movement making her feel like she was once again spinning in a teacup.

“I need to use the restroom.”

After locking the door, she propped herself against the sink for stability and pulled her phone from the back pocket of her jeans. She opened her most recent text exchange and began typing.

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You Look Very...

Book: Open Heart, Book 1

Pairing: Dr. Ethan Ramsey x F!MC (Dr. Sawyer Brooks)

Word count: 1.2K

Rating: Teen

Category: Fluff

Warning: A curse word or two.

Prompt/Summary: Sawyer shows up at Ethan’s place unannounced and neither is prepared for what they see when he opens the door. This takes place after Miami but before the opera.

A/N: Inspired by the “dresses” ask from my beautiful friend @peonierose.

As she scooted out of the car, Sawyer promised, “I'll only be a few minutes."

"Not a problem, babe," her companion assured, already scrolling through their phone to keep busy while they waited.

Sawyer grasped her clutch and a file folder in one hand, the other picking up the bottom of her dress to keep it from getting snagged as she climbed the steps to the entrance of the building.

Without thinking, Sawyer buzzed herself in with a code that had previously been shared with her.

"Good evening, Miss Sawyer," the security guard greeted. "Don't you look lovely tonight."

"Why thank you, Mike," she beamed while making her way to the elevator bay. As she stood waiting for one, "Having a good night so far?"

"Can't complain." And with the ding of an available lift, "I hope you and Dr. Ramsey have a pleasant evening.”

"Thanks, but I'm actually not staying long tonight. Just dropping something off." She twisted the file in the air for him to see just as the elevator doors closed on their conversation.

After being whisked to the top floor, Sawyer walked to the door labeled 8A at the end of the hall and knocked. One hard knock, followed by two quick softer ones.

Just a few minutes prior, a frustrated Ethan shoved his laptop to the side. Having reviewed his fifth sepsis case study that day with no new insights, he threw his head to the back of the couch and ran his hands down his exhausted face. Closing his eyes, he willed himself to think of anything else but his dying mentor.

With some luck, his brain cooperated. Behind his eyelids, he had been transported to a warmer climate, where salt air tickled his nostrils, and ocean breeze cooled his heated skin. Where he sat in a similar position with the most pleasant weight straddling his lap. His hand was held in place with the most melodic rhythm beating beneath the heel of his palm…

THUMP. Thump, thump.

The familiar pattern of knocks at his door jarred him back to reality. He knew in an instant who stood on the other side, and without further thought he swiftly crossed the room to answer.

As the door gently swung open, “Sawyer? Is something wrong? Is it Na-” he paused, suddenly distracted by her appearance. “Naveen?”

“Oh, no, he’s uh…” she muttered, momentarily losing her focus. “He-he’s fine. Stable and all settled in for the night.”

Initial worry set aside, they each took a moment to appreciate the sight in front of them.

Sawyer sucked in and held the breath that had just escaped from between Ethan’s lips.

He stood barefoot before her. The only article of clothing on his body, soft cotton pajama pants, accentuated his V-cut abs. Blues followed greens as they traced the defining lines of his bare pectoral, trapezius and deltoid muscles, ending on the patch of dark hair just below his navel.

Ethan’s abs involuntarily constricted. A muscle memory triggered by her stare, one he had caught before through a slightly fogged mirror.

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Allergic to You

Book: Open Heart, Book 1

Pairing: Dr. Ethan Ramsey x F!MC (Dr. Sawyer Brooks)

Word count: 2.3K

Rating: Teen

Category: Hurt/Comfort, Fluff

Warning: A couple curse words

Prompt/Summary: Does your MC have any severe allergies? Do you have any headcanons for their LI's?

A/N 1: THANK YOU to the anon who sent the ask that inspired me to write my first hurt/comfort fic. It’s my most favorite trope and I’ve been wanting to take a stab at it. I hope you like it!

A/N 2: This is set a few weeks after Miami. Also, I’m not a medical expert. If it’s not medically accurate, just go with it.

“It’s definitely an ear infection. I’ll write you a script for some Bactrim.”

