Jen Fitz

Things I found worth reading go here. Didn't say I agreed. Said it was worth a look. But it's not so hard to dig up my opinion if you're in need of one.

[Jen Fitz @JenFitz_Reads]

Updated Welcome Thread, 3/17/2023: Welcome new followers, however briefly we know each other. This is the thread where I remind you it is *just fine* to unfollow and mute me.

Your mental health is important!

[Jen Fitz @JenFitz_Reads]

PSA: Your Life Is Worthwhile - https://t.co/BiadkfcNWA

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Preparing for Lent 2026 https://t.co/BB93mBSy0N from @emdeardo

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Darwiniana 2026 https://t.co/O2LBwbPUG6

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In the confessional with PriestChat https://t.co/nAYIaaJyUa

[Jen Fitz @JenFitz_Reads]

Superb notes on evangelization fails and wins at tourist-destination churches:

Thanks, I hate it https://t.co/nMI0SwzXls via @amywelborn2

[Lu for Alaska @luinalaska]

If you need a night to sleep to maintain your sanity and your man holds your baby just know you’re normal and he ain’t gonna die and neither is the baby go get some sleep honey.

[Meg Hunter-Kilmer @MegHunterKilmer]

I've been celebrating the 12 days of Christmas by watching a lot of Christmas movies and suddenly I've realized why I'm still single: I've never brought a fake fiancé home for the holidays! Think I can try this for St. Patrick's Day or do I have to wait till next Christmas?

[Lu for Alaska @luinalaska]

I was working with an agent as a client recently. Yesterday I got some texts I was responding to with questions I needed to answer for her. Something about the word choice seemed odd. Instead of answering her question I simply asked where she was from.

“Oh! That’s a great question Lu. I’m ——‘s AI assistant. I help her out by working with clients.”

Fired. Immediately fired. I’m over here texting a damn clanker slop box set to chatty mode. This is my most boomer tier complaint. I will never work with you.

[Jen Fitz @JenFitz_Reads]

My sister tricked me into doing Magnify 90 again this year. Currently noticing how very much I like this place. Darn those Bible study ladies. Darn darn darn.

(I'm sorry to report from experience: It's a great fit for us and hits many things I truly ought to be prioritizing.)

[Father Brian O'Brien @frobrien]

It’s Sunday in downtown Tulsa, OK. Let’s go to Mass! Today is the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord.

Masses at Holy Family Cathedral today:
8:00am
10:00am
Noon
5:00pm

Confessions will be available at the following times:

7:30-7:50am
9:30 until the consecration
11:30am until the consecration
4:30-4:50pm

Blessed chalk and Epiphany blessings will be available at all Masses.

Merry Christmas!

[Jen Fitz @JenFitz_Reads]

@mattswaim Yep.

Related: Years ago I'd go to spouse's evangelical service first, then Mass. Got me absolutely primed for the Mass. And thus I left with profound compassion and sadness for everyone going straight home rather than down the block to consummate what we'd been working up to.

[Fr. Joshua J. Whitfield @frjoshTX]

I know, I know, Cowboys and all. But instead of a meaningless football game, watch hockey this afternoon. It’ll do you better.

[Jen Fitz @JenFitz_Reads]

This is true across the spectrum. Happy clappy priests who love reconciling sinners and bringing them the Grace of the Lord Jesus have long lines, too!

It's only priests who disdain the sacrament or disdain sinners who have short lines.

[Jen Fitz @JenFitz_Reads]

My experience is that it is unpleasant to confess to priests who don't believe the sacrament is important. They tend to belittle one's contrition. So yes, their lines will be short. Priests who treasure the sacrament will have long lines.

[𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚕 𝙻𝚎𝙹𝚎𝚞𝚗𝚎 @MarcelLeJeune]

This is a pastoral problem, not a problem with the Sacrament.
Confession lines EXPLODE, when you:
-proclaim The Gospel
-help people come to Jesus and convert
-preach the necessity of repentance & confessing sins
-offer lots of opportunities to go to the Sacrament.

[Fr. Joseph Krupp @Joeinblack]

More than you want anything, more than you have ever wanted anything, our Heavenly Father wants to free you.
He wants to free you from your sins, from your past, from the chains you and I forge for our ourselves…all of it.
Give him your sins, give him your burdens, give him your past, give him your wounds.
He wants it all.

#talkedtotheboss

[Fr John Corrigan @illativefaith]

At every parish I’ve started in, confession is a dead sacrament. But after a couple of years of occasional preaching on the subject and generous confession times, the practice skyrockets. Every time.

[Father Brian O'Brien @frobrien]

14+ man hours a week of Confessions in Downtown Tulsa, OK. I always bring a spiritual book to read while waiting for the next penitent. After 18 months, I'm finally on page 2.

[Timothy P. O'Malley @timothypomalley]

I want to introduce the transfer portal into academia. I think it could make departmental hiring way more interesting.

[Fr. Gabriel T Mosher, OP @lukei4655]

This is eminently true. Every place I’ve been has been flush with people seeking the Sacrament of Confession.