#Spanishinquisition Snake Invaders? #saintignatius ? When one of your favorite shows has an offhand random #Jesuit reference. Thanks @TheGoldbergsABC ! pic.twitter.com/eIcC4xhu85
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 31, 2019
Or, a great joy of #catholic #priesthood. Run out into the neighborhood. Find those that need shelter. Invite them in, without pretense. Say mass, begin adoration, let everyone know they can stay as long as they want. Pray for the homeless. Stay warm, in body and spirit.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 30, 2019
3 takeaways: 1) @SSawyerSJ is one of the most reasonable people I’m #blessed to know. 2) This law doesn’t change much pragmatically. (3) #2 should be the more deeply troubling thing to us who are #Catholic and #pro-life. https://t.co/CwePllJKtT https://t.co/CwePllJKtT
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 30, 2019
Irony being that maybe the dragon in question loved himself just a bit too much? https://t.co/JUSiAfc611
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 30, 2019
“I can’t carry it for you, but I can do something for you when you get back”
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 30, 2019
My homily from today @RegisCollege ‘Let that sink in. The Third Wedensday in ordinary time.’ on #SoundCloud #np #Catholic #Jesuit https://t.co/nIUvWAQ6LP
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 30, 2019
#thankssalty https://t.co/INmOQSmjf1
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 29, 2019
A good deal of the power for places like Providence actually comes from the cleaner source that is free flowing waters of Canada, where many of your excellent priests have studied, your excellency. pic.twitter.com/dbms29dR2X
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 29, 2019
Truly a man of the #gospel... he must have #Jesuits in his family. 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/y2eb1dUYD7
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 29, 2019
A good reminder for all #Catholic #theologians, especially those on #CatholicTwitter. https://t.co/eNh3Wi481b
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 28, 2019
.@mookiebetts wore a peacock suit to pick up his #mvp award and mocked the @Yankees in #NewYork while doing it. What a legend. #damagedone @RedSox https://t.co/dEgvl5OTbn
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 27, 2019
What happens when we get together? Here’s my #homily for today: ‘Reunions: The Third Sunday in OT’ on #SoundCloud #np https://t.co/4gVeYf2Xur
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 27, 2019
I always used to tell the boys @BCHigh that it was St. Scolastica since she was able to make it storm to keep her brother St. Benedict from going back to his #monastery. Many a #catholic high school boy gained a devotion to her patronage as a result.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 27, 2019
#WorldYouthDay is a real choice this year. To all of those from the #UnitedStates and #Europe that made the choice... #respect. For those from the global south that rejoiced in this choice #respect. Let’s go do the hing now. #missionarydisciples #catholic
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 26, 2019
Already Did! Thanks for your good work @rpatterson58!
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 26, 2019
If the #SmartWall is actually just 2000 miles of fiber optic cable that will provide #internet to poor communities along the southern border and help the #usborderpatrol know where people need help along the #border, as @WillHurd proposed, then I’m in. #TrumpShutown pic.twitter.com/6FLb8TdyCY
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 25, 2019
I just gave to help our student athletes @holy_cross. #HolyCross175 Join me and make a gift to HC 175: Celebrating Difference Makers. https://t.co/itrVKkEABY pic.twitter.com/eutdlbheNg
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 25, 2019
“As for tyrannical rulers or the people enraged against him, he paid them no more heed than gnats. “ -St John Chrysostom on St. Paul. We all, #CatholicTwitterin particular, would do well to remember that on this feast of the #conversion of #StPaul. pic.twitter.com/qxg7DKvZA6
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 25, 2019
I’m just going to leave this right here... #EndTrumpShutdown https://t.co/XxZ0L0Lgba
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 25, 2019
The idea of #PatriaGrande that #PopeFrancis espouses comes from his grounding in #argentine #Theology of the People & #theologians like Lucio Gera. I agree with the idea, but I hope he’s attentive to history and the mistakes of #pope Pius IX on #Italian unity in his thought too.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 24, 2019
For black boys navigating this cruel world without PR firms, marketing consultants, and network news interviews, we pray.
