Tyler Grudi OFM
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(he/him) Franciscan Friar St. Bonaventure University class of 2019 - Journalism| Storyteller tweeting about comics, movies, religion.
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"As the Eucharistic Congress took place, other gatherings were happening in the US where ppl demonized immigrants. As I watched these Americans rally behind such isolating slogans, I answered our door in Kensington and encountered these immigrants"
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JD Vance: "We need to deport every single person who invaded our country illegally.”
Meanwhile, from JP II: "Attention must be called to the rights of migrants and their families and to respect for their human dignity, even in cases of non-legal immigration”
If Trump is elected, Vance would be the second Catholic vice president in US history—after Joe Biden
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Once again, the only ones 'confused' by Pope Francis and the synod are those unwilling to listen.
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, we have manifested our deepest concern to the Roman Pontiff…
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If you have a moment today, say a prayer for my bro Jeff MacNab who went to God yesterday. He was my novice master and was a light for me and my classmates as we grew into our Franciscan vocation. Peace and good bro, until we journey together again.
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Denying communion is a public act of shaming that can cause great damage to an individual's faith as well as the health of the community.
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My brothers and I are celebrating the death of our brother and founder St. Francis of Assisi and his 'transitus' into eternal life. To all the Franciscans and Franciscan-hearted people in the world, prayers to you on this Transitus of our little brother Francis.
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I hope this feast of Mary Magdalene inspires conversion in our church to listen to women more, to give them a place at the pulpit to preach the good news, to be included in leadership and structures of our institutions, and to recognize the image of God, She who is, in women.
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As a lay Catholic today, I not only know who the pope is, but I have full access to all of the Pope's writings, homilies, and speeches for free online in my own language. If there are "glory days" of the church, they're right now.
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Can we agree as a church that this is absolutely screwed up? Or is the prophetic dimension of the church gone?
We are killing the body of Christ on this border.
A body has been found trapped in the floating barrier on the Rio Grande at the US-Mexico border.
The barrier should be removed immediately, and people’s lives should be put first.
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Has the
@USCCB
responded to this inhumane practice?
"Attention must be called to the rights of migrants and their families and to respect for their human dignity, even in cases of non-legal immigration” - 1999, Ecclesia in America, Pope John Paul II
This is against our faith.
Texas Gov Abbott has installed circular saws between the Rio Grande border buoys to maim or kill anyone who attempts to climb over. Two bodies have already been found trapped in the floating barrier.
He wants more migrants to die.
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Lot of hate for Vat 2 today. So tell me what you love about the council?
I love how it embraced other cultural expressions of Catholicism that weren't traditionally European.
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The early Franciscans' habit was not liturgical clothing. Francis prescribed simple, poor clothes. The habit would've been a simple outfit that the poor would've worn in Francis's time. Today I still wear this habit, but often just wear normal clothes I get from walmart.
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A short thread from Pope Pius XII's apostolic constitution "Exsul Familia" written in 1952 on the Church's priority to protect migrants and refugees. And remember, this was written over 70 years ago now, even before Vatican II. 👇
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One popular Catholic channel on YouTube has a video titled "Why Catholicism is Better than Protestantism"
This is an unacceptable line of questioning imo. Being a faithful follower of Jesus does not require us to be Catholic supremacists.
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The Canaanite woman in today's gospel acts as a prophet of faith who reminds Jesus of the deeper significance of his mission, that God's covenant of love extends even to the "dogs" and those in our communities we would rather ignore or send away.
Icon: Robert Lentz
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Trump calls migrants 'animals.'
The CHURCH calls them children of God, the presence of Christ in our midst, humans endowed with dignity and rights to migrate, seek employment, and find opportunities for their family. The Church does not support "enforcement only" policies.
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Our brother Mike Blastic, renowned Franciscan scholar and one of my novitiate formators who taught me the rule, passed away today. He was a great man who taught me and my classmates that the importance of "the life" is to live "with and among the poor." My brother, rest in peace.
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This shelter is practicing Eucharistic coherence.
The state of Texas is accusing a Catholic charity in El Paso of being a “stash house” for migrants, but the shelter says it is simply helping desperate people in need.
@camiloreports
has more on this legal fight.
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I hate when ppl say to religious "you're not just social workers, you're supposed to spread the gospel," as if social work is not exactly the kind of work demanded of us by the gospel. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Franciscan penance is social justice.
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"Dumbed down faith" is just a catch-all used to belittle expressions of the faith one disagrees with, while passing off your perspective as the intellectually superior one.
