This view of the North Atlantic for 8 days of silence and prayer. This means social media silence too. Oremus pro invicem, friends. #onretreat #placestopray https://t.co/WBlaMhTUgK pic.twitter.com/1Bx6WGt3HQ
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 26, 2019
It never ceased existing in Canada... 🇨🇦🇨🇦
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 26, 2019
I’ve never read the rejoinder “as long as they’re well behaved,” to Matthew 19:14. Sure kids squirm and are noisy sometimes... and we have to be like them to enter the kingdom. https://t.co/FjzTCHssLh
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 25, 2019
I wonder how many non patriot fans would write Drew Bledsoe. Great QB, but not the GOAT.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 25, 2019
The #sculptor Timothy Schmalz has placed these sorts of #sculptures all around #toronto which are meditations on the #gospel of Matthew, chapter 25. One is outside of #RegisCollege, but this one is outside of St. Paul’s, a place I sometimes go to breath… https://t.co/1T00oNFGxQ pic.twitter.com/hWRwMpYNbG
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 22, 2019
When friends comment that you didn’t come back from #Egypt nearly as #tan as they thought you might, and you have to explain Irish-American skincare to them.... pic.twitter.com/NjDkP0zz1B
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 22, 2019
I just always figured that they created a new enneagram type for you called “Liz lemon” 🤣🤣
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 22, 2019
A worthy cause to help get someone back on their feet, please consider helping if you can friends! https://t.co/GMlcah0soi
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 22, 2019
And those are the people whom, in charity for both your own soul and theirs, you ignore on Twitter.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 22, 2019
St. Oscar Romero literally died while celebrating the Ordinary Form. Boom.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 21, 2019
On the #Jesuit feast of #Saint Luigi #Gonzaga I always remember his words: “The #divine goodness is a fathomless and shoreless #ocean, and I confess that when I plunge my mind into thought of this it is carried away by the immensity and feels quite lost … https://t.co/7P22dNqBf8 pic.twitter.com/vEgUS3od2f
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 21, 2019
Dear young people, I would like to tell each one of you: God loves you; never doubt it, whatever happens to you in life; under any circumstances, you are infinitely loved.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 21, 2019
#rahner pic.twitter.com/KHWtomYdn9
— Annie Selak (@aselak) June 18, 2019
Absolutely!
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 18, 2019
Don’t spend it all in one place!
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 18, 2019
Also, doctrine clearly developed up to #aquinas, how is it that some read him as the end point? I suspect he didn’t think he was, hence the dialogical structure of his argumentation. 2/2
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 17, 2019
Saw the responses to a tweet by @CardinalDolan on the #deathpenalty today, and feel forced to ask, at a minimum, why some #Catholics are so invested in maintaining it as a possibility? Why would people feel a need to claim that they’re more theologically correct on this? 1/2
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 17, 2019
California friends! This is hugely important. Please sign these petitions to #KeepTheSeal https://t.co/ZWk8zvgQ4f
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 17, 2019
Our church had these for us to sign and send to our state rep. #KeepTheSeal pic.twitter.com/wwXhdRvCqM
— Steve the Missionary (@SteveMissionary) June 16, 2019
🏆@MalcMili13
— Holy Cross MBB (@HCrossMBB) June 14, 2019
2019 @NBA Champion pic.twitter.com/xQYgxpjX75
Congrats! #GoCrossGo!
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 14, 2019
Seriously. You won’t sleep in #Toronto tonight, every car horn in the city is sounding. #WeTheNorth
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 14, 2019
It has made all of Canada happy
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 14, 2019
+++ PopeFrancis. A conversation with #Jesuits in #Romania: "Stir Up the Indifferent… difficulties must never impede us. We always have to go forward!” FULL TEXT in English | La Civiltà Cattolica https://t.co/6kXr3kl9J2
— Antonio Spadaro (@antoniospadaro) June 13, 2019
This moment is pretty great, though. pic.twitter.com/iZjY2mL97l
— WEEI (@WEEI) June 13, 2019
That feeling when you realize that the cost to sit in the lounge on your 8 hour layover is going to be cheaper than stalking around the airport looking for food and a place to relax. pic.twitter.com/y4HkorD0KT
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 13, 2019
A pushy perfume salesman sprayed me with a “sample spray” of a nasty perfume in the souq here in Cairo... now I need to do laundry and take a shower before I get on my flight back to Toronto as a courtesy to whomever will be sitting next to me.#60percentofthetimeitworkseverytime pic.twitter.com/5BA4UUfEco
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 12, 2019
No one puts the vicar of Christ in a corner!
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 12, 2019
#walking in the #Souq of Khan el-Khalili, in #Cairo #egypt. #islam #culture #travel https://t.co/c3iyFCA48L pic.twitter.com/Mu6KQ4MEVn
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 12, 2019
I feel like you and @pjarzembowski should have a chat about this, it’d be good for everyone!
