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Joined December 2021
Raphael 🇻🇦❤️‍🔥 retweeted
"A well-formed conscience does not simply follow personal preferences or political loyalties. It seeks to recognize what is true and good and pursue its advancement out of loyalty to God first." Thank you for this beautiful line, @bpdflores
Bishop of Brownsville : letter to the Diocese encouraging voter participation in the upcoming elections: files.ecatholic.com/30330/do…
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The enchantment gives the worthy bearer the power of Thor. In Thor’s case, that gives Thor his own power, just as Odin later said. In Steve’s case, it gives him Thor’s power, which is lightning. This isn’t complicated.
This very scene proves Odin was an out-and-out liar. In Ragnarok, Odin looked Thor in the face and said the hammer was only ever meant to help him focus his own power, insisting the lightning was his own ability all along. Then Steve Rogers, a mortal man from Brooklyn with zero Asgardian DNA, picks up Mjolnir and immediately starts dropping divine lightning bolts directly out of the sky. Turns out the lightning was in the metal the entire time.
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I heard @catholic_comedy picks his nose every morning from a selection of noses.
We should refrain from Church gossip, especially when we don't have all the details. If you weren't sitting in the room, or even if you were, we should refrain from commenting or presuming malice.
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I was so close 🤏🏻 to maxing out on sending Tweetmarck money.
It is absolutely the case that you should refrain from credit card usage where you are prone to excessive splurging or to deferring paying it off. If you struggle with these things, you should just use a debit card.
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Raphael 🇻🇦❤️‍🔥 retweeted
I would more than welcome an attempted canonical process for the removal of office as a pastor on the grounds that I “prayed with my people after Mass.” The absurdity would be astounding.
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Did not die of diabeetus.
Richard Riehle, the character actor best known for playing Tom Smykowski in “Office Space,” died of natural causes on Oct. 15. He was 78. Riehle appeared in more than 400 film and TV projects, including “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “The Fugitive,” “Grounded for Life,” “Of Mice and Men,” “Wedding Crashers” and “Bridesmaids.” He also portrayed Santa Claus in eight different projects throughout his career. wp.me/pc8uak-1lHYxH
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In Disney’s Coco, Ernesto de la Cruz, a narcissistic traveling musician, is revealed to be a deeply immoral man. It stands to reason that he is promiscuous. Yet he is extremely confident that he could not possibly be a father. In this essay…
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Dobby, like Jar-Jar Binks, was a Sith Lord.
In Chamber of Secrets, Dobby desperately tried to stop Harry from returning to Hogwarts, warning him that something terrible was going to happen. But how did Dobby know the Chamber would be opened and students would be in danger? Did he know exactly what was coming?
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Hot tip for Boomers: stop asking for everyone to stop paying their fair share *before* your judgment.
“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century. politico.com/news/magazine/2…
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Midcentury novel covers were a wild vibe.
This was literally the Perelandra cover. No one can gripe about these new Narnia covers.
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“He’s a male lion, he has a mane.” He also has feathers.
1. Kat is, of course, entirely correct. The fact that Streep reportedly used a masculine or male-coded voice and that Aslan in the movie is clearly a male lion (he has a mane) should be the end of conservative hand-wringing over a "gender-bending Aslan" but it won't be.
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The study is crap because men don’t notice women’s hair.
This "study" is pseudoscience because: - 2 is hotter than 1 - 3 is hotter than 2 - If a woman arrives at 4 she has gotten there entirely of her own accord
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If we ban guns, bad guys won’t use them!
The reason it’s not that simple is that I don’t want my child’s life to depend on the presence of a good guy with a gun. In most of the developed world this isn’t an issue because… they ban guns.
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1. This is a demonstration Lewis made his point well. 2. Turkish delight is actually quite nice.
>be a child >read the lion the witch and the wardrobe >this kid gets manipulated with turkish delight >this must be good right? >finally have turkish delight >total ass >gets stuck in teeth >pain >anguish >this dipshit edumund sold out his family for THIS? >betrayed by c.s. lewis
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Cashier: “That’ll be ten fifty-four.” Me:
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🫢 I’ve seen bad, but holy cow.
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My first Fr. Boss did the crowd-surfing cross on Good Friday thing and that stretched the very limit of my tolerance. But playing the unveiling of the cross as a strip-tease? I’d be pounding down the bishop’s door.
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Let God be the judge, but I think we may pray He judges swiftly.
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If a small turn in Divine Providence had not occurred about a century ago, I’d be a ND legacy alum today. Consequently, I feel comfortable cheering for ND today, particularly and especially against the Mormons.
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The Mormons from Bring-Em Young most of all.
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