Tuesday, December 31, 2019

@SamanthaYanity Agreed. But without the rampant excess and fascism.


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Can we all just agree not to use “roaring 20s,” since the last time we did it ended in Economic depression and the rise of global fascism? https://t.co/rQd8Spf1qb


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Also, can we just agree on a moratorium on the use of that phrase for anyone who hasn’t read the original speech? Thanks.


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A genuine pet peeve for me is when #Jesuit institutions use “men and women for others,” which was a call by Servant of God Pedro #Arrupe to radical #solidarity with the #crucified #christ, in fundraising materials implying that giving money is the same thing. #JustSaying https://t.co/hzVto2fx0J


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Saturday, December 28, 2019

Looking at #wedding cards from #hallmark and the like reveals how bad, or at least how paltry, our popular imagination is around #marriage and the #theology behind it.


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And the lion will lay down with the lamb. πŸ˜‰


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Finally saw #RiseofSkywalker and, angry fanboys be damned, it was delightful and emotionally satisfying. #JustSaying


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Friday, December 27, 2019

@catholickungfu A good St Patrick movie that went all in on the stories of him battling demons on tops of mountains and throwing them into lakes, turning into a deer to escape the pagan king, etc.. that’d be something


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Thursday, December 26, 2019

I just got cut off in traffic by the guy who taught me to drive when I was 16, in his driver’s ed car. Welcome home to Connecticut. 🀦🏻‍♂️


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Sunday, December 22, 2019

@BCDreyer If you look at the dialogues of Gregory the great there is an ancient precedent for this. Though Marley wouldn’t be redeemed in the robust sense, this would really be more him working out his own issues by helping Scrooge. If he’s in purgatory, then he’s already redeemed.


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Friday, December 20, 2019

It’s a life philosophy... https://t.co/2JGyVwDDoV


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I love this. https://t.co/NyimwBi1ph


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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

A kind and generous man, and a great choice. It’s been a pleasure serving with him on a committee @TorSchTheology. Prayers for him and the people of Antigonish! https://t.co/axBK7ucIC8


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Has anyone talked to the @gop #Republicans about the optics of the people they have sitting behind the speakers at lectern during the #ImpeachmentDay debate? #AskingForAFriend #TrumpImpeachment


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Let history record that, in registering one of the most solemn and historic votes of his political career that Rep. Scott Perry wore a tie with “ho ho ho” on it. #TrumpImpeachment


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RT @LonerganRegis: Wishing this cheery guy a very happy 115! πŸ₯³ https://t.co/mnEEGc0hy7


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Monday, December 16, 2019

RT @ShaneClaiborne: When people hear us talk of casting the mighty from their thrones and raising the lowly... of filling the hungry with good things while sending the rich away empty... Inevitably, some will say, “That sounds like socialism.” But we will remind them... it is the Gospel of Luke.


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Saturday, December 14, 2019

@martyOBjr In the context of the hat from the French Revolution, the Kansas City peasants is fat more intimidating than the royals, when you think about it.


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Friday, December 13, 2019

RT @fr_quizzical: For my wedding tonight? Yes or No? https://t.co/FrK4pCHLvV


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Agreed! She Knew! The Gospel of Luke says as much! https://t.co/tqWJPdNUzY


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News of the #UKelection2019 #exitpoll #results in #belfast have me going to bed humming this old gem I learned as a kid at the #Irish Americans club. #Irishunity #32counties https://t.co/WUaDl2xepy


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RT @TakingExpert: Brits to Americans in 2016: You guys really elected Donald Trump? Americans to Brits in 2019: #UKElection #exitpoll https://t.co/UVlzA9IG4L


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Thursday, December 12, 2019

Just a reminder that more than one reputable ethnographer has accounts of the #Virgin of #Guadalupe appearing recently to #migrants and #asylum seekers along the US border. #Viva la #VirgendeGuadalupe ! That it’s being reported is fact, if you can’t deal with it, that’s on you. https://t.co/kIh3WVNn5H


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RT @TeawithTolkien: my mama don’t like you and she likes everyone https://t.co/Rz4HeSYjMs


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RT @JamesMartinSJ: Our Lady of #Guadalupe to St. Juan Diego, and to us: "Hear me and understand well, my little son, that nothing should frighten or grieve you. Let not your heart be disturbed. Do not fear that sickness, nor any other sickness or anguish... https://t.co/2XhemuxxfU


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Amen! https://t.co/97eMUHFlSL


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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