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 11, 2019
Yes. It is called theology. https://t.co/6ayoEezTgR
— Taylor Patrick O'Neill (@thomaesplendor) June 10, 2019
I kept wanting to ask people: “What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the day, and three in the evening?” riddle me that #sphinx. At the #pyramids of #giza #gizapyramids #egypt #travel https://t.co/Wpli5KcSze pic.twitter.com/lglKVV6VSn
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 11, 2019
Oh.. I’ve got you there: Indians, Crusaders, Billikens, “Varsity Blues”
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 10, 2019
The #Bruins will do a #BigPapi tribute before #Game7 everyone will be so amped up that the crowd will be a huge factor, someone will wear #34 & score the winning goal. Thus, #Ortiz, in the ICU with a gun-shot wound, will once again crush the dreams of a team from St. Louis. pic.twitter.com/fcrs6sX6J8
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 10, 2019
I was blessed to spend time today in the cavern at the #Church of #Saints Sergius and Bacchus. Where, according to tradition dating back to the #Apostolic age, #Jesus, #Mary, and #joseph lived as #refugees from the persecution of King Herod. I #prayed fo… https://t.co/aj95egjlBZ pic.twitter.com/a0SG35aV1c
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 10, 2019
I was just praying in the cavern at the #Church of #Saints Sergius and Bacchus. Where, according to tradition dating back to the #Apostolic age, #Jesus, #Mary, and #joseph lived as #refugees from the persecution of King Herod. I #prayed for all fleeing their homes for safety. pic.twitter.com/OhlVCfnWXD
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 10, 2019
#NHLBRUINS WIN GAME 6!!! 🙌
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) June 10, 2019
There will be a Game 7 on Wednesday night! pic.twitter.com/9GgYvm0Eqs
What did the #Bruins say to the god of death? #NotToday #BruinsIn7 @NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/ac4kpd7CMr
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 10, 2019
The #Temple of #Luxor, dedicated to the #mythological #Egyptian #sun #god Amon Ra, where he and his wife, Mut would... “#honeymoon...” each year during the #harvest #festival after their #statues were brought up the #river #Nile from Karnak (not a huge d… https://t.co/DwQVJWbu6l pic.twitter.com/3vEgna94Km
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 8, 2019
If only I hadn’t used the counterfeit staff head!
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 8, 2019
I was looking for it... haven’t quite found the well of souls yet. pic.twitter.com/Z5laztzVAg
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 8, 2019
Beautiful morning on the #Nile. #luxor #egypt #travel #nature https://t.co/cvGMAFJ7hE pic.twitter.com/SLZMrkN66k
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 8, 2019
Sitting in a hotel lobby in #Egypt where they’re playing the smooth #saxaphone stylings of #KennyG #Christmas... in June... when it’s 100 degrees outside... by the Nile... 🤣🤣🤣
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 8, 2019
Ok, so shouldn’t this #protestant pastor be returning the remains of the #Catholic #archbishop entombed in a previously #catholic #church rather than planning on turning them into a tourist site? 1,000-year-old sarcophagus opened in Germanyhttps://t.co/hLUZEpBTDU
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 7, 2019
Hahaha don’t let the rad trads hear you...
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 7, 2019
The hall of #Columns in the #Temple of Karnak, the main temple of #ancient #egypt. #religious #history at its finest expression in #architecture in #Luxor, #egypt. #travel https://t.co/XSlsideFcj pic.twitter.com/cL0QxXdCkv
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 7, 2019
In the tomb of Ramses III in the Valley of the Kings, a depiction of his own particular judgement, as the gods weigh his soul. #egypt #luxor #travel #eschatology #egyptian https://t.co/pC947Mw95L pic.twitter.com/earLJ2EsY2
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 6, 2019
When you’re flying in a Middle Eastern country and the airline tells the plane that you’re delayed for weather at the other airport, but your friend at the other airport says... nope, it’s just the Eid prayer.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 5, 2019
Got to pay a quick visit to #Roma on a long layover this afternoon. The place is dripping with memories for me, and I get on the plane for the next part of my #journey overwhelmed with #gratitude. The #Church pictured is the #Jesuit #Church of the #Gesù,… https://t.co/j1X50VE6Is pic.twitter.com/BwnsbujWCW
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 4, 2019
At the end of my first year living and studying in #Canada one of the most surprising things to me has been the amount of (only sort of joking) War of 1812 trash-talk I’ve been made to endure... 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/cU3QSbeCp7
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 3, 2019
And there, my brother, in your use of of the word “idiot” is your own judgment. Matthew 5:22. I’ll be praying for you, we both need it. pic.twitter.com/ouueAHLYjr
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
And there, my brother, in your use of of the word “idiot” of your own judgment. Matthew 5:22. I’ll be praying for you, we both need it.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
Your test fails the actual test of what Jesus says he brings. Matthew 10:34-36. It’s not a game, but thanks for playing anyway.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
Again.. pic.twitter.com/9LpGYLZ4xw
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
You mean like many in the Catholic Church invoke the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe (rightly) to protect unborn children? Why is invoking that same intercession for migrants “political”? You’re wildly inconsistent. I think we’re done here. pic.twitter.com/A7rw13uMSg
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
I’m concerned about both sets of babies??!? pic.twitter.com/C5ZJy3dcBn
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
That decree is law in a monarchy, & non-citizens didn’t have the same rights as citizens when it came to travel. There’s an executive order, or a decree, by our president that has caged and lead to the deaths of children on our border. I could see Mary having feelings about that
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
Nope, not yet. It’s interesting though, I’d love to see what stories come out of dioceses along the border.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
Blasphemy? Inconceivable! pic.twitter.com/J1Szb18vfV
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
Sure, Robert Orsi and Rueben Martinez both report it in their ethnographic research. I’m adding finding out more about this to my to do list.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
Heresy? Inconceivable! pic.twitter.com/hxKxj6UP2a
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
Blasphemy? Inconceivable! pic.twitter.com/tlPwPi5cNX
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
Actually they weren’t citizens, and the Romans gave sovereignty of Israel to Herod, so no. It’s not clear that they would have, and they definitely would have had to dodge Roman soldiers enforcing the laws that drove them to egypt, where that law didn’t apply. pic.twitter.com/PhrBKtJoSY
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
Well, I’ve stopped replying now, because I’m trying to finish editing a paper to send it out to a few journals and this is a tremendous waste of time. As a priest though, sometimes some moral correction is pastorally warranted. Pray for me!
