Melody Lyons
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Wife. Mother. Washer of dishes. Some other less important things. Author, The Sunshine Principle. “Awake, O sleeper…”
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Parents who are scheduling back-to-school physicals for your kids…
Don’t leave your kids alone with the doctor. If they shame you, find a different practice.
I was 16. My parents were right outside the door. I was confused and embarrassed and never told.
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Married 27 years today to the finest man I know. I was a 19-year old bride and I have no regrets...
The exploits of reckless romance have got nothin’ on the wild adventure of committed marital love.
Wake up, spouses, to your extraordinary life! Many, who now see their
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Our newest granddaughter was born yesterday. Blessed be God!
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She’s lovely. Also, some maternal advice for the Cardinal and all men: Let her hands go. Stop touching her shoulder. No woman wants you to do this. She can’t get away from your hands unless she pushes you off or moves away. You’re in a position of authority over her so she has no
I’m here with Sister Mary Juan at the Casa Santa Maria, which is not only a residence for priests but also the visitor’s office for Americans visiting Rome!
@thegnewsroom
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The more I learn about the nutritional needs of women, the more I’m convinced that American women are chronically undernourished. Obesity can be a symptom of that, btw. And the more I learn about the impact of that malnourishment, the less I like intermittent fasting for women.
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Catholics who said we were obligated to get a vaccine because the pope said so… are not trustworthy sources for understanding the Church’s perspective on obedience.
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@Psiren15
@meghaverma_art
I think that’s often the point. It’s not a compliment, it’s a power move.
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A friend is asking prayers for an entire American church group that is missing in Israel. They have not been heard from by anyone since before Saturday.
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I’m now a seasoned adult but I choose to have someone with me at most doctor appointments. Its a safety measure but also a great way to make sure that good questions are asked and all relevant information is recalled.
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Some Catholic men: "Women in leggings are a trial to my purity."
The same men: "I am spiritually mature enough to watch movies with nudity and sex scenes."
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A priest once gave practical advice on Confession to a group of parishioners:
“Get in, get out. Short and sweet. If you need counsel, I’m available for appointment. God loves you… He also loves the people in line behind you.”
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This article is false teaching. Yoga is Hindu bodily prayer and is incompatible with Catholicism. If you’re not participating in the Hindu sequences and spirituality, then don’t call it yoga. More info on why to avoid it and about alternatives here:
Just as Pope Benedict XVI calls the church to continual conversion, yoga challenges one to enter each day with a posture of responsiveness, rather than a posture of reactivity.
#InternationalYogaDay
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Asking prayers for a dear friend tonight as she passes from this world to the next. She worked her entire career on night shift with Cleveland PD in the most dangerous precinct in town. In spite of being surrounded by ugliness and anger, she remained one of the kindest most
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For All Saints’ Day, my daughter decided to dress up as Polish Catholic wife and mother, Bl. Wiktoria Ulma. She, along was executed, along with her husband and 6 children, by the Nazis for hiding 8 Jews. Her 7th baby was born during the ordeal and considered to have died with
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Please stop reposting pornographic or scandalous images in order to mock them. I know how to find the culture. If I follow you it’s because I don’t expect to see that trash in your feed. I trust that you hate vulgar fleshy content. Can that suffice please?
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@integratedang
Thanks Angela. It's stupidly common. Like a cultural grooming. We are taught to put up with many little things that later render us confused about the bigger things. Making parents leave is part of that broader grooming even if individual docs aren't bad. Where else in society is
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6-year old is upset with his teenage sister because she doesn’t want to play. Angrily shouts:
“All you want to do is think about Ancient Greece!”
Now she is helping him build a Greek city with blocks. But somehow there are cowboys and a saloon. And they are having a
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Tim doesn't want men to be happy. He wants to be their daddy. He's letting people believe this is a joke while also replying "dump her" to objections. It's not a joke. Like Pearl and Tate, he has disdain for women and wants other men to hate women too, sewing seeds of doubt in
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@nocertainlynot
This is a disrespectful way of referencing the fact that a lot of girls and boys have been sexually abused by adults at sleepovers and similar situations of vulnerability. You’re overthinking in your op. For many parents, it literally is just not worth the risk of abuse.