— Yolanda Pierce (@YNPierce) January 23, 2019
I couldn't help but think of the New Testament scene that was repeated yesterday in the streets of Panama during the Papal motorcade to the Apostolic Nunciature. The biblical story continues each time that we lift one another up to meet the Lord and his messengers. pic.twitter.com/hT1qCKSajw
— Thomas Rosica (@FatherRosica) January 24, 2019
As about a proud a @RedSox fan as you’ll find... I have to say this is one of the great moments, and why #baseball is so good. #CongratsMo https://t.co/VGGiNkXIeW
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 23, 2019
Just disturbing
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 23, 2019
Hahaha gotta love the quiet reminder on the day that that first #dh got into the #HallOfFame https://t.co/Mz3LBRG0u3
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 23, 2019
Ah the sadly predictable outcry of a #NationalLeague fan. Denying that #bigpapi deserves a spot in the #hof is just madness.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 23, 2019
So the #EdgarMartinez induction into the #HallOfFame, getting in as a #dh means that @davidortiz is a first ballot Hall of Famer... right? pic.twitter.com/0qUSGJVYar
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 23, 2019
To be clear, as much as I do think that the #CovingtonBoys engaged inappropriate behavior for which they, and their chaperones, should be held accountable, there is never an excuse for any threat of violence against another human being.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 22, 2019
To the man cross-country #skiing to class on the @UofT Campus this morning: Thanks for reminding me that I'm in #Canada , and it's winter.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 22, 2019
Also, if a teacher at #CovingtonCatholic gave permission for the boys to perform pep chants as is claimed, then that teacher put the safety of his students at risk. As a former #highschool teacher, that part stands out to me.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 21, 2019
So I’ve watched the whole hour long video, & I’m not sure why people are apologizing to the #CovingtonBoys. Sure they were antagonized, but their reaction was still inappropriate, they should have simply walked away. Their chaperones should be held accountable for allowing this.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 21, 2019
Nope. The statement about the dignity of all people still stands.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 21, 2019
How can we proclaim the dignity of #unborn life at the #MarchforLife and not proclaim the dignity of #IndigenousPeople? We, the #Catholic #church, can do better. https://t.co/oOSyiOH8zX pic.twitter.com/gctRYX8434
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 20, 2019
An important issue in the #TrumpShutown is whether or not one branch of the #government of the #US can hold the country hostage. #checksandbalances are important, the #Congress shouldn’t give in on a border compromise. #ReopenTheGovernment
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 19, 2019
Here's the thing about the #CovingtonCatholic story: the fact is, we live in a country where Native people are regularly dismissed, ignored or stereotyped, including by many feeling outrage right now.
— Jim McDermott (@PopCulturPriest) January 19, 2019
Could the #CovingtonCatholic moment be an #Apocalypse moment, revealing the cost for #Catholics of how the #antiabortion movement has made us beholden to the #republicans to the detriment of preaching the whole truth? Let’s really be #prolife from conception to natural death.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 19, 2019
It’s a both/and. Respect for life means respect for the vulnerable other, unborn or of a different race.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 19, 2019
Likely a better alternative, but let’s let it be #prolife for the #unborn, the #immigrant, the #poor. Let’s proclaim liberty to captives,recovery of sight to the blind, let the #oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord. https://t.co/qX71tmixxS
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 19, 2019
And he’s a #Veteran to boot, @realDonaldTrump and his #MAGA movement have created entitled monsters who would dare dishonor men who have fought for the freedoms they feel entitled to. We’re better than this. #nativestrong #theelderspeaks https://t.co/SakKjAqo7H
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 19, 2019
Also, until we recognize the #genocide that was directed by the #UnitedStates government against #NativeAmericans in the 1800’s and seek out some sort of reparation and reconciliation, #MAGA is not a possibility.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 19, 2019
This is neither #Catholic nor #prolife. As a former Catholic high school teacher, and someone who accounts his very brief time working with #indigenous peoples one of the holiest times of his life, this breaks my heart. #IndigenousRights are #HumanRights as is the #RightToLife. https://t.co/wTNXsRBRMi
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 19, 2019
How is this even a question? The real question is who is going to be stupid enough to ruin what should be a unanimous first ballot. https://t.co/bU8H6wUsbn
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 19, 2019
Across the #Philippines, #Catholics are celebrating the Santo Niño, or Holy Child. The #Sinulog Grand Parade in #Cebu is the city's largest event. Learn more: https://t.co/Im1QX0qIxF pic.twitter.com/Gj6w9stDy0
— Catholics & Cultures (@WorldCatholics) January 18, 2019
“May our sons be like plants
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 18, 2019
well nurtured from their youth,
Our daughters, like carved columns,
shapely as those of the temple.” #Psalm 144:12 Sometimes the #light hits things just right. Convocation hall #universityoftoronto. #architecture #columns … https://t.co/S6vPrA0Ecv pic.twitter.com/atKAfb6ndS
When you uploaded two papers from your #PhD coursework to @academia last night, but your most important search was “how to shrink a sweater,” because #buying #clothes isn’t palatable at this point in your #PhDlife... #academiachat pic.twitter.com/7B9VRoSc5X
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 17, 2019
I wrote Trump's State of the Union speech for him. pic.twitter.com/iVA4FbJY3P
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) January 17, 2019
From morning #prayer this morning: “You, O #Lord, are my lamp,
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 16, 2019
my God who lightens my darkness.
