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Things I found worth reading go here. Didn't say I agreed. Said it was worth a look. But it's not so hard to dig up my opinion if you're in need of one.

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Updated Welcome Thread, 3/17/2023: Welcome new followers, however briefly we know each other. This is the thread where I remind you it is *just fine* to unfollow and mute me. Your mental health is important!
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PSA: Your Life Is Worthwhile - patheos.com/blogs/jenniferfi…

Your Life Is Worthwhile

There's an increasing push to sort and cull human beings. To say that these lives are worth living and these others are not. We have to fight this pressure.

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Preparing for Lent 2026 emilymdeardo.com/blog/2026/1… from @emdeardo

Preparing for Lent 2026 🙏 📚 — Emily M. DeArdo

“God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about...

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Darwiniana 2026 darwincatholic.blogspot.com/…
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In the confessional with PriestChat pillarcatholic.com/p/in-the-…

In the confessional with PriestChat

AI is coming for financial analysts, journalists, and plenty of other jobs. But priests?

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Superb notes on evangelization fails and wins at tourist-destination churches: Thanks, I hate it amywelborn.wordpress.com/202… via @amywelborn2

Thanks, I hate it

The screens on every column up the nave at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, that is. Screens that I assume are playing some sort of simulcast during Sunday Masses (bad) but apparently are tasked with…

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If you need a night to sleep to maintain your sanity and your man holds your baby just know you’re normal and he ain’t gonna die and neither is the baby go get some sleep honey.
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I've been celebrating the 12 days of Christmas by watching a lot of Christmas movies and suddenly I've realized why I'm still single: I've never brought a fake fiancé home for the holidays! Think I can try this for St. Patrick's Day or do I have to wait till next Christmas?
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I was working with an agent as a client recently. Yesterday I got some texts I was responding to with questions I needed to answer for her. Something about the word choice seemed odd. Instead of answering her question I simply asked where she was from. “Oh! That’s a great question Lu. I’m ——‘s AI assistant. I help her out by working with clients.” Fired. Immediately fired. I’m over here texting a damn clanker slop box set to chatty mode. This is my most boomer tier complaint. I will never work with you.
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My sister tricked me into doing Magnify 90 again this year. Currently noticing how very much I like this place. Darn those Bible study ladies. Darn darn darn. (I'm sorry to report from experience: It's a great fit for us and hits many things I truly ought to be prioritizing.)
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It’s Sunday in downtown Tulsa, OK. Let’s go to Mass! Today is the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord. Masses at Holy Family Cathedral today: 8:00am 10:00am Noon 5:00pm Confessions will be available at the following times: 7:30-7:50am 9:30 until the consecration 11:30am until the consecration 4:30-4:50pm Blessed chalk and Epiphany blessings will be available at all Masses. Merry Christmas!
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I know, I know, Cowboys and all. But instead of a meaningless football game, watch hockey this afternoon. It’ll do you better.
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Stars reach the halfway point of regular season in an afternoon matchup against the Canadiens. Game Day Guide ⤵️ @PNCBank | #TexasHockey

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My experience is that it is unpleasant to confess to priests who don't believe the sacrament is important. They tend to belittle one's contrition. So yes, their lines will be short. Priests who treasure the sacrament will have long lines.
𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚕 𝙻𝚎𝙹𝚎𝚞𝚗𝚎
@MarcelLeJeuneJan 3
This is a pastoral problem, not a problem with the Sacrament. Confession lines EXPLODE, when you: -proclaim The Gospel -help people come to Jesus and convert -preach the necessity of repentance & confessing sins -offer lots of opportunities to go to the Sacrament.
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This is true across the spectrum. Happy clappy priests who love reconciling sinners and bringing them the Grace of the Lord Jesus have long lines, too! It's only priests who disdain the sacrament or disdain sinners who have short lines.
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More than you want anything, more than you have ever wanted anything, our Heavenly Father wants to free you. He wants to free you from your sins, from your past, from the chains you and I forge for our ourselves…all of it. Give him your sins, give him your burdens, give him your past, give him your wounds. He wants it all. #talkedtotheboss
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At every parish I’ve started in, confession is a dead sacrament. But after a couple of years of occasional preaching on the subject and generous confession times, the practice skyrockets. Every time.
Iacobus Novus@SeamusNuaJan 2
New England boomer Catholics and Southern Millennial Catholics live in two different realities. The former see a dying religion in need of drastic change. The latter see a stronger religion persevering. Thus article about confession bears out the same observation. /1
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14+ man hours a week of Confessions in Downtown Tulsa, OK. I always bring a spiritual book to read while waiting for the next penitent. After 18 months, I'm finally on page 2.
NCR@NCRonlineJan 2
NCR interviews James O'Toole, whose new book, For I Have Sinned, details the growth and eventual decline of confession in the United States, prompting questions about the sacrament's future. bit.ly/4sf4Z1j

Is confession dead? Q&A with a Catholic historian on the state of the sacrament

NCR interviews James O'Toole, whose new book, For I Have Sinned, details the growth and eventual decline of confession in the United States, prompting questions about the sacrament's future.

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I want to introduce the transfer portal into academia. I think it could make departmental hiring way more interesting.
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This is eminently true. Every place I’ve been has been flush with people seeking the Sacrament of Confession.
Fr. Paul@BackwardsFeetJan 3
Such a pathetic interview. Leading questions with an assumption already forgone. Confession isn't dead if the priests provide it. If you build it, they will come. We offer about ten man hours of confessions per week, and the lines are full the whole time.
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Fr. Paul@BackwardsFeetJan 3
Such a pathetic interview. Leading questions with an assumption already forgone. Confession isn't dead if the priests provide it. If you build it, they will come. We offer about ten man hours of confessions per week, and the lines are full the whole time.
NCR@NCRonlineJan 2
NCR interviews James O'Toole, whose new book, For I Have Sinned, details the growth and eventual decline of confession in the United States, prompting questions about the sacrament's future. bit.ly/4sf4Z1j

Is confession dead? Q&A with a Catholic historian on the state of the sacrament

NCR interviews James O'Toole, whose new book, For I Have Sinned, details the growth and eventual decline of confession in the United States, prompting questions about the sacrament's future.

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Replying to @NCRonline
Tomorrow morning, as every Saturday, three of us priests will sit in the confessional for as long as it takes to hear all of the confessions. We are usually there for two hours. One weekend a month, there are four of us. On Wednesdays, three of us hear for an hour, more if needed. We can’t keep up with all of the confessions. It’s glorious.
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