God chooses us from varied places and backgrounds to become a company of friends, spending our whole life abiding in him and giving ourselves up to the attraction of his glory. - Rule of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist

It appears that I am now a young Leonard Cohen.

My homily for the Feast of the Holy Family.

Justice will never be fully attained unless people see in the poor person, who is asking for help in order to survive, not an annoyance or a burden, but an opportunity for showing kindness and a chance for greater enrichment. - Pope St. John Paul II, Centisimus Annus

A holy day has dawned upon us. Come, you nations, and adore the Lord. For today a great light has come upon the earth.

My Christmas homily. You are who you were meant to be. Merry Christmas!

Just watched this. Heartbreaking and shocking. Watch it while you can.

Of your charity, please pray for my grandfather who has just been placed on hospice.

My first assignment in ministry was in Salisbury. It's hard to imagine such things happening there. But this is the world we now live in.

We remember Pope Francis on what would have been his 89th birthday. Requiescat in pace.

This is mouthwash. You can't convince me otherwise.

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.

ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility

Sounds like an article written by @bishoprobberbaron.bsky.social

The Lord helpeth them that are fallen; * the Lord careth for the righteous. The Lord careth for the strangers; he defendeth the fatherless and widow: * as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down. Psalm 146:8-9 #MorningPrayer #Ordinariate

1st tracks are easy. 5 best album closing songs? Fleetwood Mac: Rumours - Gold Dust Woman Tori Amos: Under the Pink - Yes, Anastasia Guns N Roses: Appetite for Destruction - Paradise City Counting Crows: August & Everything After - A Murder of One The Beatles: Sgt Pepper... - A Day in the Life

Paul McCartney Counting Crows (8 times so far) Rage Against The Machine and Gang Starr Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers Guns N Roses

Top Five Side 1 Track 1s: Patty Griffin, Flaming Red The Beatles, Back in the USSR KRS ONE, Outta Here Counting Crows, Hangin Around Ani Difranco, Untouchable Face

I want to create some kind of Bluesky Catholic Bible study. Not sure what exactly that will look like, but if you're interested, let's talk about it.

A thread worth reading. How we arrive at truth is almost as important as the truth itself, and making sure moral questions are addressed with seriousness requires an epistemic humility that many find difficult to maintain.

Me, just now, at midnight, staring at the bananas I bought yesterday that are on my counter: You'll be rotten by morning, you jerks.

Gravy is basically animal sweat. Just putting that out there.

Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure: * fret not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil. Psalm 37:8 #MorningPrayer #Ordinariate

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy. Well, that worked out.

Been teaching and ministering in a high school for eight years now, and this is absolutely true.

Does "woke" actually exist? The only people I hear using the term regularly are those critical of "wokeness." Does anyone actually, unironically refer to themselves as woke?

Every time I think I've found my favorite, he outdoes it. Well done. No notes. 🤣

I don't care what anyone says. "I Am the Bread of Life" is a straight up banger.

I have two months to read 18 books if I want to meet my GoodReads challenge. Any recommendations for short, easy reads?

This is what my board looked like at the end of class today. I wonder what this looks like to someone who wasn't there.

Digable Planets? In this economy?

I remember people hating on Alanis Morrisette for her song "Ironic" not actually having anything ironic in it, but it just now occurs to me that this was the most ironic thing she could do. This message brought to you by the year 1996.

True love is always contemplative, and permits us to serve the other not out of necessity or vanity, but rather because he or she is beautiful above and beyond mere appearances. Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, 1103

If one is in extreme necessity, he has the right to procure for himself what he needs out of the riches of others. Vatican II (Gaudium et spes, 69)

Big if true.

I have more than 1000 messages sitting in my in-box right now, and when I think about it, I want to throw up. That's normal, healthy adult behavior, right?

"Where monks and nuns have opened their doors to the poor, the Church has revealed with humility and firmness that contemplation does not exclude mercy, but demands it as its purest fruit." Pope Leo XIV

"What advantage does Christ gain if the sacrificial table is laden with golden vessels, while he himself dies of hunger in the person of the poor? Feed the hungry first, and only afterward adorn the altar with what remains.” St. John Chrysostom

"Gratitude is the first sign of a thinking, rational creature." ~ Blessed Solanus Casey

Anyone who says they love God and has no compassion for the needy is lying. - Pope Leo XIV

I do not care one bit how popular all this is or how much people say fighting back on all this is politically impractical. What is happening is immoral and utterly antithetical to the Gospel.

When future historians study this era, I have to imagine that American Catholics getting mad at the pope for blessing water will be used as a shorthand to explain why this was truly the dumbest generation.

Pope Leo: “I am pleased to announce that on November 1, during the Jubilee of the World of Education, I will confer the title of Doctor of the Church on Saint John Henry Newman, who contributed decisively to the renewal of theology and to the understanding of the development of Christian doctrine.”

Narrator: No. No it wouldn't.

"Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system." - Dorothy Day

If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to BlueSky

Everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it is received with thanksgiving, for it is sanctified by God’s word and by prayer. 1 Timothy 4:4-5

Finally got around to listening to the new Public Enemy album today... wow... I admit, I wasn't prepared for how good it is. One of the top albums of their career easily. If you're at all into hip hop, take a listen. @chuckdpe.bsky.social can still spit fire!

This album is super underrated. It is bold and creative even just in how it was recorded. And the songs continue to resonate.