@miatheocharis Worst spot on campus


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How one has to self-appropriate while preparing for comprehensive exams... (by which I mean coffee, not seeing the world through the lens of a grandiose cartoon mouse) #PhD #AcademicTwitter https://t.co/ZlEfBFFrdn


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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

I’m writing a big part of my dissertation with Loreto as a case study of how the people of God hold on when all seems lost. Here’s to the holiness that’s never lost in our lives, as the altar in the holy house says “here the word became flesh” https://t.co/yeSOyBfgrS


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Monday, December 09, 2019

RT @yockeyk: Hi please stop talking about Maria Goretti unless you grasp that her story is about forgiveness and not chastity send tweet


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Sunday, December 08, 2019

@JesusOfNaz316 John had wild honey... I have black Tom Hortons coffee. Both call out for repentance. https://t.co/0KshKIIZnY


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@PapaDomi_ @TinyChurchMouse @ProLifeAll @andrea_manea An unjust law is not a law.


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Saturday, December 07, 2019

@PapaDomi_ @andrea_manea @ProLifeAll Read it, pray with it, and then tell me that our blessed mother wouldn’t be on the side of those families fleeing oppression and violence.


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@PapaDomi_ @andrea_manea @ProLifeAll Umm read the Magnificat please.


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RT @SteveMissionary: St. Nicholas day reminder that they should make a Nicea movie/series with Nick Offerman Γ‘s St. Nicholas and Adam Driver/Remi Malick as Arius.


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Yep, and this doubt plagues every (wannabe) #theologian every day. https://t.co/SiZvnUiRG5


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Friday, December 06, 2019

Happy #Saint #Nicholas Day! Remember, as the story goes, if you punch an #Arian in the face today an #angel will bust you out of #jail.... maybe... https://t.co/5zJmNzikep


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Sunday, December 01, 2019

@timothypomalley Playoffs Holy Cross went to: 1


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Saturday, November 30, 2019

@ziiig Hahaha much!


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Me: “Bless me father for I have sinned.” Priest: “what have you done?” Me: “I take perverse pleasure in using actual words that spellcheck can’t recognize. “ https://t.co/QjIZt22euk


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This #PhD brought to you by #Starbucks... because there’s little that you can’t do on 40 ounces of coffee... https://t.co/0afKWU7uV2


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RT @Pontifex: The Church exists to keep alive in people’s heart the memory that God loves them. It exists to tell everyone, even those furthest away: “God doesn’t forget you, He cares about you”.


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Friday, November 29, 2019

@Sharon_Kuruvila @catholickungfu Right, but Baptism isn’t *just* about original sin. I’d say it’s still worth it


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@catholickungfu @Sharon_Kuruvila Well, if baptism is the sacrament that, in addition to healing original sin, initiates us into the life of the Church and the Trinity, why should it end?


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@Sharon_Kuruvila @catholickungfu Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial? . . . and Other Questions from the Astronomers' In-box at the Vatican Observatory by Guy Consolmagno and Paul Muller


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@catholickungfu Well... The head of the Vatican observatory put out a book in which he addresses the question of baptizing aliens (he would) so there’s likely good logic there.


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An important article for understanding an important theological concept for #popefrancis. Well done @inesanma! https://t.co/4FO6sDTyPF


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Thursday, November 28, 2019

When you settle in to finally write that section about blood and sacrifice for a paper on Kenosis, and you realize you’ll be musing on Balthasar’s view of the theological place of blood for the rest of the afternoon: https://t.co/qK1g4AQItD


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Further update... another interview is now taking place... the interviewee is wearing a t-shirt and applying for a real job in advanced analytics... I just feel bad for the guy. https://t.co/DTuxMCDeFh


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@ziiig You too!


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Update. She handed him a resume... so I’m going to assume interview, unless that’s some sort of new dating power move that I’m ignorant of?


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Sitting working at Starbucks... and playing everyone’s favorite game when a couple is seated nearby in earshot asking too many questions... Interview or awkward first date? https://t.co/Qqw9ZYaykM


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@bridgetEMobrien @catholickungfu Haha only through Twitter and a recommendation from a friend that I follow Anne’s feed given the large among of Balthasar on my comps list. Happy to make the acquaintance!


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@catholickungfu Cranky Balthasar is the best Balthasar.


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@eramirezsj Need the maniple?


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@catholickungfu I spent the day obsessing over his use of blood in Mysterium Paschale and realized that I need to go back to Christian and Anxiety in the end to understand the Agony... so I hear that.