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Please pray for protection for my family. What RTF, Bug Hall, and “Br.” Martin are doing is evil. I have never seen such bold public lies from men claiming to be righteous. Never. It’s wrong. It hurts everyone. They’re frauds. If you support them, please unfollow me.
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@DarckchildPhi1
Thanks. I'm glad to hear that. Parents often give away too much authority to people who don't merit it.
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If my daughters were pursued by men who are attached to terms like “Biblical submission” and “marital debt,” I would advise them to run. 🚩 Good men carry their authority differently.
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No Catholic influencer should be collaborating with Pearl.
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On aliens... I once held a strong belief in aliens. I was part of an occult community which regularly (even daily) had interactions with them and sightings of them. Many of those interactions included having one's body taken over (possessed) by a superior force without consent.
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I’m not a trad Catholic. I’m not a Novus Ordo Catholic. I’m just a Catholic. Seems best to bring it up now and avoid future drama. Might save some of you time and disappointment.
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I grew up under old school Catholic feminism where women stayed in the Church physically to change the practice of the faith. Every Catholic feminist I knew was a dissident. They didn’t want to serve, they wanted power. I didn’t learn anything beautiful about the faith under
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Not every “canceled” priest is a hero. Many are simply unassignable because they are odd and can’t get along with others. It’s not always possible for those outside a situation to know, and inadvisable to make men into celebrities regardless.
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@PapistMelli
This is called being a busy body. Praise God these couples aren’t contracepting! They are among the very few. It’s common enough that those using NFP grow in knowledge and intimacy and end up having a large family if they’re able. Leave them be.
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Suggestions for a safer church:
No face to face confessions for children.
No closed door confessions for children.
Glass door to confessional with the child fully visible. Or portable screen in public area out of earshot.
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Before you all leave for Lent I just want to throw a thought out there…
There are very lonely people who find great solace in their faith-based internet communities. Some people are home bound. Some are single and living alone. Some are sick. Some are struggling in faith. It
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@AugustinaJJD
Who is “you people?” Gregarious is often a way to excuse obnoxious self-absorption. Men shouldn’t do this.
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THE BURDEN OF MOTHERHOOD.
The heaviest weight of motherhood has been my own selfishness. And my children have been liberating me ever since my first wave of pregnancy nausea 27 years ago.
They have not taken away my freedom. They have not added obstacles. Instead, they
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@thelb236
What a nasty person you are. So precious. So annoyed by everyone who isn’t you. Elderly people going to liturgy that the Church allows on a day she allows it?? Ugh. Someone get the smelling salts for poor LB236
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@ThatArtist777
That’s why I’m advising him (and all men) to knock it off. He exceeded the time limit for respectful and loving and moved into self-absorbed and socially clueless. Let go of her.
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@nycparentsagai1
And yet most doctors end up being parents. The whole "I have authority over your children because I went to medical school" is rubbish.
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@dcrosaryrally
Perhaps it’s because nobody wants to attend a liturgy with Gregory presiding. I wouldn’t if I had other options.
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Some suffering young husband out there needs to hear this about “marital debt”:
Your wife loves, likes you, desires you… but she has a stress response to intimacy. She’s not “cold,” she’s reflexively protective.
Many women have experienced sexual assault/abuse. Many have
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My husband invited me to a midnight walk last night. Up and down our quiet street with me in pink pajamas. In marriage, the heart follows where time is invested. We’ve walked many 1000s of miles together, often late at night after household needs are met and the world is silent.
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Muslim Uyghur genocide by Chinese government? Silence. Arabs killing hundreds of thousands of Arabs across the world? Silence. Should we conclude that some people hate the Jews more than they love oppressed Muslims?
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@RobertPentange4
It’s not necessarily pervy, but it is rude. And perhaps also doing what he thinks comes off as warm and jovial as you suggest. It doesn’t.
