Amy Melancon

From Houma: Alumnus of South Terrebonne and Nicholls State Worked at Houma Courier, LADHH, Nicholls, Terrebonne and Lafourche Parish Schools

[Amy Melancon @AmyDat]

@FrCescoofmcap So sad. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his and all the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.

[Bishop J. Strickland @BishStrickland]

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

With a heart weighed down by sorrow and righteous anger, I join the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, in mourning the brutal massacre that took place in Benue State, Nigeria. Nearly 200 souls—many of them our own brothers and sisters in Christ, internally displaced and seeking refuge in the arms of the Church—were savagely slaughtered in Yelwata, Guma, during the night of June 13th.

They were not soldiers. They were not armed. They were poor. They were vulnerable. And they were targeted.

Let us be absolutely clear: this was not merely a tragedy. It was a targeted massacre of innocent Christians, many of whom had already lost everything. And they were murdered while under the shelter of the Church.

How long, O Lord? How long will the world remain silent as the blood of martyrs cries out from the soil of Africa?

We cannot look away. We cannot remain silent.

To the faithful of Benue—especially the survivors: we see you. We grieve with you. And we stand with you. The Body of Christ is one. When one member suffers, all suffer. Your blood is the seed of faith; your perseverance is a rebuke to the comfortable; your tears are mingled with the tears of Our Lady, who stood at the foot of the Cross.

I call on the Nigerian government to fulfill its sacred duty: to protect the innocent and punish the wicked. Justice delayed is justice denied. And when Christians are slaughtered in their hundreds with impunity, it is not only a failure of governance—it is a scandal before Heaven.

I call on governments around the world, especially in the West, to open their eyes to this ongoing persecution. Christian blood is being spilled in Nigeria with alarming regularity—and yet, the world’s conscience remains dormant.

Let us not be numbered among those who looked away. Let us not be the priest or the Levite who passed by on the other side. No. Let us be the Samaritan. Let us kneel in prayer. Let us fast in reparation. Let us raise our voices and demand truth, justice, and peace.

To my fellow shepherds in the episcopate: if we do not cry out now, we are complicit in the silence.

May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. May the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pierced and bleeding still, hold the martyrs of Benue close. And may the Immaculate Heart of Mary wrap the survivors in her mantle of consolation.

Let us pray:

“Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.”
— Psalm 30:16

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.

And let perpetual light shine upon them.

May justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

In Christ our King,

Bishop Joseph E. Strickland

[Amy Melancon @AmyDat]

Listening to the crazy garbage going down with these "protests." Anyone flying the flag of a foreign country is in opposition to the government of the United States. These people should be considered invaders. Our country's laws are for it's citizens only.

[Amy Melancon @AmyDat]

Very impressed with the halftime show. So many have been so much worse. Thanks to Usher and all the artists who created an entertaining display.

[Tim Pool @Timcast]

Oh shit!

Massive voter fraud caught??

[Sr. Mary Joseph Calore, SSCJ @sscjusa]

Reposted from Catholic Study Fellowship:

Saint Peter was a liar
Saint Dismas was a thief
Saint Paul was an accessory to murder
Saint Augustine was a lifelong adulterer
Saint Jerome had a famously bad temper
Saint Mary of Egypt was a prostitute
Blessed Bartolo Longo was a satanic priest
Saint Mark Ji Tianxiang was a drug addict

Nothing you’ve done can exclude you from God’s love, forgiveness, mercy and grace. He’s waiting for you with open arms. Repent and return to Him.

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
As it is written, " For your sake we are being killed all the day long;we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
-Romans 8:35-39

[Amy Melancon @AmyDat]

@TheLucasBlack I'm confused. Biden says to buy American, but he shut down American oil infrastructure to buy from Russia. How is that supposed to work?

[Amy Melancon @AmyDat]

I'd rather have them before they are needed than to hope for one before it's too late. What's happening in Ukraine is a perfect example.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

President Biden calls for a ban on assault weapons with high-capacity magazines: "Do you think the deer are wearing Kevlar vests?" https://t.co/53ZYabGLjD

[Amy Melancon @AmyDat]

@Catholic4Choice If you are Catholic and believe in the right to choose to murder your unborn child, then you should also believe in the right to deny medical treatments for anyone who can't pay.

[Amy Melancon @AmyDat]

@CBSNews How is that possible if you want to tax businesses out of existence?

[Laura Ingraham @IngrahamAngle]

Her expression speaks for all of us.

[Amy Melancon @AmyDat]

@IngrahamAngle I thought they all had to be vaccinated. ???

[Amy Melancon @AmyDat]

Evil!

[National Catholic Register @NCRegister]

49 headstones were overturned during the act of vandalism...
https://t.co/6RCib5kChh

[Amy Melancon @AmyDat]

If you shut down American market independence, how do you build up anything but scarcity, inflation, and elitism?

[Amy Melancon @AmyDat]

I'm confused. Biden says to buy American, but he shut down American oil infrastructure to buy from Russia. Anyone else see a problem with this?

[Amy Melancon @AmyDat]

The #OnePlusNord N200 5G is rocking fast and crazy fun! Play this interactive video to see if you're fast enough to win one. #TMobileTuesdays #useek https://t.co/Yo65LGZmts via @useek_official

[Amy Melancon @AmyDat]

Not happy with Hooters corporate. Draft audio not allowed?! What the hell? #hooters #DraftDay2021

[Amy Melancon @AmyDat]

I can't continue to believe that integrity exists within the realm of professional sports. As far as I can tell, no sport is immune from the machinations of the profiteering elitists. #superbowlLVsucks

[Bishop J. Strickland @BishStrickland]

All the political posturing on vaccines is truly disgusting. The fact remains that ANY vaccine available today involves using murdered children before they could even be born. I renew my pledge....I will not extend my life by USING murdered children. This is evil WAKE UP!

[Amy Melancon @AmyDat]

@seanhannity The true face of evil makes itself known.