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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

One of #PopeFrancis’ great teachers, mentors, and #theological collaborators died today. Let’s pray for the repose of his sound and the consolation of his friends and family, including @Pontifex. #CatholicTwitter https://t.co/WBDoUyOc2z


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Prayers for this, and that we all might be one! https://t.co/uWoj0mvreU


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@Stephanenny And in fairness, I have a good number of cousins in County Roscommon. My comment was just an awareness of who reads my Twitter feed, but I’m in total agreement, it was a genocide, and there hasn’t been appropriate remedy given.


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@Stephanenny Apologies for not paying enough attention. I agree with you though. The rest wasn’t a corrective for you, just an acknowledgment that I wouldn’t express this important point the same way.


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The unfortunate use of expletives aside, he’s not wrong. https://t.co/qnIFtlARPt


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Come join us @RegisCollege for a prayerful entry into #advent!! https://t.co/f8WVhOvF1n


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I knew that MA in philosophy could come in useful.... 🀣🀣🀣 https://t.co/77Z4Ck9eAW


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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

RT @KatiePrejean: If Heaven is a neighborhood and our reward is a mansion, I can’t wait for the rad trad TLM goers to have to live next door to the Novus Ordo attending modernists, and eternity is spent with each of them having to listen to the other blasting Reckless Love or Gregorian Chant.


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@ItsTooEASY2 Congrats Dom!


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Monday, November 25, 2019

After 38 years, 2 master’s degrees, and a bunch of #PhD coursework, I’m about to embark on my last #theology class ever. Nothing left but to write a long paper. https://t.co/R2IyNGcdij


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Praying for the repentance of these people... in the meantime, if you use the Untapped beer rating app, go on and give all of Brash Brewings beer of Houston’s beers .25 ratings (the lowest you can give) in protest. https://t.co/eHigaYEL2N


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Sunday, November 24, 2019

#truth. https://t.co/o9a8PHchhd


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@BMcCSJ https://t.co/FqXpreAAT7


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Saturday, November 23, 2019

RT @HCrossFB: The work was hard. The payoff is so, so good. Onto the @NCAA_FCS Playoffs! #GoCrossGo https://t.co/SO2ws8WsCP


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Proud of these guys, the great turn around, and the good work. #gocrossgo https://t.co/39SVasmIvZ


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RT @HCrossFB: πŸ†πŸ†πŸ† CHAMPS!!!! #GoCrossGo https://t.co/i27P8Ay70l


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That feeling when @HCrossFB wins the #patriotleague #Championship.... #gocrossgo. Congrats gentlemen! https://t.co/6TmeyvKQCl


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How it feels when @HCrossFB is up for a #Championship today... this is what I imagine the tailgates @holy_cross look like right now. #holycross #GoCrossGo https://t.co/gbUYuk4HCX


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RT @RegisCollege: 92 years ago today, Blessed Miguel Pro, SJ, was martyred by firing squad. His last words? "Long live Christ the King!" Today we also mark the Vigil Mass for Christ the King Sunday - patronal feast of Regis College πŸ™ Blessed Miguel, priest and martyr, pray for us. https://t.co/ELCkg9fZXZ


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@catholickungfu I wonder what a Class Balthasarian subclass Ratizingerian would look like.. I suspect less killable, but also wearing more armor.


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Blackbeard’s #Ghost on #DisneyPlus pretty much holds up... Especially if you read the dialogues of #Pope Gregory the Great. Just saying...#CatholicTwitter #Theology https://t.co/yrApemtcZP


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Thursday, November 21, 2019

Couldn’t be prouder of @SPooley94! Big moment that came from a lot of hard work. Well deserved. Go Marlies, #GoCrossGo https://t.co/LLdqxqu7wA


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Ever have one of those runs in your life where you sit back and realize it’s all been blessing? Yeah. That I’m there right now. https://t.co/QJy74pxbZg


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#Republicans like @DevinGrandma : “the children of prominent politicians, like #HunterBiden, shouldn’t benefit from their parent’s influence” #ivankatrump and @EricTrump: “Hold our beers.” Come on. Realize the inconsistency in your arguments @realDonaldTrump and @GOP. https://t.co/m6ARRkXkWb


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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Most people don’t pay attention to the fact that Socrates calls his Mom “burly” in the Theaetetus. I’d just like to throw out there that he does for general comment. https://t.co/7SuS9K3PgO


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Monday, November 18, 2019

I think we really need to have an honest conversation on #CatholicTwitter about what #tradition or #traditional means. It seems that the Fathers & Thomas are clear that it isn’t what the likes of @TaylorRMarshall & his ilk would have it mean, & it’s up to #theologians to say so https://t.co/IN4JRhsdmq


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@gregorykhillis I had the same realization about myself a week back. Oremus pro invicem my friend!


