Catholic Gramps

#Catholic husband, dad, gramps, musician, (x times) great grandson of the Christians you couldn't feed to the lions. I generally don't reply to DMs. No offense.

[Catholic Gramps @GrampsMasterBen]

#CardinalMcElroy is an abuse coverup artist. Nearly 3 years ago this was written, and he continues to climb the ranks.

@WashArchdiocese
@Pontifex

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[Tridentine Brewing @TridentineBrew]

@Giants Happy month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus! ❤️‍🔥

[Pope Respecter @poperespecter1]

@farmingandJesus Protestants get the veneration of relics exactly backward. Far from being a pagan thing, their veneration was one thing that differentiated them from the pagans.

The Protestant aversion to relics is actually quite pagan though.

[Deacon Nick Donnelly @ProtecttheFaith]

Over the past 8 years

60,000 precious, irreplaceable babies have been murdered in Ireland

The blood of these 60, 000 unique individuals is on the hands of the 66.4% who voted yes for abortion

Hell awaits you if you don't repent

Please repent while you still have time

[Catholic Gramps @GrampsMasterBen]

@CatholicFQ I get more guilt trips from secularists than I ever got from my fellow Catholics. People talk about Catholic guilt all the time, but secular guilt is ridiculous.

[Boston Matt @Mattman34]

Tongues of fire 🔥
The Eucharist is really Jesus.
The Bible is a Catholic book.
The Catholic Church was started by Jesus and is guided into all truth by the Holy Spirit.

#BlessedPentecost2026

[Boston Matt @Mattman34]

The Blessed Virgin Mary is the holiest, non-divine person that will ever exist. This apparently pisses many people off.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

I read everywhere about the 'hard right'

This the term used to describe people who are
Islamosceptic - that is, people who are doubtful about the merits of a religion that demands child marriage, the beating of women, and death to all who oppose it

Perhaps 'sensible right' would be a better description

[Come Home to Rome @ComeHometoRome]

Two prayer requests: a former Muslim family we know has joined OCIA at our Parish. Please pray for their discernment. And a wonderful Christian wife we know wants to start OCIA, has been coming to Mass, but her husband is completely indifferent to the Church. He’ll go to Calvary Chapel with her because evangelicals is easy and shallow, but is indifferent to faith in general. Pray for her strength and her husband’s softened heart.

[Catholic Gramps @GrampsMasterBen]

@HoldenCCole I see your planning on getting it for Android, so I keep an eye out.
Will it have the traditional Latin Office *with* English translations? I'm still relatively novus to the trad world, so I'm not fluent in Latin yet.

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

Nadia was kidnapped, raped and sold by ISIS.

Her brothers were killed for refusing to convert to Islam. Her mother was killed for being too old to be a sex slave.

Her event to share her story was canceled in Canada because the local Muslim community deemed it “Islamophobic.”

[Catholic Gramps @GrampsMasterBen]

@vinemetlex @PetriOP There's often more merit when we do what God calls us to when we don't feel it. There's a tendency, especially in the west, to equate faith and feelings. Sometimes I feel incredibly happy after Confession. Other times, I'm simply aware in my intellect that I'm forgiven.

[Fr. Thomas Petri OP @PetriOP]

One reason many Catholics no longer go to confession frequently is that the sacrament subtly drifted from “confession and absolution” toward “spiritual counseling.”

Most Catholics are willing to accuse themselves of sins briefly and regularly. Fewer are willing to enter into an extended personal conversation every few weeks.

The traditional confessional, the screen, brevity, clarity, and sacramental reserve all lowered the barrier to grace. The sacrament felt objective, medicinal, and accessible rather than emotionally burdensome.

Confession is not primarily therapy or spiritual direction. It is sacramental mercy.

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

Reminder: the Crusades were a response to over 400 years of Islamic aggression against Christians and Europe.

632: Muhammad dies.

635: Muslims conquer the Christian city of Damascus.

636: Muslims conquer the Christian city of Antioch.

637: Muslims conquer the Holy Land.

639: Muslims conquer the first Christian country Armenia.

641: Muslims conquer the Coptic Christian country of Egypt.

650: Muslim armies reach southern Italy and Cyprus, taking thousands of captives as "slaves" and "concubines."

711: Muslims invade Spain, and by 715, they have overrun most of it.

717: Muslims besiege Constantinople but are repelled.

730: Muslims invade France, only to be stopped by Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours.

792: The ruler of Al-Andalus calls for the invasion of France, and Muslim armies are assembled to attack it again, but they are repelled.

827: Muslims invade Sicily and Italy, persecuting monks. Sicily remains under Islamic rule until 1092.

846: Muslims invade Rome and force the Pope to pay tribute.

848: A third invasion of France occurs, and they are repelled for the third time.

909: Muslims occupy Sardinia.

937: The Church of the Holy Sepulcher is burned down by Muslims, and more churches in Jerusalem are attacked.

1009: Destruction of the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem.

1012: Beginning of al-Hakim’s oppressive decrees against Christians.

1071: Muslim Turks attack the Byzantines and occupy much of Anatolia.

1094: Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos asks Western Christendom for help against Muslim Turkish invasions.

1095: Pope Urban II finally declares the First Crusade.

[Hannah Strege, LSW @HannahStrege]

Some of you failed freshman biology & it shows.

Before fertilization: two separate human cells.

After fertilization: one new human organism with its own DNA.

That is not religion.
That is embryology

[Catholic Gramps @GrampsMasterBen]

A hater of #Christianity passed away today. I pray he somehow repented before his passing. #MayGodHaveMercyOnHisSoul.

[Catholic Gramps @GrampsMasterBen]

@DefiantLs He'd be offering a millstone to the adults who gave that kid hormones, surgical mutilations, and all that other crap.

[Christine Niles @ChristineNiles1]

@GenFlynn The pope is against abortion, IVF, birth control, gay marriage, transgenderism and female priests. How is he "woke'? In fact, Trump is to the left of him on all of these issues.

[Gary Michael Voris @Michael_Voris]

@realstewpeters Hannity is a liar.

He left the Church when he divorced his wife and took up with his mistress.

He’s using the Iran-pope-Trump thing as a pretext to make himself sound noble. He ain’t.

[Catholic Arena @CatholicArena]

What we know about the pope:

• AGAINST Nuclear Weapons
• Spoke repeatedly about protestors in Iran
• Repeatedly called out persecution in Nigeria and met their bishops last month
• Says that he is against the USA having 'open borders'
• Not only not a Communist but visited the tomb of Francisco Franco on pilgrimage
• Strong language against abortion, IVF, euthanasia
• Spoke publicly about Catholics murdered by Muslims on first day of his visit to Algeria