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If your kids learn to see the faith as just another school subject, they will be happy to leave it behind when they graduate. Careful. 1/
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“Kids are resilient” is one of the most harmful catchlines of the self-soothing divorce culture. More accurate to say that kids learn coping mechanisms… which may or may not prove effective for a happy life, but which are not resiliency as much as simply a raw need to survive.
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This guy (partnered with Tim Gordon) wants men to pay $500 for their mentoring and matchmaking services. I’d pay $500 to keep guys like this away from my daughters.
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Laudato si was created with the input of some of the most radically pro-death people in the world. It called for disciplinary authority to be given to the same. I haven’t read 2.0 yet but I know the foundation is rotten. Catholics are not bound to believe contentious scientific
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@KennethKessner
I didn’t hear what she was saying the first time because I was so agitated by the handling. Just waiting for him to stop. I had to go back and listen a second time to honor her but it wasn’t any more comfortable.
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Should
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edit Father Jackson out of the first video? I don’t know what that would involve but I’m also in favor of Rome removing every Rupnik mural.
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I have 4 adult kids (plus a few more) and have had 25 years to try different philosophies of discipline. All our kids have been pretty well behaved regardless, but there's no question that a tender mother is far more effective than a harsh one.
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@ReasonTheology
This is the wrong response. If you love the Church then you hate those things which are poison within her and which cause harm to souls. You can defend the papacy without also defending every foul thing which touches it. Do you also defend Rupnik because of Francis? You may
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Good rule of life for men on social media: Don’t say anything to a woman you wouldn’t say with her husband in the room.
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@goinggodward
To put it simply, yes. Catholic teaching on the dignity of women played a significant role in my conversion to Catholicism and departure from secular feminism.
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Ann Coulter is the new liberal media darling for saying it's a good to dismember babies in the womb so their moms don't have to see them die from trisomy 18. Most of the prenatal risks mentioned in the case (and by Coulter) are not markedly different than those of any C-section.
The prolife movement has gone from compassion for the child to cruelty to the mother (and child).
Trisomy 18 is not a condition that is compatible with life.
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No one is morally obligated to receive an experimental body-altering injection created and sold by corrupt for-profit liability-free companies enmeshed in regulatory capture. We are not required to ignore unique bodily needs, broad scientific discourse, informed consent, or
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Intimacy is not prescriptive. And the challenges we face as married couples should not be fodder for men who make their living off of being obnoxiously prescriptive with the sex lives of other men.
Better to follow the wisdom of men like Fulton Sheen, who not only speaks to the
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E. Michael Jones is a passionate anti-Jew and Holocaust denier. It is the primary focus of his work. It is scandalous that he should be given a Catholic platform from which to speak, especially if the name of his talk includes the specific terms used in his work. The burden
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Young people don’t seem to want romance anymore. Women want a “high value” man. Men want a teen virgin who doesn’t argue. Throw away the spreadsheet, pitch your phone in a lake, & go play pickle ball or something. Ignore influencers. Meet people. Get healthy. Fall in love.
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No. After 15 years you don’t grow apart. You make decisions that lead to coldness or you make decisions that lead to greater unity and affection. This is a bogus message. I’m 27 years in. There are storms. Don’t tell the young that distance leading to infidelity is normal. False.
And I'm sorry to Bethany and my kids over my mistake.
Bethany and I grew apart as people and we were heading in opposite directions for a while. Marriage is hard very hard because people change over time and after 15 years neither one of us is the same person we were when we met
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This is a bold lie. I don’t hate trads. What I hate is the perversion of traditional Catholicism. The infiltration of what is beautiful and wholesome by a mismatched brotherhood of for-profit self-elevated personalities who dictate trends because we let them. Taking advantage of
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@father_rmv
No one I know who has enjoyed (the admittedly flawed) Chosen series is interested in a cartoon Jesus. No one. The article may have good points in it but they are obscured by a lack of generosity toward good Catholics who find they are capable of watching a TV show (and being on
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@Michael_Voris
This can the beginning of the most fruitful time of your life. Greater than anything you could ever have done via CM. God allowed it. He loves you. He wants to heal you and He will do it. Let him do it. May all the public and hidden idols in our lives fall. Blessed be God.
