Catholic Dad - John

Doing my best—with God’s grace—to fight the good fight, finish the race, and keep the faith. ❤️ to prayer request = 🙏

“lux in tenebris lucet"

[Catholic Dad - John @CatholicDad33]

@hf_222222 That is something I never truly learned until I became a dad. Love is not an emotion, a feeling. It is a decision, an act of the will. I pray I will choose love every day until I am called home.

[Jared L Kubin @JaredKubin]

For all the parents out there dealing with a decision... let me give you another perspective

In 2018 my wife and I went in for our 20? week ultra sound at Beth Israel in Boston... the rep was very quiet the whole time, something seemed off. My wife & I were first time parents... didn't have much context. The doctor pulled us into her office and told us our sons nuchal fold was abnormally large... she went on to say there is a significant increased chance of Down Syndrome and even Turner's syndrome... talked about options to terminate the pregnancy. My wife was inconsolable, rightly so ... even thinking about it now brings back a lot of heavy emotions because of how hard of a day it was... hard...

I did a lot of research on the topic ... my wife & I prayed non stop about it. All we could do. The doctors wanted to do an amniocentesis which has its own host of risks..run more tests...

We came to the conclusion, which was not easy... it didn't matter... no amnio, no more tests.... I felt in my soul the Lord's plan was perfect and if our son was going to have Down Syndrome we would love him and shepherd him through this world the best we could. We get what we get. Anything from the Lord was a BLESSING and I was not going to point my finger at Him

Fast forward to today... our son is going to be 8 in the fall. He is perfect. Just hit a homerun the other day... a much better baseball player than I was at his age. My best friend

I share this deeply personal story for nothing more than to give just ONE parent hope... the Lord's plan is perfect... stay the course

[Catholic Dad - John @CatholicDad33]

@PhilOutsider I am fascinated by the pre-renovation cathedral. That said, I can’t imagine ordinations or the great solemnities of the liturgical calendar in the pre-O’Hara church.

I love our cathedral!

[Catholic Manhood ❤️‍🔥 @bethecreed]

“The world offers you comfort, but you were not made for comfort.  You were made for greatness.”

Pope Benedict XVI

[Catholic Dad - John @CatholicDad33]

@Joeinblack @hockeyesvita @FromTheSeidline I worked in the PA legislature and politics for 20 years. Public education, at least here in PA, is of the teachers’ union, by the teachers’ union, and for the teachers’ union — with a generous assist from school boards.

[Catholic Dad - John @CatholicDad33]

@OVTweetmarck @TheCatholicEngr

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@shebringsjoy Come home!

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@CharlesTingler @HaikuFictionDJU Welcome home!

[Catholic Dad - John @CatholicDad33]

@FrPeterGruber Praise God and ad multos annos!

[Catholic Dad - John @CatholicDad33]

@FrCharles That’s quite the portfolio!

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@Georgia_Belle23 Welcome home!

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@chicago_co37632 You and me both!

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@FrCharles Yes, yes, yes! Jesus meets people where they are and invites them to "come and see" where he longs for them to be!

[Catholic Dad - John @CatholicDad33]

@chicago_co37632 There’s nothing that compares to it.

[Catholic Dad - John @CatholicDad33]

@josephnollasj I lectored and got to proclaim that reading today!

[Catholic Dad - John @CatholicDad33]

@DavidPaternostr Love that movie.

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it…”

[Catholic Dad - John @CatholicDad33]

@dianahenry @Melody31Cecilia It’s a tragedy that political tribalism is an idol for so many. Encountering the world and other human beings through the lens of politics is an incredible impoverishment.

God bless Pope Leo. 🙏🏻

[Catholic Dad - John @CatholicDad33]

@frobrien It is right and just…