The Thinking Man's Gambit

Ruminations on Irish history, culture and faith. Gambit is remark made to open a conversation

[Answers in Genesis @AiG]

So-called cavemen, including neanderthals and Denisovans, were fully human.

[Father Joseph DeMarzo @Joseph_DeMarzo]

Dear Cardinal McElroy,

Greetings in Christ. We read in Redemptionis Sacramentum,

“In distributing Holy Communion it is to be remembered that ‘sacred ministers may not deny the sacraments to those who seek them at appropriate times, are properly disposed and are not prohibited by law from receiving them.’ Hence any baptized Catholic who is not prohibited by law must be admitted to Holy Communion.

Therefore, it is not licit to deny Holy Communion to any of Christ’s faithful solely on the grounds, for example, that the person wishes to receive the Eucharist kneeling or standing.” (RS, no. 91).

In the Roman Rite, the Church continues to teach that the norm for the reception of Holy Communion is on the tongue (GIRM 160; RS 92). The Latin Church also preserves its longstanding tradition that it is not licit to refuse Holy Communion to those who wish to receive kneeling (RS 91).

The inclusion of altar rails will help us accompany those who wish to receive in this more reverent and traditional fashion. It will also help to ensure a continuous flow, since multiple people can kneel at the same time; thus, there is no issue of halting the Communion line. Furthermore, since the Church permits Holy Communion standing and in the hand (IDM; GIRM 160), those who wish to do so still can.

I think an important pastoral note to bear in mind is the following: Is it truly at the service of the People of God to deprive them of altar rails, which helps facilitate the right to receive Holy Communion on the tongue and the chosen devotion of kneeling?

While keeping in mind that the liturgy ought to be respectful in terms of timeliness, I also fear that concern for time can steal away from the most important time we ought to be generous with; the time we give to God.

We devote time to so many things. Can we not devote a little more time to the most important moment of our day: Holy Communion?

In terms of pastoral care for the elderly and the infirm, altar rails will actually help ensure that those behind the communicant do not trip, because communicants will be situated at the altar rail. Furthermore, we should consider that for decades and even centuries the Church distributed Holy Communion to those for whom walking was difficult. It was not an issue then, and it does not have to be now, because the presence of altar rails helps address concerns about someone tripping the person behind the communicant.

Another important question to ask is this: Is it equally reverent to stand before Almighty God for the reception of Holy Communion, or to kneel?

If Jesus stood visibly before you, would your first reaction be to fall to your knees or to remain standing? I think of the woman who fell at Jesus’ feet and washed them with her tears and dried them with her hair (Lk 7:36–50). The Pharisee looked down upon her, but Jesus praised her love.

This is another important point regarding those who might claim that people who kneel are making a “show” or drawing attention away from Jesus. Again, Jesus praised the woman because of how much she went out of her way to show love, but He rebuked the Pharisee for treating the Divine Guest so casually and for his lack of hospitality (Lk 7:44–47).

When I see people kneel for Holy Communion and receive on the tongue, I am edified by their example. It inspires me to climb the heights of holiness, while also rebuking me for my own lack of reverence at times.

This witness of reverent reception of Holy Communion should be praised and promoted, not shunned or canceled. To be a welcoming Church we must also welcome those who wish to live out our Sacred Traction, otherwise we cause marginalization and exclusion. This is my humble opinion, based on the Church’s teaching for centuries regarding reception of Holy Communion on the tongue as a more excellent, theologically appropriate, and reverent manner of receiving Our Lord (STh III, q. 82, a. 13; RS 92).

Let the people show reverence to God!

[Benburb93 @ColmanOfGuaire]

There's talk of it being axed but was the LLS ever so very pivotal in changing Irish mores? I'd say RTE Radio played a bigger role. Gay Byrne was a lot less ideologically reserved on his radio show and Pat Kenny was too gauche on telly to be a slick chat show propagandist.

[Benburb93 @ColmanOfGuaire]

In terms of flouting impartiality protocols RTE Radio was always utterly shameless. If you were unfortunate enough to work in a job where the radio played during shifts, it was akin to having a particularly garrulous lib by your side all day chirruping in your ear.

[Benburb93 @ColmanOfGuaire]

Eileen Flynn is a deeply unflattering intellectual mirror held up to libtard Ireland - that's why their reaction to her being mocked last week, was to call for hate speech laws to outlaw such mockery. They knew they were the ones really being mocked.

[The Thinking Man's Gambit @ThinkingGambit]

@FourWingAstral @SecretFire79 LORD JESUS CHRIST, SON OF THE FATHER send NOW! Your Spirit over the earth. Let the HOLY SPIRIT alive in the heart of ALL nations that they may be preserved ftom degeneration, disaster and war. May the LADY OF ALL NATIONS, who once was Mary, be our ADVOCATE!