"Young people don't want an uncertain trumpet. They want something clear. We've dumbed down the faith too much for too long in order to be relevant... It's tougher being a young person now. We need Christ more than ever."
@BishopBarron
speaking to me at this year's World Youth
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Happy All Saints' Day. Honoring the many saints who have had an impact on my life.
Who are some of your favorite saints?
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A very close friend and brother just passed away of a heart attack. Please say a prayer for him.
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When you hear this holier-than-thou speak or priests talking about ppl getting blocked out of heaven, just remember that Jesus said "the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you."
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Things outside the church are not automatically demonic. This is not only a dangerous supremacist instinct, but is against the second Vatican council which exhorted us to seek "dialogue and collaboration with the followers of other religions."
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The Franciscans have served this community for years, feeding, clothing, and treating with dignity these children of God. St. Francis Inn and our beloved guests are the church in Kensington. If these images bother you, consider volunteering and encountering Christ in our bros/sis
People are scandalized that I advocated harsh punishments for criminals like in Singapore
My critics are right. Much better to be tolerant of drugs and crime so that every American city looks like a post apocalyptic wasteland. This is working out great!
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News about the
#apachechrist
sounds like the priest has been removed (mandate from Rome?) and the bishop will be coming to the church next week for a personal visit to the people.
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Two years ago, I left this lamp in my room in the novitiate. I had it for four years in college before. Well wouldn't you know it, I got assigned to my old room and guess what's still here... Good to be home!
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If we Christians can't recognize God's image in our LGBTQ siblings, then we need transformation and healing most of all.
U.S. Bishops’ Doctrine Committee Issues Guidance to Catholic Health Care Institutions on Respecting the Fundamental Order of the Human Body. Read the complete statement here:
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Renewal of vows today with my brothers. 11 of us renewed our vows to live with nothing of our own, in obedience and chastity, to the Order of Friars Minor. Praise God!
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God forbid we make others welcome in our spaces. The church is not just for "you" and not just for "me." The church is a family of families, and unfortunately there are many for whom the church has not been a welcoming space to encounter God's mercy. We can always do more.
Protestant friend who really wants to come into the Catholic Church responds to me about Fiducia Supplicans..."This isn't helping. We've seen this woke agenda played out in the Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian churches. What now Rome too?"
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Great column, and I echo these questions.
"how many young Catholics in, say, 1950 were reading the Summa Contra Gentiles or the Divine Comedy?
At Mass before Vatican II, how many people had any idea what the priest was saying?"
.
@BishopBarron
's criticism of "dumbed-down" Catholicism ignores the reality that a sincere Christian witness is what's really attractive about our faith, says columnist
@MichaelSWinters
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At
@ChicagoCTU
"Blessed are the Peacemakers" dinner and a waiter commented "I didn't know monks drank alcohol." To which I replied, "oh buddy, we invented it."
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I have a working theory that the recent embrace of the TLM is a reaction to the rise of Catholicism outside Europe and the US. The increase of non-european expressions of Catholicism is seen as a threat to Catholics living in countries where Catholicism has decreased.
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Anybody want to start a podcast called "Beyond the Catechism" where we can talk about theological ideas and the history of the church not mentioned in the catechism.
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Proselytizing is first a mistrust of God who is always in control of mission. It's also a symptom of supremacism, where the proselytizer believes they have the only correct answer. And it betrays mutuality because what is demanded of the other is not expected of the proselytizer.
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If someone says they're a traditional Catholic, I would ask what tradition? The church is not one size fits all. There are many strands of tradition within the church, and many eras from which one could draw inspiration that are not always so easily reconciled.
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People will use the woman caught in adultery as a way to give themselves permission to judge people.
"But Jesus said go and sin no more..."
Exactly. Jesus, the one without sin, addresses the woman's sins. Everyone else drops their stones and walks away.
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This is essentially how I go about believing in Jesus anyway. I don't follow him because he threatens me, but because he calls me a friend.
A question to Christians:
Would you still follow Jesus if the threat of hell was removed?
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Absolutely. And there are groups in the church like the Franciscans for whom proselytism is actually forbidden in our constitutions. This is an approach to evangelization that we should foster. Pope Francis calls us to encounter God in the other, not to change them.
Reminder that
@cnalive
still uses selective presentation of the news to foster hostility toward the Holy Father.
The bishop is simply stating that Catholic youth should encounter Muslim youth, Jewish youth, or youth of no religion in a spirit of fraternity, not proselytization.
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Not everyone is meant to be celibate. Being gay doesn't automatically mean the healthiest thing for you is a life of celibacy. This is a pastoral approach that should be clear to any celibate religious. We discern in community for years before we know if celibacy is right for us.