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Sunday, November 17, 2019

RT @MassimoFaggioli: between the Amazon Synod and these two guys, there is no doubt in my mind which one represents Catholicism, Christianity, and pro-life culture https://t.co/Wo7m1Ca74R


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Saturday, November 16, 2019

@TheHolyTee Is it Santa Claus punching Arius?? https://t.co/d1ErhqDKM7


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@jehyve_floyd Congrats Jay!


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In a #papacy where gestures can be as significant as words, should one use acta numbers to cite the moment a #pope stated something more clearly in deeds than in words(we don’t, but it’s an interesting thought) discuss #CatholicTwitter & #AcademicTwitter @austeni @gregorykhillis


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@Pamela_Yap Wings!


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Friday, November 15, 2019

@catholickungfu Yeah, but she’s still stuck in some of the conventional narratives that miss the role that the laity played at Lourdes. Don’t get me wrong, Harris is great, but she’s missing some important things in the record that she’d catch if she were Catholic.


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Thursday, November 14, 2019

RT @LonerganRegis: So excited to hear Dr. Robyn BoerΓ© tomorrow at 2:30 in the @regiscollege solarium! #philosophy #theology #bernardlonergan #torontoschooloftheology #universityoftoronto #seminar #gradschool @ Regis College, Toronto https://t.co/oscmukLGgA


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Add one of my old childhood favorites, Davy Crockett, to the list of movies on #DisneyPlus that just didn’t age well.... https://t.co/b168hxISe1


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1 of the more interesting things about this appointment is that, with good reason, it breaks a sort of episcopal glass ceiling on these sorts of appointments. If a new precedent is set that a bishop or cardinal need not lead an important Vatican office, then the game has changed https://t.co/jUWOEtzSpd


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Couldn’t be happier for @coachanniemac and the young women on the @HCrossWBB team. Go Cross Go! https://t.co/waYIkqR9eb


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Tuesday, November 12, 2019

RT @DisabledSaints: “Children are dying,” the cardinal wrote. “Seven of them, in fact, met their demise while in U.S. custody. Should we not be raising this up as the life issue it clearly is?” From @MikeOLoughlin via @americamag https://t.co/lAmESeGVMu


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Monday, November 11, 2019

“In pushing beyond modernity but through it, then, Balthasar forces #Protestantism to question whether it is not itself a product of #modernity and therefore passing away.” -Graham Ward is not messing around. #theology #phd


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This is a big deal. I’m not sure that Evo didn’t commit election fraud, but this sort of instability in Bolivia isn’t a good thing. https://t.co/n4Onl6ThpI


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Friday, November 08, 2019

@jehyve_floyd Hang in there Jay, it’s worth it.


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This should be a great event! https://t.co/jvLOu3AsR5


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@TheHolyTee No disrespect to ND, just have no reason to wear their shirt


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@TheHolyTee I’d love one without the ND theology on it


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Thursday, November 07, 2019

@SteveMissionary That guy is probably the first American born male saint


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@SteveSkojec https://t.co/NqagavsgGs


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Not to say that you don’t call out the foolishness of that whole crew, but when an anonymous account just wants to shout at you. Best to ignore.


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I’m discovering that the best thing to do with #radtrad #trolls on #CatholicTwitter, especially people inspired by @SteveSkojec, is just to ignore them. They take blocking as a badge of honor, and they’ll only drag you into a place where neither charity nor love prevail. https://t.co/ul8Y9mvdq8


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Wednesday, November 06, 2019

@DoubtingDeacon They were not the actions of Jesus. It was theft plain and simple.


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Especially given recent debates around the #AmazonSynod this should be a very interesting lecture... how are we #Church if we’re not in Europe? https://t.co/JvYtEhgbZR


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@eramirezsj I remember having a snowball fight with Vincenzo in the halls of the GesΓΉ!


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@Pamela_Yap I mean... it’s the same brown as an early to mid 20th century German military uniform... https://t.co/qhXNfAhk3o


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@Pamela_Yap Also... what’s up with the uniform?


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Tuesday, November 05, 2019

@SteveMissionary Toronto does have all the stuff...