“Thank you, Ines,” Sawyer said as she stepped down from the exam table.

“We still have some time before rounds this morning. Why don’t you run this down to the pharmacy right now? The sooner you start the antibiotics, the sooner you’ll start to feel better.”

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“Dr. Emery, your treatment plan?” asked Dr. Ramsey.

“Pain relievers and a muscle relaxant to promote sleep. We’ll also recommend physical therapy.”

An “ahem” could be heard from the back of the room.

Ethan’s eyes continued to scan the chart in his hands. “Something to add Dr. Brooks?” He didn’t have to look up to know it came from her.

“Sorry, no, I apologize. I was just clearing my throat,” she said with an unexpected hoarseness in her voice.

Aurora rolled her eyes as Ethan suggested they move on to the next patient.

The group proceeded to the next room. As Landry presented the case, Sawyer felt a coughing fit coming on. She tried hard to suppress it but it had become too difficult to contain. She coughed repeatedly into her elbow but found no relief. Not wanting to cause further disruption, she gestured to Ines that she was going to step out.

With every step down the hall Sawyer felt her heart pound a little harder. The relentless coughing made her lightheaded. She reached the abandoned nurse’s station and with trembling hands she clumsily dispensed water into a paper cup. As she attempted to take a sip she choked, her throat so tight she was unable to swallow.

Panic started to set in as each inhalation grew more difficult. She looked both directions down the hall for help as she felt increasingly faint.

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After answering a last-minute question from the patient’s nurse, Ethan exited the room to catch up with the interns. As he stepped into the hall something odd caught his attention. Several yards away, a foot with a familiar shoe haphazardly stuck out from behind the nurse’s desk.

Immediately sensing something amiss, he rushed over.

“Sawyer!” he called as he threw the chart he held to the ground and rushed to her side. She was slumped on the floor, head and shoulders barely propped up against a cabinet door. She was gasping for breath, skin clammy, lips turning blue.

“Sawyer? What’s wrong?” he implored, checking her pulse and yanking the stethoscope from his neck.

She couldn’t speak, but terror-filled eyes met his with a desperate plea for help.

Ethan listened to her chest. Her breaths were fast and shallow. Her breathing severely restricted.

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Beverly Ann Moore, 15 (USA 1975)

On July 11, 1975, 15-year-old Beverly’s parents brought her to the Chattanooga Women's Clinic (the "Lime 5" facility) for a legal abortion. Tuckey Hayes was the abortionist who killed Beverly and her unborn baby.

Beverly’s parents waited for their daughter, unaware of the danger she was in. Hayes told them that Beverly was going to be just fine, and they believed him. 15 minutes later, Beverly was dead.

The facility was riddled with malpractice, negligence and abuse. Even after killing 15-year-old Beverly, it was allowed to stay open. For years afterwards there were dozens of health and safety violations recorded. Here are some of the violations:

•Wrist, knee or foot controls not provided on lavatories used by physicians and nurses (3-8-79)

•No system for referring patients to (actual) health care providers (3-8-79)

•No emergency transfer arrangements (3-8-79)

•Lack of written job descriptions (3-8-79, 10-10-89)

•Lack of documentation of staff qualifications (10-10-89)

•Inoperable emergency lighting (3-8-79, 3-12-87, 3-17-87, 4-5-93)

•Re-use of disposable curettes (3-12-87)

•Medications out-of-date (5-22-85, 3-12-87, 3-17-87, 10-10-89, 4-6-92)

•Outdated IV solution (10-10-89)

•Medications improperly stored (3-8-79, 3-12-87, 3-17-87, 6-18-87)

•Unwrapped speculums stored in examining table drawer (6-18-87)

•Used disposable curettes stored on shelf with clean supplies (6-18-87)

•Blood on procedure table (10-10-89)

•Dirty floor/equipment in lab (10-10-89)

•out of date sterile instruments in autoclave area (6-18-87)

•"Sterile instruments in treatment room observed to have stains" (4-6-92)

•Patient records lacking documentation of required testing for sexually transmitted diseases (10-10-89).