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Maybe we can take this opportunity to follow the Pope's advice to "build bridges, break down barriers, and foster peaceful relations," with the LGBTQ community and welcome them to our table instead of treating their mere presence at the table as "a mockery."
Friends, my thoughts on the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
#Olimpiadas2024
#OlympicGames
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Thinking about my queer Catholic siblings during this time and praying for all of your good today.
Queer Catholics are beloved and are blessed by Jesus
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Our Lady of Guadalupe will be the patroness of the new OFM Province for the USA. She appeared to Juan Diego and his uncle as an indigenous woman, speaking in their native Nahuatl, and ensuring them of her motherly love, mercy, care, and healing. Pray for us, holy Mother of God.
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I don't take the
@USCCB
seriously when they talk about having compassion for and supporting the dignity of LGBTQ+ folk. They took the time to lobby against marriage equality laws and publish statements about it, but were silent for the Club Q shooting. Tone deafness at its best.
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Right, what it actually says is "The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the native-born among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God."
@TGrudi
The twisting of Biblical teaching on compassion and treatment of visitors into alleged support for government-run Marxist wealth redistribution is disgraceful. Bible did not say “welcome the stranger and give him your neighbors stuff”.
#falseteaching
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As a Catholic, she should probably know that St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure, both doctors of the church, argued that theology was a science. Not just a science, but the "queen of the sciences" as Thomas puts it.
"I am not a flat earther, I am not a round earther because science is a pagan faith".
This is the kind of balanced commentary the world needs more of! 👏👏👏
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Reminder that Our Lady of Guadalupe, one of the most Catholic images in the world, appeared as a mestizaje, or mixed-race, woman who spoke Nahuatl to two indigenous people on a hill typically associated with the goddess Tonantzin, Aztec goddess of the earth.
@TGrudi
“Go and evangelize all nations”
“ dont pray like the pagans do”
You guys promote moral relativism its false doctrine
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The infiltrators...
Put your faith in God. Science has been infiltrated by psychopaths who wish to harm you.
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The religious "Hippie" hates yoga?
Yoga is a religion and it is not compatible with Catholicism.
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The Prophetic mode of dialogue involves criticizing and energizing, or unmasking and suggesting. According to Walter Brueggemann, prophecy "dismantles the politics of oppression and exploitation by countering it with a politics of justice and compassion.”
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Still Catholic, still hopeful, still wearing my dress!
The Vatican's new document, "Dignitas Infinita," fails transgender and nonbinary people terribly by not applying its wonderful rationale in defense of human dignity to gender diverse people. Our statement:
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Jesus, like all humans, underwent a process of enculturation whereby he acquired the norms and traditions of his culture. A christology that takes seriously the incarnation in a particular time and place should take the enculturation of Jesus seriously.
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Five years ago today, I moved to Silver Spring, MD, with 15 other men to officially start our journey in the Franciscan order. 8 of us still remain in the order, and every day, I'm thankful the spirit led me to this life. I've met so many people who inspire me to live the gospel.
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Getting tired of the "pronouns in bio" crew that spam my timeline. Stop being so fragile about some words in my bio that have nothing to do with you. Pronouns are a courtesy to my trans friends. Maybe ppl need to make a few friends with LGBTQ folk before they crusade against them
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I listened to Hahn growing up, but his style of apologetics -along with others- often led me to argue and debate with my protestant friends about why they were wrong. I fought with ppl I thought were fundamentalists and became one myself. Apologetics often makes fundamentalists.
Scott Hahn joins the US rad trad schism. But the signs were long since there. By
@mfjlewis
of
@Where_Peter_is
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If you're free to say a quick prayer, 3 of our brothers have covid.
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If anybody has followed
@tonyannett
for any amount of time they'd know he speaks out against pornography.
Also the faithful are not obligated to adhere to strange Marian apparitions that speak more about hell than of heaven, punishment than of mercy.
God sent His mother back to earth to warn us about eternal Hell being filled foremost with sinners against chastity, but still we make excuses for watching soft pornography just because we don’t want to be considered prudish by other men for a few seconds of our earthly life
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Hey Twitter fam! As you may know, the US Franciscans (OFMs) are now one province, and this week we have been discussing the priorities of our new province and our missions as friars in the US. Here are a few highlights I wanted to share with y'all...
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God makes human beings - both male and female - in God's own image. God's image therefore contains the masculine as much as it contains the feminine. Not to mention the many feminine biblical images used to describe God like a mother in labor., a hen with her brood, etc.
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Once again I feel the need to point out that Francis did not succeed in converting the Sultan nor receiving martyrdom.