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@Cat_Painting If you’re referring to Latin America as a place without a firmly rooted Christianity, just because it’s different, you’re clearly missing the point.


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Monday, November 04, 2019

@SteveSkojec And yet. Catherine of Genoa says that the joy of those is in purgatory is vastly more complete than ours.


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@ziiig Everyone loves a cute baby.


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@Cat_Painting Claiming the supremacy of any one culture is antithetical to the command to baptize all nations. God’s care is for all. (It’s also just racist when you come right down to the heart of it.) https://t.co/RCNoljkW0M


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YouπŸ‘πŸ»can’tπŸ‘πŸ»claimπŸ‘πŸ»theπŸ‘πŸ»supremacyπŸ‘πŸ»ofπŸ‘πŸ»EuropeanπŸ‘πŸ»cultureπŸ‘πŸ»inπŸ‘πŸ»aπŸ‘πŸ»ChurchπŸ‘πŸ»foundedπŸ‘πŸ»byπŸ‘πŸ»aπŸ‘πŸ»MiddleπŸ‘πŸ»Easterner.πŸ‘πŸ». (Love you Europe... and the art, music, etc. but come on people)


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Ah yes.... the kid who threw the statues from the Amazon synod into the River was an Austrian committed to the idea of the supremacy of European culture in a Church founded by a Middle Easterner... how original. https://t.co/Y6jkRhctzJ


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Friday, November 01, 2019

@ColletteBP1 Faith of our fathers... also a standard today


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@MEMcCaffrey1 @SteveSkojec Nope. Any reasonable person understands my response. Let those who have ears listen, besides, to quote a famous (non Jesuit) Vatican theologian and good friend of Benedict, “if any one is in hell, what good does that do you?”


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@jeanniegaffigan Love that Church!


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@MEMcCaffrey1 @SteveSkojec Sort of a non-sequitor, but of course God loves everyone, without exception or regard to their sin. He hates sin, of course, but still love the sinner. This is a rhetorical, not a properly theological, point that you’re making.


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Putting together a preliminary bibliography for my #phd #dissertation and smiling as I add the names of a few #theologians whom I knew in life that I now hope are numbered among the #saints on #AllSaintsDay https://t.co/izJnBDeGph


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@SteveSkojec https://t.co/QzkyZoe8WX


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RT @Pontifex: The memory of the Saints leads us to raise our eyes to Heaven: not to forget the realities of the earth, but to face them with more courage and hope. #AllSaintsDay


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“Let us long for those who are longing for us, hasten to those who are waiting for us, and ask those who look for our coming to intercede for us. We should not only want to be with the #saints, we should also hope to possess their happiness.” St Bernard. Happy #AllSaintsDay https://t.co/fQ0OGABsdD


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#Evening Walks and #Fall #Foliage. #toronto #nature #travel https://t.co/xx5938agYd https://t.co/2W6vUKeflp


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RT @jdflynn: Cardinal Dolan on Biden communion denial: "I’m not up there as a tribunal, as a judge, distributing Holy Communion...If only saints could receive Holy Communion, we wouldn’t have anybody at Mass, including myself, alright?” https://t.co/ueXkquTSgX


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@srkjan1980 @SteveSkojec I was pretty clear, even in Judas’ sin, Jesus didn’t stop loving him. Where Judas went after this life was his choice, but Jesus didn’t stop loving. You know that as well as I.


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I’m surprised that I have yet to see the truly #scary #CatholicTwitter #halloweencostume . I’d imagine it’d look something like this... https://t.co/2TFgApHuOY


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Thursday, October 31, 2019

@srkjan1980 @SteveSkojec Apparently he’s challenging more than a few consciences...


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@SteveSkojec No I’ve read your writing, and followed your feed. You’re not a victim just because the Pope uses biblical examples of Christ reproving a certain religious way of thinking that hurt you. Perhaps it is you who should be waking up if you’re offended.


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@SteveSkojec To be clear, I mean it’s offensive in this particular context.


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@SteveSkojec Nope, I’ve given you clear answers, both here and earlier. You’re not a victim, and you also need to stop using the language of abuse, it’s offensive.


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@SteveSkojec My friend, you’re not a victim just because the successor of Peter says things which convict you. Every good pope challenges people, as does Francis.


