Jake The Great
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I'm the child in poor circumstances. I'm the child who ruined 9 months of my biological mother's chance to move forward with her life. I'm the child who would've been better off not born according to many pro-choice advocates. This is my life today. I wouldn't change a thing.
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@suchnerve
They're not rude. Those generations understand that a busy person won't pick up their phone. Just decline the call with a text response. It's actually that easy.
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In 1986, Katherine's marriage had failed. She took her infant & went her own way. She soon hooked up with another guy on the rebound. It was never meant to last. She was already alone again when she found, in the spring of '87 that she was pregnant. She never told him.
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I'm grateful Katherine chose life for me. I'm grateful my adoptive parents didn't give up when multiple rough miscarriages wrecked their chance to have children of their own. They weren't perfect, but I was loved as best they could.
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The wait list to adopt, along with the cost makes adoption difficult. I'm grateful people still seek it. I've had a fulfilling 34 years because Katherine acted with courage when no one in her life was supporting that courage.
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The adoptive parents were such a jumble they forgot to bring clothes. They drove their brand new child home 5 hours in a receiving blanket.
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On October 10th of 1987, the hospital in Eureka called the young couple in Santa Rosa who were unable to have children. Their baby was born, it was time to come pick him up. They left bacon still cooking on the stove.
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@DrLeanaWen
Gee,sounds like you never read Margaret Sanger? Let me help you out with some excerpts from what PP was founded on:
"We don’t want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population..."
-- Letter to Dr. Clarence J. Gamble, December 10, 1939, p. 2
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My unpopular opinion is that we have a responsibility to our boundary parish the same way the pastor has a responsibility to us. The reason for not attending that parish should REALLY be grave to bail on that.
I do not typically attend the Traditional Latin Mass (It takes everything I have get the eight of us to the local parish five minutes away on time). But this is where you will find young Catholic families. The younger generation is rebelling against modernity.
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Trying not freak out, God is in control, but man I'm freaking out.
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Afraid, & pregnant alone with a 1 year old in tow, she offered a compromise. She'd offer her child up for adoption, & come home afterwards. He agreed, buy continued to pressure her to abort & come home immediately. She continued to refuse.
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Instead, she went back to her ex-husband & asked to come home. He agreed to give it another try if she ended her pregnancy. He wouldn't raise another man's child.
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Man. Tough news for my step-dad today. Complications from his BADLY broken leg resulted in complete muscle death in his lower leg. Best case scenario is he ends up walking in a brace. Worst case involves losing the leg entirely. Some prayers if you would.
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At Costco today with my 3 youngest kids in tow, the grandma aged cashier jovially exclaimed, "Wow you've got the whole crew here eh?" When I told her this was only about half the crew she was stunned to awkward silence. That response, or lack thereof, is a new one for me 😂
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This will make me unpopular with some of you, but this is actually reasonable. I've worked in several parishes, & one in particular in a rough part of town. The one thing I'd have added to the sign is office hours people can come directly to the parish for assistance. 1/2
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I was legitimately unaware that some Baptists held the position that they're not protestant. Huh. Learn something new every day.
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Kind of stunned she’s 6 months old. Where has the time gone???
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Alright
#CatholicTwitter
A guy I've known A LONG TIME is married to a Catholic woman. When their marriage was struggling, she returned to her faith. Over time, as their marriage improved, he began going to mass more & more with her. They've been going together regularly now.
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My 1st grader just got back his Star literacy test results. At a grade 3.9 reading level. 99th percentile. This is, without a doubt, my child. Excuse me while I sit here proud of my oldest.
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The news was supposed to be accompanied by a family picture, but our photographer friend rescheduled on us last minute. Oh well 🙂 baby
#5
is going to be here in December...and it's a GIRL 😶
Mmm...life is good. Little news coming later today. Been killing me not making it “public” for some time now 😉
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UPDATE! BABY REAGAN WAS BORN AT 12:18. EVERYONE IS DOING WELL. PRAISE GOD BROTHER
Update! SIL is at that hospital, baby Reagan will be here today.!😀
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@caseyofm
Nah man, your habit is a reflection of your vocation. It's like bringing a +1, it should be expected for you. I'd be shocked if they expected you to not wear it.
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@sofieballgame
I'm giving it to a kid...I have five of those so it's still coming home with me 😂
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2 feet. 2 FEET of horizontal break...on the freaking edge of the plate. Good luck. Filth.
Kevin Kelly, Painted 76mph Back Door Sweeper. 🧹
23" inches of Horizontal Break.
[McGuire doesn't necessarily agree.]
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@meghaverma_art
Hi! Father of 5 here. Ben is right of course. Marriage & parenting is a partnership. For most of us, it's normal for both parents to change diapers, make dinner, or do dishes. It is NEVER healthy to keep score. Hole this helps 🙂
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@DrLeanaWen
“The most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective.”
-- Sanger, Margaret. (1921) The Eugenic Value of Birth Control Propaganda, Birth Control Review, p. 5
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TW self harm
In your charity, please offer a prayer for R. I have credible reason to believe he's trying to commit suicide by binge drinking with stage 4 cirrhosis of the liver & other complications. Watched my aunt do this & I know how it ends.