With you I can break through any #barrier,
with my #God I can scale any #wall.” #Psalm 18 doesn’t mess around. #WallsDontWork #TrumpShutdown pic.twitter.com/K0LceqOz9J
Hahaha a normal day! Life is joyfully full of those things! 🤷🏻♂️
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 13, 2019
Seriously... we can’t even organize who’s in charge of washing breakfast dishes in my #jesuit community, let alone a #newworldorder. 🤣🤣 https://t.co/kzNcYehzay
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 13, 2019
Umm... is this real life? Catholics for choice calling out the Knights of Columbus for straying from their roots? Irony much? Hypocrisy much? 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/VrwG1TJ6bh
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 11, 2019
As the priest standing at the back of the #church waiting for her to finish, so I can greet the people of God, I’ll admit she’s helping me too @theghissilent https://t.co/CejYWP3AYQ
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 11, 2019
So I’m a big #redsox fan, and I don’t want to the #BlueJays to compete with them, but, #toronto is a big market, with a big stadium in the middle of downtown, and all of #Canada cheers for them. They won’t win until they stop acting like a small market team. @gregorykhillis
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 11, 2019
Also, a good number of Christian mystics, like St. Catherine of Genoa, say there isn’t even a gate in heaven... 🤷🏻♂️
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 11, 2019
How much of all of this talk about #Walls is really just #childish projection of fear from the demagogue @realDonaldTrump? What is he, and are we all really afraid of? Great take by my friend and brother #Jesuit @antoniospadaro #WallsDontWork #SiSePuede #TrumpShutdown https://t.co/SW0voMfMqc
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 11, 2019
📢📢📢 English Version
— Synod.va (@Synod_va) January 10, 2019
Final Document of the Synod of Bishops on Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernment#Synod2018 https://t.co/waFYwu1Ybs pic.twitter.com/friRCxZvbF
I’m sure I heard this as a teenager, and I’m sure it made me a priest. https://t.co/2m9AVuyXoO
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 10, 2019
Nope. Not a thing. As a priest of God, I ask you, I beg you, to tell the truth. I’m genuinely concerned for your soul, Mr. President. I’m praying for your redemption, but you’re making it harder every day.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 10, 2019
Just in case anyone was wondering. Matthew 25:35 , Exodus 22:21 @realDonaldTrump #SiSePuede #WallsDontWork pic.twitter.com/4PSaQwUYs5
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 10, 2019
"I was a stranger and you did not welcome me." (Mt 25) #migrants #refugeeswelcome
— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) January 9, 2019
When you feel like you’re taking class in the same building as #HarryPotter. #architecture #academia #toronto #canada https://t.co/GGBkvgju45 pic.twitter.com/1E5dRxPceW
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 8, 2019
Even though I don’t follow the #nfl anymore..I want to be the first #NewEnglander to speculate the completely non causal reality that #nicksaban losing the #CollegeFootball championship means, somehow, that his friend #BillBelichick will win the #SuperBowl #Patriots @TomBradysEgo
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 8, 2019
Not even watching the #CFBChampionship but, all of the sudden, the #NotreDame detractors on Twitter from last game might seem a little silly? #teamcatholic
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 8, 2019
While introducing an #Egyptian #jesuit friend to #theoffice I realized that @theofficenbc should’ve stuck with the same production format from episode 1 throughout their run. Don’t @ me. 🤷🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/7ynenReXUM
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 8, 2019
Said #mass at the #convent here in #toronto this morning... the #sisters prayed “for an end to @realDonaldTrump’s incessant need for a #BorderWall .” Rock on Sisters, Rock On. pic.twitter.com/8ed4qvemx5
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 5, 2019
One of the greatest feelings for a #PhD student is finally removing the books from your desk when you’ve finished that paper. #phdlife #ThankGod pic.twitter.com/LxhlARoVLb
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 4, 2019
I actually liked the #architecture of that new high-rise across from my window in #Toronto until they put in the glass…. Now it's just one blinding reflection.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 4, 2019
