Joseph Dobos

Music teacher, conductor, organist, runner, University of Michigan graduate, Detroit Tigers fan🇺🇦

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Bring home the Armed Forces and end this senseless war. No more Americans should have to die for the cause of Trump’s ego.

[Nick Brandel @MotorCityBanter]

Reminder: Lou Whitaker not being in the Hall of Fame is one of baseball's biggest embarrassments.

[Nick Brandel @MotorCityBanter]

Kevin McGonigle is the first player in MLB history to record the following stats in his first 100 games played:

🔸️106 H
🔸️63 BB
🔸️20 2B
🔸️3 3B
🔸️9 HR
🔸️11 SB
🔸️172 times reaching base safely

A certified superstar in the making.

[Tarquin 🇺🇦 @Tarquin_Helmet]

WTF! arrest Bob Ross now! He vandalised the Reflecting Pool! h/t
@twoshedsjohnny

[Joseph Dobos @stcolumba]

@SimoninSuffolk Never knew!

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Excellent.

[Joseph Dobos @stcolumba]

@Gda1238 Thiman rocks!

[Joseph Dobos @stcolumba]

@anicholasr Also intrigued by the books on the table.

[Joseph Dobos @stcolumba]

@friendschurches The fireplace!

[Joseph Dobos @stcolumba]

@friendschurches That floor design is wild!

[Katherine Bennett - Catholic Unscripted Podcast @AuditeInsulae]

He was right, and more than that, he was prophetically right.

Pope John Paul II opposed the Iraq War not out of sentimentality or political instinct, but from a rigorous application of just war teaching. He could see that a pre-emptive intervention, lacking clear imminence and moral consensus, risked unleashing consequences far beyond the stated aims. That is precisely what followed: the destabilisation of an entire region, the fracturing of Iraq, the rise of extremist movements, and catastrophic suffering, especially for ancient Christian communities who have still not recovered.

What is often forgotten is the pressure he was under at the time. The moral mood in the West was charged, the political case seemed decisive to many, and yet he held the line. Not because he was indifferent to evil, but because he understood that modern war, particularly in the Middle East, has a way of multiplying evils rather than resolving them.

This is where the connection to Pope Leo XIV becomes clear.

Leo is now facing a similar dynamic. Military action is once again being framed in moral terms such as defence, security, and even liberation, while the deeper and longer-term consequences remain uncertain or ignored. His warnings about the manipulation of religion, the suffering of civilians, and the illusion that peace can be imposed through force are not evasions. They stand squarely within the same tradition that guided John Paul II.

In both cases, the Pope is not offering a geopolitical strategy. He is doing something more difficult. He is insisting that the moral framework itself must not be abandoned under pressure. Even when confronted with real evil, not every response is justified. The criteria for a just war are not rhetorical tools, but real limits.

You do not have to agree with every prudential judgement to see the pattern. Time has a way of clarifying these moments. If John Paul II’s stance on Iraq once seemed overly cautious to some, it now reads less like hesitation and more like foresight.

The question is whether we are willing to recognise that while it is happening, rather than only after the consequences have unfolded.

[Joseph Dobos @stcolumba]

@HeWhoWrestles Glory to God in all things!

[Joseph Dobos @stcolumba]

@anicholasr @RealBenLuigi Psalm 62:8
Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us.

[Brad Galli @BradGalli]

Justin Verlander throwing at Tigers spring training.

In 2026.

As a member of the Tigers.

Video: @tigers

[The Winged Helmet @TWH_Chris]

Would Tom Brady have stayed at Michigan in today’s portal/NIL era? His answer is worth a listen.

📽: @JoelKlattShow

#GoBlue

[Zach Shaw @_ZachShaw]

10-0 starts in Michigan men’s basketball history:
- 1985-86
- 1988-89
- 2012-13
- 2018-19
- 2020-21
- 2025-26

[Joseph Dobos @stcolumba]

Sublime chant!

[St Mark Orthodox Church @StMarkRochHills]

From tonight’s Thanksgiving Eve Vespers — the Song of St. Simeon. ☦️✨

Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy word,…
For mine eyes have seen Thy salvation,
which Thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples:
a light to enlighten the Gentiles,
and the glory of Thy people Israel.

#StMarkRochesterHills
#OrthodoxChurch #Vespers
#ThanksgivingEve #SongOfStSimeon

[Swanky Wolverine @swankywolverine]

This year may have been the best Thanksgiving Day parade ever 🤣

[Joseph Dobos @stcolumba]

@FischerKing64 Thank you for this honest and fair review.

[Joseph Dobos @stcolumba]

@SteveSkojec Happy Natal Day!