And in 1992 a client sued the facility for the negligent and dehumanizing treatment she had endured while undergoing an 8-week abortion. She tried to use a fake name to protect her privacy, but the facility successfully moved that she had to use her real name in public if she wanted to sue them.

This was ironic and hypocritical considering that during her abortion appointment, the facility had refused to use her name and told her to answer only to “Lime 5”. Her pre-abortion "counseling" took place in a room with 20 other clients instead of in a 1-on-1 session and staff were not available to answer her questions. She was not given copies of any of the papers she was made to sign. When she was on the operating table, the abortionist came in with his shirt unbuttoned. He used repeated profanity, appeared to be fondling the nurse, and told the patient that “Nothing is better in life than sex and money” before injuring her.

This unsanitary, unprofessional and abusive facility should have been shut down long before the 1992 court case. Had they been closed down after killing Beverly, so many people would have been spared from the horrific treatment of the “Lime 5” facility.

MEMORIAL ID 27278635

Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Survey Form 3-12-87

Statement of Deficiencies and Plan of Correction 3-8-79, 5-22-85, 3-17-87, 6-18-87, 4-24-90, 4-16-91, 4-6-92, 4-5-93

Licensing Board Docket No. 17.17-D-89-1104A

#abortion #tw abortion #tw ab*rtion #pro life #pro choice #tw murder #abortion debate #unsafe yet legal

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Daredevil Timeline Thoughts

Assuming that Matt and Foggy weren't exaggerating all that much when they told Karen they had been lawyers for a couple of hours, I submit the following two timelines for how this might have happened.

POSSIBLE TIMELINE 1

Late December 2013 – Early January 2014*: Apply to take Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE).

Late March 2014: Takes the MPRE.

April 1, 2014 – April 30, 2014: Apply to take the New York Bar Exam (NYBE).

Late April 2014 or Early May 2014**: Get results from MPRE.

May 5, 2014 – May 16, 2014: Take end of year exams.

May 22, 2014: Attend graduation ceremony from Columbia Law School.

May 22, 2014 – July 28, 2014: Study for NYBE.

July 29, 2014 – July 30, 2014: Take NYBE***

October 28, 2014: Get results from NYBE.

October 31, 2014: Receive Notice of Certification from the Appellate Division, submits application for admission to New York Bar.

November 2014: Has fitness and character interview, mandatory orientation program, and admission ceremony where the oath of office is administrated in open court.

November 2014 – July 2015: Try to convince a bank to give two baby attorneys with no trial experience a business loan to start their own law firm while doing some kind of work in order to pay for things like rent and food.

July 2015****: Events of Daredevil Season 1 begin.

*I could not find exact dates for MPRE except for this year (2023) so I'm guessing based on those dates.

**MPRE typically gives the results about six weeks after taking the exam.

***Consisting of the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), Multistate Performance Test (MPT), and New York law oriented exam consisting of 5 essays questions and 50 multiple choice questions. New York doesn't start using the Universal Bar Exam (UBE) in combination with the NYLC (New York Law Course) and NYLE (New York Law Exam) until 2016.

****MCU and MCU-related stuff are presumed to take place in the same year they aired unless specifically stated otherwise so Daredevil Season 1 took place sometime during 2015. Judging by the weather we see in the first season, I using the month they began filming in New York City which was July.

POSSIBLE TIMELINE 2

April 2014: Apply to participate in the Pro-Bono Scholars Program*

Late July 2014 – Mid-September 2014: Apply to take Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE).

October – November 2014: Accepted into the Program.

November 1, 2014 – November 30, 2014: Applies for New York Bar Exam (NYBE).

Early November 2014: Takes the MPRE.

Mid-December 2014: Gets results from MPRE.

January 2015 – February 23, 2015: Study for bar exam

February 24, 2015 – February 25, 2015: Takes NYBE.

March 1, 2015: Begin Program of combination of pro-bono legal work under supervision of attorney + classwork under supervising Columbia faculty member.

April 27, 2015: Gets results from NYBE.

ca. May 22, 2015**: Complete Program.