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@robbodaflowgod @sapphireplain @IndianaBrunner https://t.co/vBZ0TwB3Ie

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[Laoise de Brún | Barrister | Seanad Candidate @laoisedebrun]

The disconnect between the State and the Nation has never been greater. Deploying the Defence Forces is unprecedented. Rebranding political protest as blockade will not work. Attempts to emotionally blackmail the people about missed hospital appointments will not work. The same government that cancelled cancer appointments during Covid and forced the longest, hardest lockdown needlessly onto the people to satisfy their greed for power. The fuel protest is about greed too. The working people are treated with such contempt and they have had enough. Enough of extortion by the State. Enough of corruption, cronyism, incompetence. Enough of forced immigration against their will. Enough of trans and gender and all the weird and unwanted ideologies. Enough. #IrelandHasHadEnough https://t.co/n50mhIyPNP

[The Thinking Man's Gambit @ThinkingGambit]

@robbodaflowgod @sapphireplain @IndianaBrunner Evolution is not just a theory it's a cult.

[Laoise de Brún | Barrister | Seanad Candidate @laoisedebrun]

Because the new state religion is bashing all Christian but especially Catholics and no I do not mean agnostic or atheist both which signal liberal sensibility in application, I mean that actively denouncing, decrying and sneering at those who practice is the religion of modern Ireland. The total opposite of liberalism. Same as it ever was.

[MrCasey @MrCasey62]

“If anyone laughs at your faith, pray for him. It will be no laughing matter on the Day of Judgment.”

~ St. John Chrysostom

[Barbara M Boyd @BarbaraMBoyd]

WHY IS THE DEEP STATE AND ITS MEDIA ARM GOING AFTER TULSI GABBARD? A thread.

1/ The attacks started the moment she was confirmed as DNI. The NYT, WaPo, Guardian — coordinated barrages. But look at the *pattern* and ask who benefits.

2/ WAVE ONE — THE IRAN TRAP (March 2025): Tulsi testified that the IC assessed Iran was NOT building a nuclear weapon. That is literally her job — she read the community's assessment. It was NOT her personal opinion. But the press plastered it everywhere to wedge her from Trump.

3/ WAVE TWO — THE WHISTLEBLOWER SMEAR (Feb 2026): The Guardian and NYT ran coordinated stories claiming Tulsi 'hid' a complaint for 8 months. Tulsi fired back: the IG found the complaint NOT CREDIBLE. Sen. Tom Cotton: 'just another smear campaign.' She followed the law. Every. Single. Time.

4/ WAVE THREE — JOE KENT (March 2026): Tulsi appointed Kent to lead NCTC. This same man spent YEARS warning Iran was a major threat. Then he abruptly quits, does a Tucker Carlson tour, and NOW says Iran is no threat and Trump was 'dragged into war by Israel.' An about-face so complete it's almost choreographed.

The press immediately tied the Kent chaos back to TULSI — not to Kent.

5/ WHY TULSI? Because while all this noise was being made, she was quietly doing THIS:

✅ Declassified JFK, RFK & MLK files
✅ Released proof Obama's team MANUFACTURED the Russia hoax ICA
✅ Declassified Biden-era docs labeling political dissidents as 'domestic extremists'
✅ Cut ODNI bloat by 40%, saving $700M/year
✅ Revoked clearances of Clapper, Brennan-linked figures
✅ Investigating Crossfire Hurricane, COVID origins, election security

6/ THE DNI HAS UNIQUE DECLASSIFICATION POWER. No other cabinet official can do what she's doing. She is the only person in government with the authority and the will to expose the institutional criminality of the intelligence community — and they know it.

7/ Joe Kent didn't embarrass himself. He was deployed as a heat-seeking missile aimed at Tulsi — to give the media a 'Gabbard chaos' narrative, create distance between her and Trump, and pressure her resignation before she finishes the job.

8/ The London press, the NYT, the WaPo — none of them are covering what she's actually DONE. They're covering the noise designed to stop her.

Tulsi Gabbard is directly over the target. That's why every gun is pointing at her.

[Rae ❤️‍🔥 @FiatLuxGenesis]

I'm not a socialist.
I'm not a communist.
However, I'm also not a supporter of corporate or global capitalism that destroys the family, promotes materialism and nihilism, and is a parasite that drains the lifeblood out of society and culture.

[Saint Adaugoijele ✝️ @JustAdaugoijele]

“I see Mary everywhere, I see difficulties nowhere"

St. Maximilian Kolbe

[Fr Grant Ciccone @UrbanHermit15]

Request for prayers: For Sr. Briege McKenna, who is in hospital in a critical state.

[The Thinking Man's Gambit @ThinkingGambit]

https://t.co/9WGRrMxiDI
Trumps war on insurance cartels

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@Cern_IXXI @NotEvolution1 That applies exactly to the evolution cult

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@naenae61_grp @clareanneath Now that the dead rise again, Moses also shewed, at the bush, when he called the Lord, The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;  For he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.