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@SteveSkojec Ah where charity and love prevail.. and I’m right on the other tweets too. https://t.co/UeQbobWzW6


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@SteveSkojec (Logs out of Twitter for the night.... or just goes on full troll ignoring mode) https://t.co/E4gmJw7KLT


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@SteveSkojec Ah... you’ve called in your friends... you know that I’m objectively right on this right? Happy Halloween Steve-O. https://t.co/sKv4HlrVvZ


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@natetykwinski @ringer https://t.co/3pdeKuSwvu


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So there are only technically two holy days of obligation in #Canada (#Christmas and Mary, Mother of God) that doesn’t mean that you can’t go to #mass for #AllSaints though... https://t.co/dmDRJZZZp0


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RT @KeytarCatholic: Whether you make it to a Mass or not, go visit a cemetery and pray for the dead between Nov. 1 and Nov. 8. You can gain a plenary indulgence (under the usual conditions) for someone who has died. https://t.co/3HXaj5UY9Y


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I genuinely worry about people who claim that #PopeFrancis has “weaponized” the Gospel or is a bad pastor when he quotes the #Gospel in ways that convict them. I hope they’re not locked in obstinacy (which comes from pride) and I’m going to make a point of praying for them daily.


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@SteveSkojec I think you’re wrong on that, it may be that this is the first pope whose words have convicted and challenged you personally, but both St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI didn’t shy away from being direct when they needed to be. Sorry. You’re just wrong on this one Steve.


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@SteveSkojec Good homilies should speak to the reality of the people of God and yes, sometimes convict us when we’re on the wrong track. That’s not “weaponizing,” that’s just being a good pastor.


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@SteveSkojec If the Holy Father’s words about Pharisees or the extent of divine love convict you, Steve, then that’s something to bring to your Spiritual Director. The vicar of Christ is allowed to make those statements though.


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@SteveSkojec Isn’t it though?


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@SteveSkojec Don’t know how to tell you this there, Steve-o.... but God does love Judas... 🀷🏻‍♂️


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RT @antoniospadaro: +++ Here's my take on the #AmazonSynod. 10 pages I wrote the same night we approved the Final Document. FULL TEXT here on La CiviltΓ  Cattolica English Edition. ⁦@civcatt_en⁩ https://t.co/xmaISl8Aqw


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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

@mcfryer Baseball... we disagree on what we want for the outcome.... but one more day of baseball. Hope springs eternal.


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Ok. 162 games. Plus the postseason. Ummm this is amazing. Go Nats!, also, just generally, yay baseball.


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#WorldSeries game 7. The best it could be. https://t.co/es1kKCUkJR


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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

On a random note, as I study I can smell someone cooking with excessive amount sleep of garlic in either my house or the apartment building next door.... It is both making my Italian heart leap for joy, and my Irish brain fear that everything I own will forever smell of garlic. https://t.co/GFXXs1RoS3


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@Ab__Elba @MohenogL Thanks for this! As I suspected, #BenedictXVI affirms the role of the person’s pastor in this. We don’t know if either his local pastor or ordinary have advised him as such, and therefore the priest at the parish he was visiting was wrong In this case.


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@Ab__Elba @MohenogL Can I see a reference for that? Thanks!


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@Cat_Painting @AdhucTecumSum It’s good spiritual reading, just take bits at a time.


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@Cat_Painting @AdhucTecumSum The Catholic Faith is the fullness of the truth. A thoroughgoing reading of Vatican II might help to understand the particularity of that language.


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@AdhucTecumSum @Cat_Painting I’m pretty sure I would agree with that. πŸ˜‰πŸ€·πŸ»‍♂️


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@MohenogL And when Benedict acknowledged that Francis was the legitimate pope, how’d that make you feel. Sorry I’m done with this conversation. As usual, you’re lost and I’m praying for you.


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@MohenogL Yep. A sede vacantist by any other name...


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@Ab__Elba @MohenogL Application of canonical penalties is still the provenance of the ordinary, regardless of the penalty.


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@MohenogL You’re a Sede Vacantist right? (A fancy way of saying Protestant) You’ve self excommunicated anyway... so you would be the expert


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@MohenogL And Biden has not been excommunicated. This priest doesn’t have the authority to do that.


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@MohenogL The competent authority to excommunicate Biden would be his local bishop. Since he worships at a parish in DC, that would be achbishop Gregory. My point stands.


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I disagree with Joe Biden on #abortion, but its also clear to me, from Canon 1339 that a parish priest is not the appropriate authority to apply such a penalty. I hope, if true, that the ordinary of this priest admonishes him as such. https://t.co/cmAZEu6PuN


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