June 2015: Receive J.D from Columbia.

June 2015: Receive Notice of Certification from the Appellate Division, submits application for admission to New York Bar.

June 2015: Has fitness and character interview, mandatory orientation program, and admission ceremony where the oath of office is administrated in open court.

July 2015: Get their business loan for Nelson & Murdock.

July 2015: Events of Daredevil Season I begin.

*New program announced in February 2014 by then Chief Justice of New York Jonathan Lippman.

**Program is 12 weeks long, estimate is based on current year estimated dates on Columbia's website.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

Matt would be encouraged to apply for his exams as soon as possible since he has to apply for disability accommodations and that requires some additional forms and documentation.

Doing the Pro-Bono Scholar Programs satisfies the requirement for 50 hours of pro-bono work for admission to the New York Bar that came into effect in January 2015.

SOURCES

Columbia Law School (https://www.law.columbia.edu/)

New York State Board of Law Examiners (https://www.nybarexam.org/)

National Conference of Bar Examiners (https://www.ncbex.org/exams/mpre/)

New York Unified Court System (https://www.nycourts.gov/)

FURTHER THOUGHTS

Alternately, Matt and Foggy passed the bar a couple years prior to series and worked for a couple of years at a law firm or as a judge's clerk while they built up a fund / prepared a business plan to convince a bank to give them a business loan*. AND actually learn how to be trial attorneys since law school doesn't teach you that.

*Given that they reference being in debt and how expensive Columbia is, any money Jack left Matt was long gone so they would need a loan to cover their start-up costs.

IN CONCLUSION

Any thoughts?

Probably to be continued since this isn't the only timeline related thing that snares the part of my brain prone to overthinking.

#daredevil #netflix daredevil #timeline #writing thoughts #meta #probably overthinking it

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Every Modern Cinderella Adaptation Ranked!

In this video, I have examined 28 different adaptations of Cinderella produced in the past 25 years, including film, video games, ballets, musicals, and more than a couple of entries into the Cinderella Story franchise. The goal is to examine the ways that this classic fairy tale has evolved in the past quarter of a century to see what it reflects about the changes being made to our society.

Video Credits Below

Written and Produced by Henry Kathman Additional Voices provided by Laura Crone and Aranock Script Editing by Argus Swift Music by Molly Noise Korean Pronunciation Consulting from Pieter de Rooij

Mentioned Videos (In order of appearance)

Emily Clark, The BEST Cinderella (Full Stop) | Cinderella 1997

Dominic Noble, Ella Enchanted | Lost in Adaptation

Cinderella (2006) Full Movie

Drawpinion Dump, Cinderella III is a Transformative Masterpiece

Full Performance of Into the Woods

Princess Weekes, The Magical Negroes of Stephen King

Year of the Fish Addendum Sources:

Jeong, May, and Photography by An Rong Xu. “How the Atlanta Spa Shootings-the Victims, the Survivors-Tell a Story of America.” Vanity Fair, Condé Nast, 14 Mar. 2022

Levine, Judith. “Yes, Blame Christian Fundamentalism for the Atlanta Murders.” The Intercept, First Look Media, 23 Mar. 2021

Putcha, Rumya S. “White Supremacy and the Wellness Industry, or, Why It Matters That This Happened at a ‘Spa.’” Society and Space, SAGE Publications Inc, 22 Mar. 2021

Steadman, Otillia. “Asian Sex Workers Want to Decriminalize Unlicensed Massage Work One Year after Atlanta Shootings.” BuzzFeed News, BuzzFeed, 21 Mar. 2022

Sources

Bamigboye, Baz. “Director of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Doomed West End Musical 'Cinderella' Is ‘Angered’ over Treatment of Cast and Crew on Show.” Deadline, Penske Media Corporation, 3 May 2022.

Buchanan, Rose Troup. “Andrew Lloyd Webber Flew in from New York in Failed Attempt to Prop up Government Tax Credit Vote.” The Independent, Independent Digital News and Media, 28 Oct. 2015

Fergus, Kerry Auer. “Character Study: Cinderella.” From Score to Stage, 12 May 2017

Kaplan, David. “The Making of Year of the Fish.” Studio Artist News, Feb. 2010

Parsons, Linda T. "Ella evolving: Cinderella stories and the construction of gender-appropriate behavior." Children's literature in education 35.2 (2004): 135-154.