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@postmodern_mum
This just isn't true. There are boundaries for emotional intimacy in those relationships that ultimately keep most of them less close than same gender friendship, but it's more than possible.
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@RossTuckerNFL
Illegal from the coach, not to mention teaching poor sportsmanship at an amateur level. Bad all around.
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Oh hello bb
Thinking of
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while I eat my taco bell next to my wife who's still not into the active part of labor. This is easily the most slow & chill birth ever...so far
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@MattWalshBlog
Word. All this tells me is that they were unwilling to confront their own selfishness in the way that we must as parents. The more kids I have, the more I realize that we must do this again and again and again. It's a process that makes us better people.
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If you see this, say a prayer for my 2 year old this morning. He's heading into surgery in a few mins. It's a minor, preventive maintenance kinda thing, but it's still surgery.
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@DrLeanaWen
"Apply a stern and rigid policy of sterilization and segregation to that grade of population whose progeny is tainted, or whose inheritance is such that objectionable traits may be transmitted to offspring."
-- Sanger, Margaret. “My Way to Peace,” Jan. 17, 1932.
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Now that my boss knows I’m leaving, I can announce officially that I’ve accepted a full time position in youth faith formation at our parish. This is exceptionally cool on a number of levels, & I’m looking forward to the change. I start 08/30. Say a prayer for us if you will 🍻
Non-new-baby related news dropping in the next couple hours...this is a big one
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@kandistmallett
If I buy groceries at the store & the $ is used to pay their overhead, should I be pet owner?
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@klawson1986
@bitchthot420
Whoops, you seemed to have misunderstood 1500 years of history. Maybe read a book?
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Hey. I don't know what happened. Neither do you. Being surprised is normal. Try not to gossip. Because we don't know what happened. Just offer a prayer for the person.
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In your charity, offer a prayer for the repose of the soul of my Grandmother Nancy. She passed away in her sleep last night. There was no one in my life more generous and kind than her. She'll be greatly missed in our family.
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@DrLeanaWen
“Eugenics without birth control seems to us a house builded [sic] upon the sands. It is at the mercy of the rising stream of the unfit.”
-- Sanger, Margaret. (1919) Birth Control and Racial Betterment. The Birth Control Review.
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What an interesting piece. I can definitvely say that one of the greatest goods to come out of my time on Catholic Twitter has been the look in the mirror stories like this have caused. The PRIVILEGE I have of just BELIEVING I could get out of the hole.
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Yeah...so...our priests are too busy to honor the event they committed to a month ago so our school students would have access to the sacrament if reconciliation outside of the one hour/week on Saturday that all the parishes within an hour of us offer at exactly the same time...
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Say a little prayer for me & my 7 y/o. He puked all over the bathroom poor kid. Hasn't been feeling well this afternoon. T is working though & so sympathetic poker husband now is trying to clean this up 😅
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@Prof_RBW
How exactly do you reconcile tens of thousands of people witnessing the sun dancing in the sky? Not just 3 kids saw that...
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It's been a day. Offer up a prayer for me if you see this. Thanks.
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My spicy liturgical take is that the VAST majority of parishes in the US with multilingual communities have receive more harm than good from mass in the vernacular. The most common result is sub-communities, divided by language, who don’t really interact with each other.
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My wife: Posting on FB about receiving the vaccine from Pfizer since she's a working nurse, & the implications for her as a breast feeding mother.
Random local parishioner in response: THe anERicAN bISHops SUppoRT planNEd ParENThooD tHO!!!
🙄
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If you'd like to discuss in good faith why I believe this, I'd be happy to get specific with things I've seen & experienced first hand in the replies. 🍻 2/2
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@jdpeterson1689
Yeah, I’m familiar. I still wouldn’t assume someone else’s damnation. God’s mercy is abundant. Besides, Aquinas (& the Catholic Church) doesn’t reject justification by faith. Your whole thread is a pretty massive straw man. If you want to cite him & refute him go ahead.
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And we've accepted an offer & offered on a house in RICHLAND, WA.
This coincides with my acceptance of an offer of promotion to a new position in my company opening a new shop in Pasco 09/01 (shop to open 09/15).
Super excited to coke BACK to Tri-Cities!!!
Dropped price on our house end of last week. Resulting in more showings this week, which means more family walks. I'm a fan.
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I know too much in confidence, & have too much personal & irl overlap here to share his name here. However, say a prayer for my friend. And if you know someone in a similar place, KNOW that God has not given up on ANYONE'S heart. He just keeps knocking at our door. 🍻
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@Macys
@alieward
Wow
@Macys
good to know that fun and earthy is off the table at your stores. If this is pro-anorexic, then American sized dinner plates are pro-obesity on the whole.
#JustSaying
this was fun and something well formed adults can joke about.
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@catholicpat
I mean...
A weekly hour of confession at my parish means showing up 30 mins early or no guarantee you'll get to go.
Mass times? I don't need more masses, just for the two parishes to not have the EXACT SAME Mass times so we have options because kids & sleep schedules.
