Beth Debrot

Canadian Ex-Pat #CivDei

[Sabin Howard @SabinHoward]

What we make and who we are is inextricably connected to our rich history.
And if you destroy that history and the idea of higher power, you destroy a part of each and everyone of us.
You destroy our moorings and our grounding. that’s why I sculpted the national World War I Memorial. To fight the destroyers!

[Fr Joseph Hudson @acloudofsaints]

A man crashed a stolen car outside St. Joseph Shrine. Then he bolted.

The Rector heard the crash and someone yelled "stop him."

So Rev. Jean-Baptiste Commins — in full cassock — tackled him, and held him until the police came.

Never underestimate a priest in a cassock.

[Kathryn Jean Lopez @kathrynlopez]

Marvelous Montse!: A Chicagoan Pope Names a Mexican-Born Daughter of the Church to Lead Communications at the... https://t.co/VPlq4OeAqW

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

Iran has just been nominated to preside over the UN Committee for the protection of women's rights, human rights, and the prevention of terrorism.

YES, IRAN. And it was supported by the United Kingdom, Spain, and France.

This is not a joke. It's real.

- @isaacrrr7

[Byron York @ByronYork]

Sadly true. So what now?
1) Stick with the Great American State Fair concept. Make it a sprawling display of the local economies and cultures of each of the 50 states.
2) De-celebritize the events. Don't try to book stars. Republicans have always lost at that game, and doubly so with Trump. At the moment, show business appears to be largely made up of a) entertainers and businessmen who hate Trump, and b) entertainers and businessmen who are scared of being accused of not hating Trump. Why waste time with them?
3) Make music a big part of the events by showcasing U.S. military bands. There are a lot of military bands and orchestras, and they are very, very good.
4) Make the 4th of July a traditional 4th of July, with the exception of a turbocharged America 250 fireworks show.
5) No starring role for Trump. He'll be the President of the United States watching over the events with pride.
6) If anyone calls it hokey, fine. Old-fashioned hokey patriotism is good.

[Catholic Life @prayandfast2]

The chapel where St. Joan of Arc prayed is now in Wisconsin. Originally located in Chasse, France, it had fallen into disrepair before being moved to the campus of Marquette University.

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

It just started with a little catnip. Then the parties. The trips. "Mice for everybody!" It all got away from me.

[Beth Debrot @BethDebrot]

Great interview and perspective on both liturgies . Congratulations on the book. @EduardHabsburg

[acardnal @acardnal]

Traditional Latin Mass Is ‘Absolute Antithesis of Today’s World,’ Says Eduard Habsburg| National Catholic Register https://t.co/ePFRjFDKDw

[Generalissimo Illegal Neanderthal 🇺🇲✝️ @rayrothfe]

Sometimes my feed presents news that would have been satire 20 years ago.

He should just host a beer summit, like that other guy from Chicago

[Beth Debrot @BethDebrot]

@OrdinariateUSA Lovely.

[Dan McLaughlin @baseballcrank]

The single category of sin that is singled out most harshly by Christ in the Gospels. Goes for Raphael Warnock, too.

[Beth Debrot @BethDebrot]

@ZitoSalena @POTUS Rocco?

[Fred Simon @FredSimonTLM]

Grok made a concept Popemobile

[Beth Debrot @BethDebrot]

@AHMalcolm OK Bob.

[Jennifer Sey @JenniferSey]

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[🇺🇸 David J. Urban 🇺🇸 @DavidJUrban]

Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C.
November 21, 1864

Dear Madam,
I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom.

Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,

Abraham Lincoln

[Beth Debrot @BethDebrot]

@EduardHabsburg Yes!

[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

Americans who have given what Abraham Lincoln called “the last full measure of devotion” occupy a special place in our nation’s history.

As we commemorate America 250 by celebrating the birth of freedom represented by the Declaration of Independence, it is important to point out that not a single Founding Father believed either the Declaration or the Constitution (created in the decade following the American Revolution) guaranteed the perpetuation of a free society.

They all understood that creating a framework for a republican form of government was necessary but not sufficient to ensure the preservation of individual liberty. The American experiment would require hard work — and each generation of Americans would have to do its part when freedom was at risk.

No group has given more in service of this experiment than those who we honor on Memorial Day. Without their sacrifice, the preservation of a constitutional system would be impossible — and there would not be a celebration for America 250.

They fought the good fight, they finished the race, they kept the faith.

And we will be forever in their debt.

[Beth Debrot @BethDebrot]

RT @ZitoSalena: Today marks 158 years since President James Garfield spoke to over 5,000 men and women at Arlington, many of them family me…

[Kristen Waggoner @KristenWaggoner]

She wrote a church pamphlet on marriage and sexuality in 2004. This year, the Finnish Supreme Court used that pamphlet to convict her of “hate speech.”

Thank you @ShannonBream for highlighting Päivi Räsänen’s shocking story—and Europe’s censorship crisis—on @FoxNewsSunday.