Matthew 15:8-9 NRSV

“This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching human precepts as doctrines.”

Or priest or officer or anyone…

Hahaha….

This may sound a bit strange but the Ted Talks speakers guide is pretty good. But I would aim for 12 minutes not 18. Focus on the Good News.

⚓We just finished THE KLANSMAN'S SON by @adriannefblack.bsky.social in our refectory reading during lunch and supper. I recommend it. Buy it, read it, recommend it to someone else.

- Br. Abraham St. Gregory's Abbey

Hahaha.

Wait.

Is he sick?

Now THAT is praying hard.

We had Easter at one of our parishes where we had snow last week. It was a glorious celebration with two baptisms and flock of kids running around!

One of the new U2 songs has the Kyrie in it. Good song.

Absolutely overjoyed for Hungary. They don’t have to suffer through Orbán OR Dreher anymore.

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Damn. Go Blue.

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Cmon Michigan. Let’s win this!

Least Likely to Break the Rubics is Chris Corbin.

Uh oh. What did Chris Corbin do?

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What a game!! Go Blue!!!🏆

Go Blue!

He is so short sighted and a terrible business man. We can’t get rid of him quick enough.

ICE lies. Abolish ICE.

Go Blue! What a win!

The Archbishop for Military Services put out a statement last fall expressing frustration that the Army canceled contracts that help support Catholic chaplains and Catholic service members. It's starting to be a pattern, this lack of support for Catholics in the military.

My God. On Good Friday.

It’s time to cleanse the Pentagon.

Now any white man promoted has to be considered suspect because he may well have taken the place of a more qualified black or female officer personally removed from the promotion list by Hegseth.

CBS headline reads: "Supreme Court to weigh Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship in test of second-term agenda."

This movement has never been about violent criminal aliens, undocumented immigrants writ large, or even immigration in general, but about the country’s changing ethnic and religious makeup. It has always been about white Christian nationalism.

Evil

Periodic reminder that guillotines are the moderate solution

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I want to know why everyone gets Maximus the Confessor or does this really speak to my follows…

I’m shocked. Rich white folk don’t want to be held responsible for their terrible behavior.