Hey @Snapchat can we please have function or filter on the “for you” section where we aren’t recommended stories about people trying to be famous for being famous? Thanks! #SnapChat #SocialMedia
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 4, 2019
Again, that’s what Benedict said. God bless you, I’m not sure where all of the vitriol behind your words comes from, but I know that there must be some real pain at its root. As a priest, I’ll be praying for you.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 3, 2019
I was at the audience and I’ve read the resignation in Latin. I heard what he said, so I’ll take that saintly man at his word. To answer the charge of your Twitter handle, no one is like God, not even you. The presumption that you can read beyond Benedict’s words speaks to pride
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 3, 2019
Sorry, but you’re just plain wrong on that one, and Pope Benedict would agree.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 3, 2019
You convict yourself by your own words, I’ve not judged you, I’ve simply pointed out a flaw in your logic. I do read Latin, not that that’s relevant. Benedict resigned, I was there at his last audience, he was pretty clear about his intentions. God bless. pic.twitter.com/Le1guvCooz
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 3, 2019
Indeed.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 3, 2019
And the #republicans tried to take #Jesuit #chaplain Pat Conroy out again... doesn’t ever seem to work out for them. #dontmesswithpat 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ #116Congress
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 3, 2019
Sorry, and I do hope that this is a call to your conscience, but you can’t be a faithful Catholic without being in communion with the Holy Father. As St. Ambrose said: “Where Peter is, there is the Church.” Your own words convict you.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 3, 2019
As I’m neither schismatic nor a Protestant, which I take sede vacantists like yourself to be, I fully accept the authority of both pre- and post- conciliar popes. For the record, I have a good number of wonderful Protestant friends, like yourself, it’s just that most admit it. pic.twitter.com/UYjlGqFiqx
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 3, 2019
Just for clarity... was John XXIII the first non-pope for you?
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 3, 2019
One of the great joys of life as a #Jesuit #PhD student is when you decide to change direction on a paper and you run into an respected #theologian who is at your house for dinner who tells you that you’re on the right track. #theology #phdlife pic.twitter.com/kHLuObBMks
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 2, 2019
I’d forgotten from our earlier exchanges that, much like Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, etc., you are more faithful and authoritative in matters of faith and moral than the vicar of Christ. That's a heavy burden to bear, I’ll be praying for you.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 2, 2019
I’d forgotten from our earlier exchanges that, much like Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, etc., you are more faithful and authoritative in matters of faith and matters than the vicar of Christ. I’ll be praying for you.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 2, 2019
Yeah, I’ve got work to do, I'm not getting sucked into this nonsense. As someone who is regularly engaged in pastoral ministry I can tell you for sure that the echo chamber of #CatholicTwitter is not representative of what most #Catholics are talking about.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 2, 2019
Not even quite sure what you’re aiming at here, and I’m sure you don’t know what I’m writing.
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 2, 2019
When you’re trying to finish off a paper and decide to pick a fight with Hobbes rather than Nietzsche, both because it makes more sense and because it’ll save you 4 hours of decoding Nietzsche.. . 🤷🏻♂️ #PhDlife pic.twitter.com/CeEVU5aYCg
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 2, 2019
Here’s my #homily for today ‘Amnesia and Remembering... Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God 2018’ on #SoundCloud #np #catholic #jesuit https://t.co/LPpag5uLiT
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) January 1, 2019
Happy New Year! All the best!
— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) December 31, 2018