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CARRIED…
For almost 27 years.
These years have taught me that I have only lived on the surface of the drama of love, held back by the erroneous belief that sacramental graces were simply a nice addition to what I would build…
And discovering that I have been
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Our kids played high level sports for years. And we coached. And traveled. And spent money. And finally quit when a National qualifying tourney (for 12-year olds) fell on Easter Sunday… and a team full of Catholics went along with it. Nothing changes if we don’t change.
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Young motherhood before handheld devices was quiet and a little lonely. I sat and rocked my babies for many hours a day. I read books. Lots of books. It was not easy. I felt useless. Now I know better. It was a precious time of life where I was planted in silence.
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Antisemitism is racism. Racism is grave matter. Mortal sin. Some trad communities are playing with fire.
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“I would have gotten much sicker if I hadn’t been vaccinated” is a statement of belief, not science. It cannot be proven.
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Ohio. I was offered a late term abortion a few years ago following an ultrasound at a Catholic hospital. The baby was fine but the doctor said he might be ugly or have too many fingers. 8th baby at a time when late term abortion was illegal in Ohio. 1/
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What people are missing about the marital debt wars is that most American teens are taught to be promiscuous by culture, peers, mentors. Most Catholic youth included.
Boys are overwhelmingly after one thing. Girls put out. As they’re both taught. There are countless girls who
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@goinggodward
She also did not start her public work until she was 42. Which I find a great consolation at times. Decades of hidden planting in rich soil. Which blossomed into a fruitful boldness.
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Japan banned the MMR when a 4-year study showed that 1 in every 900 children had a complication (2000x higher than expected). It is the same jab mandated by many schools in the US. Also by many Catholic schools in spite of the fact that it contains fragmented human fetal DNA.
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Really bad scripture take. Men who cannot exercise self-control sexually will find that marriage does not cure them. Men who cannot discipline their appetites need to stay unmarried until they are strong enough to lead a family.
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@TridentineBrew
Thanks. I know how pushy docs can get and I know there are exceptions (surgery etc), but we've got to be the kind of families whose kids aren't the low hanging fruit.
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@Katherine111594
This is often known as postpartum doula. So when you are advertising, definitely use that term and plug into doula organizations who can promote you.
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This is not the righteous flex they think it is. Wearing a shirt with Luther's visage to promote Christianity shows either one's ignorance of the man or ignorance of Christ. Even if they agree with aspects of his theology, to know history is to know that he was a violent, hateful
We’re celebrating Reformation Day 506 in Rome, Italy. We decided to wear our Luther shirts for the occasion. (St Peter’s Basilica).
#ReformationDay
#Reformation
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The hands of a priest shouldn’t be softer than mine. Lift something, Father. Wash a dish. Chop some wood. Something. If you don’t have physical demands beyond sitting at a desk, find some.
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@austeni
His paintings look like a style of art popularized by pedos. Vacant large dead eyes. It’s not beautiful. And it reflects a current art trend that is creepy as heck and associated with abuse. Not timeless. It’s not puritan to reject bad art.
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I had 8 unmedicated births and it had nothing to do with ego and everything to do with informed consent. I researched options and the risks/benefits of medications and procedures and decided against pain interventions. I was not comfortable with the potential risks nor with the
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We once called the police about drug use in front of our house. Years later, we had work done on our property and the man we hired told us a story. He said a few years ago, he was arrested for drug use outside our house. It was the catalyst for life change. He is now married with
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Many Christian mothers mid and post-fertility suffer from significant pain and disability because of bodily neglect.
Care of the body is not selfish. It is a necessity if we are to be of service to those entrusted to our care.
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@DivineComity
He's a great example. There are many like him, pushing boundaries every day and getting away with it. He got greedy. Could have stopped with, oh... maybe 100 victims. But he kept going because he could.
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I was drawn to the Church by the kindness of Catholics. The sheer goodness of people who lived the faith. They were different from the world. Fully alive. Joyful. Virtuous.
