Wow!!! Lift every voice and sing!

Tell it, Kirk!

#Discernment is especially on our minds at the #NewYear. Useful Pope Francis' advice to have support: americamagazine.org/faith/2022/12/… Pope Leo XIV America Magazine

What if casting blame for our suffering was really projection masking anger toward God for abandoning us? ("Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?") This thread ↓↓↓

I can't be the only one pondering the nature of three persons in one God right now, can I? It must be the wine. #CommunityOfLove

“What’s new, Rabbi? “ ‘You know what’s new? God just made the world.’ ” “The blush of Christmas is ending, but the feast has just begun.” - Fr. Pat Keleher, 7 Jan 2023 #ChristmasWeekday #homily #dailymass Jn 2:1-11 youtu.be/MZUDyG_v-6I

“All I knew is that I in no way, shape, or form deserved less. Checkmate.” ~Elsa Majimbo, Chess Champion x.com/i/status/13523… #BlackGirlMagic #BlackExcellence #KnowYourWorth #BlackWomenLead #CheckMate!

Rev. Dr. James Cone New Icon “It is ironic that America, with its history of injustice to the poor, especially the black man and the Indian, prides itself on being a Christian nation.” Prints and original Icon: kellylatimoreicons.com #jamescone

"What have you done? Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!" ~Genesis 4:10

So proud of and exceedingly grateful for our two amazing transitional deacons (kind of a misnomer to call them "transitional" since they will always be deacons), Nik Guiney (fr. nik guiney, csc) and Tyler Kreipke, who in a few short days will also be ordained #CSCPriests.

Thank you so much, Gloria Purvis, for reaffirming the dignity and worth of our #BlackNationalAnthem in this straight-no-chaser thread 😉

While pondering the DDF's #DignitasInfinita issued today, I stumbled upon Fr Daniel Horan OFM's initial impressions of the Vatican's critique of "Gender Theory" newwaysministry.org/2024/04/08/the…

Daryl Grigsby's (Daryl Grigsby) reflections on the beauty, joy & challenges of being Black and Catholic in the USA today: blackcatholicmessenger.org/savoring-the-c… #BlackandCatholic @BlkCathStories

Quote of the Week: “The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” ~James Baldwin kellylatimoreicons.com

Pope Francis at Angelus: “We label people. Does God label people? We need a Church and a society that does not exclude anyone, that does not treat anyone as 'impure'. Everyone, with their own story, is welcomed and loved without labels and prejudices, without adjectives"

"Words are not enough." "Human dignity is paramount and not the interests of the institution." usccb.org/news/2024/chur…

In 1992, after tearing up the Pope’s photo on television in protest of child abuse by the Catholic Church, Sinéad O’Conner was booed at a concert in Madison Square Garden. Kris Kristofferson supported her. May they both rest in peace. Kris Kristofferson sings “Sister Sinéad”:

Malcolm X would have been 100 years of age, had he lived to see this day (May 19, 2025) #MalcolmX #malcolmx100 #malcolmxlegacy

Happy 95th Birthday, #LorraineHansberry!

This thrilling Prophetic Voice for our times offers an inspiring vision of "the new human person - including the new male human person...not defined by certitude, control, or power (but through)...forgiveness, generosity, and hospitality."