Matthew Bodnarek

Husband, father, pilgrim, artistic weirdo. (Tweets are my own)

[The Art Curator @SeekAfterBeauty]

Interior of the Cathedral of St Stephen, Vienna (1853), by David Roberts

[Wyatt Flores @WyattFlores10]

Half The Man official music video is out now. My favorite one we’ve ever done 🫡

https://t.co/CRBUHxTUec

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

LEGO just dropped its largest set ever: La Sagrada Familia.

It has 12,060 pieces and costs $800. The set comes 100 years after Antoni Gaudi’s death (June 10, 1926).

The details are insane including spires, carvings and interior with light shining through stain-glass windows.

[Matthew Bodnarek @MJBods]

@HowardLeaderman This is a ridiculous take.

[PmAmTraveller @pmamtraveller]

"Sunday Gardening" by John Philip Falter.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

[Tea with Tolkien @TeawithTolkien]

the Pope quoting The Lord of the Rings!!!!!!! I feel so alive!!!!

[Matthew Bodnarek @MJBods]

@BishopBarron @bobdylan Love this. Thanks @BishopBarron, one of my favourite Dylan tracks.

[Kelden Formosa @KeldenFormosa]

The trick to having iconic symbols is not to let marketing consultants replace them with something from a focus group. Just leave them be. The older the better.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

War divides; hope unites. Arrogance tramples upon others; love lifts up. Idolatry blinds us; the living God enlightens. All it takes is a little faith, a mere “crumb” of faith, in order to face this dramatic hour in history together — as humanity and alongside humanity. #Peace
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[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Have you ever been in a crisis? #PrayTogether

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

Friends, I was absolutely delighted to hear this morning that the Vatican will beatify Archbishop Fulton Sheen on September 24! 

From the very beginning of my work in evangelization through the media, Sheen has been my model and inspiration.

I look forward with enthusiasm to calling on “Blessed Fulton Sheen” as a heavenly friend and intercessor.
https://t.co/bCYgM16QAP

[Ｊｅｆｆ ジェフ 🇻🇦❤️‍🔥 @jeff_of_norwich]

Even the posters give me chills. This was when Disney was unafraid to touch upon deep, complex themes

Most of the stuff they produce nowadays is just superficial nonsense about 'finding yourself' or something equally banal

[Matthew Bodnarek @MJBods]

One of the greats.

[ToonHive @ToonHive]

27 years ago today, ‘The Prince of Egypt’ released in theaters.

[The Nerd of the Rings @nerdoftherings1]

Watching the greatest Christmas movie of all time tonight.

[Kirk Lubimov @KirkLubimov]

Edmonton property tax increases:

2023: 4.96%
2024: 8.9%
2025: 5.7%
2026: 6.9%

That's an effective increase of 30% without other costs.

How do people keep voting for this?

[Matthew Bodnarek @MJBods]

Yeah I’m going to start buying @pepsi

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Coca-Cola’s annual Christmas advert is AI-generated again this year.

The company says they used even fewer people to make it — “We need to keep moving forward and pushing the envelope… The genie is out of the bottle, and you’re not going to put it back in”

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Denis Villeneuve says young people want longer films

"Oppenheimer is a 3-hour, rated-R film about nuclear physics that is mostly talking. But the public was young, that was the movie of the year by far for my kids. There is a trend. The youth love to watch long movies because if they pay, they want to see something substantial. They are craving meaningful content"

[Brian Holdsworth @briankeepsworth]

As a Canadian, I often find myself feeling jealous of all the great apostolates in the US. Things can look pretty bleak in Canada. But NO MORE! My friend, Dr. Ryan Topping just launched the Gregory the Great Institute. Give them a like here: https://t.co/nY1EgpkUJ3

[Matthew Bodnarek @MJBods]

@holland_tom @dcsandbrook @TheRestHistory You should do a series on Canadian history... Louis Riel would be my suggestion.