A new Maryknoll is born!

Congratulations to our newly ordained Maryknoll Missioner
Father Patrick Okok and
Father Matthew Sim!

Fully 40% of English derives from French, with Latin, Greek and German filling in most of the rest. Pure Anglo-Saxon accounts for around 25%.

I hope you found my éclaircissement helpful.

bsky.app/profile/frjo... A saint for all times but especially for ours and us, who live in the darkening fascism of the current USA.
#resist #resistance #Naziism #Jägerstätter

We are trying to locate the original source of the above quote.

Dear @popeleo.bsky.social or @pontifexes.bsky.social or
@drprevost.bsky.social
please confirm or deny the quote. Better yet, if not yours, just say it during your next Mass!
Grazie! ¡Gracias! Thanks loads!

Maryknoll mourns #PopeFrancis

"I encourage all members and seminarians to participate in the official nine days of mourning for Pope Francis by praying in thanksgiving for God’s gift of our late Holy Father and his contribution to the missionary service of the Church."

Fr. Lance Nadeau, M.M.
Superior General

One of #PopeFrancis’ last public statements is a jewel. On Holy Thursday last week, he visited inmates in Rome’s Regina Coeli jail. When he left the prison, he commented: “Every time I enter these doors, I ask myself, ‘Why them and not me?'"

We have gained a great intercessor in heaven. And not a second too soon. We who continue the struggle here on earth could certainly use a big dose of resurrection power.
#PopeFrancis

"If I, therefore, your master and teacher, have washed your feet, so too ought you to wash one another’s feet.” (John‬ ‭13‬:‭14‬ )
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A MORAL CRISIS

“The rule of law is being trampled. Innocent people are being disappeared. Court orders are being ignored.

If you claim to love this country—if you believe in the Constitution, due process, order, and justice—this must be your line in the sand.”

Take 3 minutes. This is important.

Meme with Sam Elliot in cowboy hat with his signature handlebar mustache with white hair. The caption says sometimes, people of a nation fimkalh decide they've had enough. April 19 we ride

Enough is enough
@sassysister27.bsky.social
@newmekboy.bsky.social
@stand7.bsky.social
@kaylovely.bsky.social
@hopeyy84.bsky.social
@richstaa.bsky.social
@qm-b.bsky.social
@pittsburghlady.bsky.social
@free2beme.bsky.social
@dcombes.bsky.social
@chantingcrow.bsky.social
@bluthrunthru.bsky.social

and thank YOU for your response. Clearly this is our time to stand up and call out, in solidarity with all who suffer at the whims and hands of tyrants.

As we prepare for Holy Week, recalling how the once mighty Roman Empire crucified a Jewish troublemaker in a remote part of the world 2,000 years ago, let us remember and honor those who sacrificed everything to bear witness to truth and faith in our modern world.

Judge orders US to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador prison — USA TODAY The family of a Maryland father who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador has sued the Trump administration to bring him back to the U.S.

Bring #KilmarAbregoGarcia homevto his family NOW!
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Free #KilmarAbregoGarcia NOW!
Bring him back from #ElSalvador and return him to his family. Give him reparations for the cruel, inhumane & #unAmerican way in which he was mistakenly arrested and deported. And promising NEVER to let this happen again is one way you begin to Make America Great.

In a time when people are trying to erase diversity, equity, and inclusion, my dear friend @bradmeltzer.com along with the incredible illustrator @chriseliopoulos.bsky.social are continuing to tell the stories of trailblazers. This is another excellent book in their series!

Some parts will and others won't. A church 2,000 years old with 1.3 billion members is bound to struggle.

Not sure who needs to hear this, but Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are #Catholic virtues.

We may not always get it right but we are obligated as followers of #Christ to keep trying. #DEI

Not to mention carrying out a declaration of martial law.

But Not Christian Nationalists values.

I sounds more convincing in German.

Many blessings on you both!

Pope Francis: “Conversion and forgiveness are the two gentle touches with which the Lord dries every tear from our eyes; they are the hands with which the Church embraces us, sinners; they are the feet on which we walk in our earthly pilgrimage. press.vatican.va/content/sala...

The parable of the #Prodigal Son (actually, the Prodigal Father) shows how God treats us.

Knowing we will fail, fall and sin again, and again, and again,
God nonetheless showers us with forgiveness and blessings.

And only asks we treat each other with similar grace.

You see someone begging on the side of the road. What's your inner dialog like?

"They should get a job."
"They're probably an addict."
"They'll buy drugs or booze."

If you're a #Christian, how do you reconcile that with "Whatever you do to the least of my brothers & sisters..."
Matt. 25:40-41?