If these were Francis's sole motivations for encountering the Sultan, we could rightly call his pilgrimage a failure. However,...
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After telling Richard Rohr today that I was a 5 on the enneagram, he asked if I liked books. I said I love books but I'm bad at finishing them, always moving to the next one, to which he said, "ah yes, 5's are almost horny for books."
I felt completely exposed.
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Glad to see this representation of Franciscan values from my Alma Mater. St. Bonaventure is where I was first introduced to the Franciscan intellectual tradition with its emphasis on the uniqueness (haecceity) of every person.
We either have a prophetic voice, or we have none.
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St. Francis of Assisi saw even inanimate things as being 'creatures' of God. The sun, the moon and stars, fire and water, the wind, and Mother Earth are to Francis his sisters and brothers. Or as Nicholas Black Elk would say, we are a relative to all that exists.
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2020 was the last year I went to the
#ProLifeMarch
. By then it was just a mini Trump rally. While MAGA banners flew, the Franciscan postulants (which I was at the time) argued for a consistent ethic of life. Issues like Immigration, war, and the environment are also life issues.
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There is no faith without a corresponding lived culture. We need to be able to see Christ in the Apache and in all communities. It is sad that these priests and/or bishops cannot see how harmful this is.
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Grateful to be with my Brother Dan from Mount Ireneaus. Both of us are Bonas grads. We're all going to the
@StBonaventure
basketball game against Loyola. Go Bonnie's!!!
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I kind of want to make an underground, Catholic-punk zine for the Chicago area. Have short radical essays with alternative art/iconography featured throughout. Open it up to fringe theo. perspectives. Who's in?
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Huge
JUST IN:
#PopeFrancis
has relieved Bishop Joseph E. Strickland from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler (U.S.A.) & appointed Bishop Joe Vásquez of Austin, as Apostolic Administrator of the vacated diocese,
@HolySeePress
announced today.
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Today, a few of my brothers and I will be driving to Kansas City for our chapter of Unity where 6 Franciscan provinces in the US are becoming one, new Our Lady of Guadalupe Province. Pray for us as we begin this journey together.
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St. Joan, patron of crossdressers, prayer for us.
St. Joan of Arc was a 19-year-old French peasant girl who received visions from God that led her to fight for the French during the Hundred Years War. She was eventually captured, sold to the English, then burned at the stake. St. Joan of Arc, Secular Franciscan, pray for us!
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Bishop, I do recall not too long ago your media organization senselessly threatening legal action against
@commonwealmag
for opinions about your work. Does this display of power model the fraternal relationship we should have with people we disagree with, or do you get a pass?
Friends, while I used to be annoyed by Bill Maher, I’ve recently found myself, time and time again, nodding my head in agreement with him. Read more:
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LGBTQ voices "are the voices the Church needs to listen to and learn from to better love the children of God and be a better family for families of these times."
As promised, here is my essay on Amoris Laetitia and LGBTQ inclusion in the Church. 👇
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"I encourage you, as native people belonging to the different tribes and nations... to preserve and keep alive your cultures, your languages, the values and customs which have served you well in the past and which provide a solid foundation for the future."
- JP2
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Eucharistic coherence means recognizing the body of Christ on the border
Via
@rhina_guidos
- The head of the Latin American bishops' council said it's incompatible for Catholics to show deference to the Eucharist while denying migrants life and dignity they have as children of God.
#Immigration
#Catholic
via
@NCRonline
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It's a fallacy that the church after Vat 2 diminished. It may have in Europe/US, but the church saw its largest expansion in history in the last century, and I'd be willing to bet that this expansion couldn't have been possible without the implementation of vernacular liturgies.
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Three questions I try to ask myself before writing or using social media,
- Does this need to be said?
- Does this need to be said by me?
- Does this need to be said by me right now?
It's a good practice for cultivating discretion.
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Scripture says the type of sin Sodom committed: failure to provide for the poor. Of that I am often guilty.
"This was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease but did not aid the poor and needy."
-Ezekiel 16:49
@TGrudi
The fact that you have your pronouns in your bio indicates that you are more than likely a sodomite abd no one should take anything you say seriously, whether obviously true or not.
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Religious life embodies the breaking of societal gender expectations. The Franciscan tradition knows this well, as Clare's male relatives hunted her down after she ran away to follow Francis but abandoned their quest after she cut her hair and they realized she would never marry.
harrison butker: “the most important title for catholic women is homemaker”
catholic nuns: “excuse me?!?!?”
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Ppl would rather blame Sunday school catechists for the empty churches than the clerical abuse of children and the widespread institutional cover-up.