Peck, Emily. “Amazon Has a Pay Gap It's Not Talking About.” Inc.com, The Huffington Post, 28 Mar. 2016

Pugh, Nathan. “#13: On the Steps of the Palace- Analysis on Sondheim's Construction of Choice of Character within ‘Into the Woods.’” The 42+ Project, Weebly, 18 Mar. 2015

Snugboy. Disney's Into The Woods - How NOT To Adapt a Movie. YouTube, 13 July 2020

Wiegand, Chris. “Andrew Lloyd Webber on Cinderella: 'We're Not Looking for a Fight – We Just Want Culture Back!'.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 1 July 2021

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31st July >> Mass Readings (USA)

Saint Ignatius Loyola, Priest

Monday, Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time.

Monday, Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

(Liturgical Colour: White: A (1))

(Readings for the feria (Monday))

(There is a choice today between the readings for the ferial day (Monday) and those for the memorial. The ferial readings are recommended unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise)

First Reading Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34 This people has indeed committed a grave sin, in making a god of gold for themselves.

Moses turned and came down the mountain with the two tablets of the commandments in his hands, tablets that were written on both sides, front and back; tablets that were made by God, having inscriptions on them that were engraved by God himself. Now, when Joshua heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “That sounds like a battle in the camp.” But Moses answered, “It does not sound like cries of victory, nor does it sound like cries of defeat; the sounds that I hear are cries of revelry.” As he drew near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. With that, Moses’ wrath flared up, so that he threw the tablets down and broke them on the base of the mountain. Taking the calf they had made, he fused it in the fire and then ground it down to powder, which he scattered on the water and made the children of Israel drink.

Moses asked Aaron, “What did this people ever do to you that you should lead them into so grave a sin?” Aaron replied, “Let not my lord be angry. You know well enough how prone the people are to evil. They said to me, ‘Make us a god to be our leader; as for the man Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’ So I told them, ‘Let anyone who has gold jewelry take it off.’ They gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out.”

On the next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a grave sin. I will go up to the LORD, then; perhaps I may be able to make atonement for your sin.” So Moses went back to the LORD and said, “Ah, this people has indeed committed a grave sin in making a god of gold for themselves! If you would only forgive their sin! If you will not, then strike me out of the book that you have written.” The LORD answered, “Him only who has sinned against me will I strike out of my book. Now, go and lead the people to the place I have told you. My angel will go before you. When it is time for me to punish, I will punish them for their sin.”

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 106:19-20, 21-22, 23

R/ Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.

Our fathers made a calf in Horeb and adored a molten image; They exchanged their glory for the image of a grass-eating bullock.

R/ Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.

They forgot the God who had saved them, who had done great deeds in Egypt, Wondrous deeds in the land of Ham, terrible things at the Red Sea.

R/ Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.

Then he spoke of exterminating them, but Moses, his chosen one, Withstood him in the breach to turn back his destructive wrath.

R/ Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.

Gospel Acclamation James 1:18

Alleluia, alleluia. The Father willed to give us birth by the word of truth that we may be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Matthew 13:31-35 The mustard seed becomes a large bush and the birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.

Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. “The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.”

He spoke to them another parable. “The Kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened.”

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables. He spoke to them only in parables, to fulfill what had been said through the prophet:

I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has lain hidden from the foundation of the world.

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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Saint Ignatius Loyola, Priest

(Liturgical Colour: White: A (1))

(Readings for the memorial)

(There is a choice today between the readings for the ferial day (Monday) and those for the memorial. The ferial readings are recommended unless pastoral reasons suggest otherwise)

First Reading 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 Do everything for the glory of God.

Brothers and sisters: Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. Avoid giving offense, whether to Jews or Greeks or the Church of God, just as I try to please everyone in every way, not seeking my own benefit but that of the many, that they may be saved. Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11