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
There are Sooo many angry people... I’ve been called a #blasphemer, cursed at by people claiming to be more #Catholic than me... and just about every #Jesuit insult in the book. Welcome to #CatholicTwitter, in need of an exorcism since inception.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
Real question for those #Catholics on #CatholicTwitter who were upset by my report that #migrants are reporting that #OurLady of #Guadalupe is helping them on the #Mexico #US border: If she sent a #Fatima like public sign, would that change your mind on #immigration?
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
I feel like this encapsulates my Twitter feed in the past 48 hours.... #OurLady of #Guadalupe pray for us! https://t.co/WdEkoKRWVy
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 2, 2019
Not for my gain at all. Really just reporting on my research, so nope. I’ll be praying for you.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 1, 2019
There are a couple of scholars who have reported it through their ethnographic research, I’m working on tracking people down to get more details.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 1, 2019
I believe in them! I’m writing a big part of my dissertation on them and have given a week of service at Lourdes for three years. Oh and Marian apparitions almost always show God’s special care for the poor and marginalized.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 1, 2019
Oh you mean the one who was put to death by the civil authorities for breaking their law? The one who was turned over by religious authorities charged with blasphemy? Yeah that one. I’ll be praying to Jesus for you. God Bless!
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 1, 2019
God Bless, I’ll be praying for you!
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 1, 2019
The mosaic of Our Lady of Guadalupe getting ready to be installed in Christ Cathedral! pic.twitter.com/00YnEvADgo
— OC Bishop (@OCBishop) May 30, 2019
The Twitter trolls with 20 followers are out in full force today, and I’m going to stop responding and get back to editing my Sunday homily now. pic.twitter.com/Sc8oB9KqQc
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 1, 2019
Not even an issue of the current government, the reports go back at least as far as 2005. I didn’t imply that she was opposed to borders and laws, but it may well be that she is in favor of protecting people in danger in the desert.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 1, 2019
You mean the same blessed mother who definitely waited for a visa before fleeing to Egypt with her Son under a threat of death, just like so many of these migrants are doing? Thanks for playing.. pic.twitter.com/HKx9zXyACR
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 1, 2019
You do realize how easy it would be, based on the obligation to preserve one’s life inherent in the natural law, to make a counter argument on your own terms right? I think we’re done here. I’ll be praying for you.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 1, 2019
I agree 100%. Not saying it’s happening, and it should be looked into. It’s an interesting thing to hear reported, though.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 1, 2019
Actually, the civil intent was to keep people safe by the Grotto, and they weren’t sure that what was going on was divine. So yeah, clear and binding. I’m writing a dissertation on this, best not to bring a knife to a gun fight friend. Oremus pro invicem.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 1, 2019
Lourdes. Mary clearly called Bernadette to the Grotto, even though the civil authorities had forbidden anyone to go there, making it an arrestable offense and building a barrier around it. pic.twitter.com/kSqeylPrxs
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 1, 2019
Prayers for you both. Oremus pro invicem.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 1, 2019
That’s a total non-sequitur. I’m consistently Pro-life, thanks for playing. Oremus pro invicem.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 1, 2019
Catholics are also obliged to use God’s gift of language well and avoid vulgarity. You clearly haven’t read much about Marian apparitions, a whole bunch of skirting civil laws goes on, even in the most established ones. Again, I’m just reporting what people are saying.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 1, 2019
You clearly haven’t read much about Marian apparitions, a whole bunch of skirting civil laws goes on, even in the most established ones, Lourdes in particular. Again, I’m just reporting that people are saying this is happening. For the record, it’s consistent with the tradition.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) June 1, 2019