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If Adam and Eve had not sinned, Jesus would still have come, because love - not sin - was his primary purpose for coming. Before all time, God desired to be with you and among all God's creatures.
#dunsscotus
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Everyone in our house is picking a saint to spend time with this Lent.
I decided I would spend time with Nicholas Black Elk, whose presence I felt while praying by his grave last week. Nicholas Black Elk, servant of God, pray for us!
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Just had the privilege of listening to a professional recite the Qur'an for us in class. What a beautiful experience to be able to listen to someone use their voice to spread the word of God like that.
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I hope as a result of these Eucharistic celebrations we go out to the margins and commit ourselves to building the body of Christ on the streets, the border, and among people in need, for as the catechism tells us "The Eucharist commits us to the poor."
Day 2 at the Eucharistic Congress: Today, the Congress focused on the greatest love story ever told with Jesus our Eucharistic Lord at the center. Ordinary bread and wine illuminates who we always are: a radiant Image of Christ destined for glorious union with our loving God.
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Exactly this!! I've said, despite the declinists, that the church has seen its greatest expansion the last hundred years. The alarm and calls for TLM is because of a perceived loss of "European" or white Catholicism in US and Europe while other cultural expressions are expanding.
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In the gospel today, the whole church, and not just the apostles, are given the responsibility to bind and loose - to reconcile ppl and relationships.
When we forgive one another this and gather together, no matter how small our number, Christ is really present among us.
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Religious Life is an interreligious phenomenon. As a Catholic religious, I admire Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) because he founded his own monastic tradition. Christian monks lived among Buddhists in China in the 6th C. and shared the gospel using Buddhist terms.
Short thread 👇
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Growing up in the early 2000s, the term 'novus ordo' was totally unknown to me and my peers at my home parish. We just knew it as 'the mass.'
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Until you realize "carrying your cross" is not just some ascetic practice, but a call for all people to take part in the liberation of the oppressed by accepting the inevitable punishment of the political oppressors.
Progressive Jesus is not the real Jesus!
“Then Jesus told his disciples, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.’”
– Matthew 16:24
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Please say a little prayer for my classmates and me as we travel to South Dakota today to spend an extended weekend with the Lakota people at Pine Ridge reservation.
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Pints with Aquinas undermining the Pope again. This time with the help of Ben Shapiro.
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Let us recommit to
#LaudatoSi
Passenger plane captures devastating wildfires happening in Lahaina, Hawaii
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Can't quite find the words to express what I'm feeling right now from Dan's loss. I was scheduled to be with Dan at the Mountain just two days from now, and now he's gone. But I know there are probably thousands who miss his infectious laugh as much as I do. Go in peace brother.
A very close friend and brother just passed away of a heart attack. Please say a prayer for him.
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Prayers and many good blessings on our trans and non-binary siblings on this
#TransDayOfVisibility
. I consider myself abundantly blessed by the presence of trans folks in my life who bear God's image and are beautifully made by our creator. Peace to you this day and always.
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At an annual sexuality workshop, and just feel the need to pass on the message to y'all that your body and sexuality are gifts from God. Shame tells us that if we are the way we are, no one will love us. But this is a lie. You are wonderfully and beautifully made.
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If all one does is quote the Summa in response to every question, you're not actually doing theology, you're reciting your lines like an actor.
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Took Part in a beautiful Easter Vigil celebration last night at Benedict the African in Englewood with my brothers where we welcomed 6 people into the Church. To all of my sisters and brothers on Twitter, I hope your Easter is filled with the hope of Resurrection and new life.
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@dailywireplus
@jordanbpeterson
I literally took a vow of celibacy in the church to remind people they don't need to be defined by whether or not they have romantic relationships. Maybe I did it all wrong... I guess 2000 years of virgins, monks, hermits, sisters, nuns, and brothers all got it so wrong.
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The bible does not condemn sexual orientations or gender identities as such. This would be highly anachronistic.
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Since Vat II, European Catholicism has become the minority, while the church has thrived in places like Africa, Asia, and Latin America which now make up 3/4 of the church pop. To Americans and Europeans this is seen as a "loss of culture," so they romanticize pre-vat 2 liturgy.
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A perfect example of the diversity in Catholic theology. Bonaventure and Thomas were contemporaries and yet disagreed and nuanced their theology differently. Important to keep in mind that the church's tradition is wide and deep and not a static, lifeless thing.
However friendly Bonaventure and Aquinas might have been in the refectory, their works, both from the 1250’s and following, reflect a number of deep disagreements...
--Brendan Case
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