My decision to live the faith was more involved, but the gateway to Christ was just that simple.
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@Joeinblack
It’s got to be okay to see both sides of this. There are physically, mentally, and spiritually infirm on *both* sides of the confessional. It’s simply a matter of courtesy. No one will complain about the 15 minute confession from someone particularly struggling or coming back to
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I have an autoimmune disorder which causes my body to attack itself when exposed to UV. The only swimsuit pic of myself that I’ve ever posted on IG was in 2020. A selfie with my 4-year old who had never been swimming with his mama before. A celebratory moment that I wasn’t sure
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@AlessandraH17
Only 20% of all survey respondents attend Mass every Sunday. Since studies consistently show that church goers of all religions are more likely to materially support the poor, I’d like to see this study redone with a better representation (100%) of informed/practicing faithful.
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So can I say “Wuhan flu” now without Catholic leftists calling me racist, wishing me death-by-virus, and reporting me to the social media overlords?
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Please don’t be the kind of person who comments negatively on First Communion photos. If you don’t like the way a child receives, just keep silence. Sit on your hands. Turn off your phone. Whatever it takes not to be that person.
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Catholic feminism leads to toxic feminism. Feminism is primarily political and spiritual. Any common ground worth finding is only found in and through Jesus Christ. We do not need feminism to pursue radical charity.
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I had no idea who Br. Martin was until someone shared his RT of a post from Bug Hall calling me a whore. He said “I support this tweet.” We’ve never interacted. When I looked to see who the heck he was, saw I was blocked. What a nasty coward. Is this who trad men follow?
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Bad and weird take, Father. Nassar abused hundreds entrusted to his care. He should not be a free man. Choosing to do evil results in incarceration. He knew it was possible and he knew prison is dangerous. He chose a life of depravity. Does he "deserve" to be stabbed? God knows.
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At my judgment, I won’t be able to bring theologians, doctors, or popes with me. Alone, my conscience will be laid bare to the depths, exposed to pure Goodness. And I will be held to account.
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Catholics should not get gloomier as times get darker. This is supposed to be where we shine. Not Pollyanna schmaltz… but unshakable hope and trust.
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@j_bambrick
I have a friend whose life—and the life of her baby—was saved by the former abortionist in this video. He prayed over them on the operating table. Her comment was “Because He redeems us, Callum and I are here today.” Blessed be Jesus Christ!
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A friend of mine recently joined Twitter and left days later. Said “Twitter is absolute poison.”
Can we claim this space for Christ? And be different from the world?
“for once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light”
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If you’d have told me 2 years ago the trials that would follow, I might have run. But looking back, I see the evidence of Grace on all of it. I wouldn’t go back of course. Mostly because I wouldn’t be brave enough. But I also wouldn’t run. He makes all thing new in His time 🌸
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Prenup undermines marriage. Even before your wedding day, you’ve already adopted a protective posture against your spouse. It may be good for divorce but it isn’t good for marriage.
I am a millionaire. If you think I am getting married without a prenup then you are insane or naive.
I trust God.
I will trust my wife.
My wife will trust me.
Neither of us will trust the government.
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I had no idea the Grammy’s even happened until Catholics flooded my feed with images and videos of whatever demonic thing happened there. Not sure whether to thank you all or mute you. 😘
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Male Catholic “influencer” posts image of pop star in scant bondage gear sprawled on a cross shaped bed…
To highlight how wrong it is to display such profane images.
Target market of the channel?
Young Catholic males.
Make it make sense.
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@KeytarCatholic
This is a bizarre tweet. Like “maybe this guy is a fake priest” level bizarre.
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When I was the mother of 5 compliant kids, I wrote a popular article about what to do with toddlers in church. Then I had 3 more kids and put the article in draft and have never republished. I knew everything until I didn’t.
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Blaming feminism for the sins of Christian men is like going to confession and adding “but it’s my wife’s fault.” Sin is sin is sin. Feminism is bad. Men behaving badly is also bad. It’s an over correction? Okay then… turn to the Father and get yourselves healed and on track.
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