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Friends don’t let friends make major life decisions in February
Quick discernment notice:
You’re probably doing fine. It’s just February.
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@tokiIIthedragon
People concerned about how people outside their household are dressed at mass need to get their priorities straightened out. 🤷🏻♂️
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At a wedding today. Man. Catholics just have more fun. Sorry y'all. I've been to A LOT of weddings, & Catholics are just more likely to have HOURS & HOURS of fun without taking too far than anyone else. 😂
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@EmilyKath319
That's part of it. The bigger issue (to me) is that parishes offices are almost universally equipped to provide some sort of resources for those in desperate need. This is widely known. There's usually a reason someone is panhandling there instead of going to the office.
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@PappaSciarappa
Two notable things in this poast:
Red Cinnamon ice cream is a thing?
Calling 43 ice cream shops to satisfy your wife's craving is a high caliber wife-guy move & we stan
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So, I have an unexpectedly major dental procedure going on tomorrow. It’s a bigger deal than I had hoped it would be. Prayers would be appreciated. I DON’T want to talk about the details because it’s stressing me out pretty bad.
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Went to mass at the Cathedral in Boise today. It was nice. Normal, reverent, lil incense. Also it was right about an hour. Cannot express strongly enough how well my kids are behaving at the hour mark of mass compared to the hour 25 minute mark at the end of mass at home 😂
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To their credit, the person inquiring thanked me for my response & for being candid.
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@commonwealmag
@HolmanMK
Why? Because the Church has been abundantly clear in her teaching regarding this. It’s not on the table for discussion 🤷🏻♂️
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Stepping out of the shower after dinner to this scene. Yeah, I'm not going to ask after the dishes. I'm just going to go do them. No chance in hell I interrupt this.
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Today is day 7 of recovery. Yesterday was bad (1st day no hard drugs) but today is a lot better. Have a long road ahead, but I'm starting to eat real food again & get to work on re-learning to enunciate when I talk. Progress bb.
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If you have a moment, indulge me:
33 years ago today, Katherine was in labor. Her second time around was a bit different than the first. Her oldest son was 2, & it was one of the happiest days of her life. Things hadn't gone as planned since then. 1/x
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@robertmays
Yeah... disagree. A-Rod and Russ both mark all the boxes. Being matched with Andy Reid is DEFINITELY highlighting his strengths though in a way not always seen with the other 2.
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Was reminded today.
In 2018 I moved to rejoin my wife & kids after almost a year of failing to transfer my job to our new city.
Applying for jobs & interviewing, I turned down a management position at a rent-to-own store for $13.5/hour working 50 hours/week
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@FrMatthewLC
How do you respond to the critique that it's an apples to oranges comparison? The Rubella vaccine prevents Rubella. The covid Vaccines do not. Serious question. We're vaccinated, my wife is a nurse. We haven't decided either way about how we'll handle this for our children.
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I make more now with them than I did with the federal job I left (took a few years but I got there) & there's continued room for growth in one of the largest insulation companies in the country.
The point is this:
Know. Your. Worth.
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Say a prayer for Angie tonight. She's asked that we share her story. Diagnosed with cancer EVERYWHERE in her body yesterday. Has a 2 y/o & 2 m/o. Given 1 year to live. She's transferring to UW tomorrow. Praying for a miracle for this family. God's will be done.
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This is why I trust CNA over other Catholic news sources. This (imo) is the appropriate approach, & they tend to nail this better than their counterparts. Not perfect, and I don’t always agree with an expressed opinion, but they are excellent at what they do.
@jakecmelik
It's an evolving discernment. Our job is to serve the mission of the Church through what we cover, and to help Catholics see the world as Catholics and grow in communion with the Church.
We need always to be thoughtful, and cautious, and prayerful, about what we decide is news.
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@LouisFarrakhan
Nah it's cool, just reject every credible historian's agreement on the crucifixion of Jesus. The Muslim Perspective, like the Mormon Perspective completely rejects historical fact.
#FaithAndReason
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2 of my close guy friends in their early 30s are single & extremely eligible. Ladies, if you're interested in meeting a devoutly Catholic but sincerely normal & not very online guy at that age let me know. One is here in the PNW, the other is out in the Midwest. 🍻
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Feeling every second of 36 having played ultimate 3 if the last 5 days 😂
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The first EF mass I went to, the priest publicly shamed a young woman in attendance for being “inappropriately dressed” during his homily until she left in tears. I’ve seen abuses & beautiful liturgy in both forms. Suggesting anything else is intellectually dishonest.
Retweet if you were raised without the Latin Mass, and when you went for the first time you felt like you were robbed your entire life.
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@WordOnFire
@MattPetrusek
Casually ignoring the lyrics slamming generational poverty & welfare huh? When we cherry pick the faith as hard as you cherry picked which lyrics to discuss, we're called Cafeteria Catholics
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@red10meg
That sucks. Cannot stress enough that your value as a person is not tied to your immediate sexual availability. This shouldn’t even be a question. Praying for peace & hope in this for you friend 🙂
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