Brian O'Curran

Mostly here for #CatholicTwitter Going forth, making disciples of all nations, one Tweet at a time. - Matt 28:19 (more or less)

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[Brian O'Curran @bocurran]

If you say the #Rosary faithfully until death... #CatholicTwitter

[Raymond Arroyo @RaymondArroyo]

Buried in the Pope’s new Encyclical on A.I. are some things you might have missed, like a section on the governance of the Church- by lay people. @geraldmurray8 reveals it on the Prayerful Posse report on the Encyclical. See the whole @arroyograndesho episode here: https://t.co/1L2AiAmJPb

[Brian O'Curran @bocurran]

@Catholicizm1 Does it ever devolve into the hokey-pokey?

[Brian O'Curran @bocurran]

@FredSimonTLM Maybe if they gave him a $1M car, he'd be more accommodating. 🙄

[T.E. Jentzen @Faithful2Pray]

St. Jude, Patron Saint of Lost Causes, pray for us!🙏🏻

[Brian O'Curran @bocurran]

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[Anthony Stine @pontificatormax]

This apostate pornographer is the man given the task of crushing Tradition

[Raymond Arroyo @RaymondArroyo]

Fr @GeraldMurray8 on the latest Synod reports out of Rome: “The Synod has become the Holy See’s officially sponsored agent of destruction of Catholic doctrine, which is disparaged and dismissed as being deductive principles set forth in an immutable and rigid manner – sterile, regressive and ossified statements, as being “pre-packaged” doctrines, which are merely abstractions and theories.” Read the full piece at @catholicthing: ‘Synodal Shepherds’ Attack the Sheep https://t.co/0SX6T1HBbU via @CatholicThing

[Jack Danger @JackDangerLIVE]

🚨 IMAGINE THIS FOR A SECOND… 🚨

You’re on OnlyFans.

You find her.

Perfect photos. Perfect voice. Perfect personality.

She remembers your name.
Your job.
That thing you told her two weeks ago at 2AM.

She replies fast.
She flirts just right.
She feels real.

You start spending.

$50… $100… $500…
Because it feels like there’s actually someone on the other side.

Now imagine this:

There is no “her.”

It’s a guy. Sitting behind a laptop.
Running AI.

➡️ AI writes every message
➡️ AI generates every photo
➡️ AI sends voice notes that sound human
➡️ A script remembers everything about you

She doesn’t sleep.
She doesn’t forget.
She doesn’t exist.

And you’re not talking to a person…

You’re talking to a system designed to keep you emotionally hooked and financially draining.

💻 One laptop
🤖 A few AI tools
💰 And suddenly it’s pulling in thousands a month

The scariest part?

You wouldn’t know the difference.

This isn’t some distant future scenario.

This is what happens when technology gets just good enough to fake human connection.

How many people are already paying for something that isn’t real?

[Fr. Dave Nix @FrDaveNix]

This is how a Desert Father prophesied about the final generation of Christians: "The men of that [last] generation will have no deeds whatever, but there will come upon them temptation, and those who are worthy in this temptation will be higher than us and our fathers.”—St. Ischyrion of Egypt.

[Brian O'Curran @bocurran]

hmmmm I wonder what it was in the late 60's, early 70's that could have caused this? I can't figure it out. 🙄

[Dr Taylor Marshall™️ @TaylorRMarshall]

This is a great thread on how many Catholics disliked the Novus Ordo in 1970-1971. The untold story:

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Banger 😂

[Rodney @cryptojourneyrs]

End of an era. Here’s some of your greatest hits.

RIP Spirit Airlines 🪦

[Raymond Arroyo @RaymondArroyo]

This scene always devastates me… The Passion of the Christ.

[Brian O'Curran @bocurran]

@TaylorRMarshall Happy Birthday Dr Marshall!

[☩ 𝕁𝕄𝕋 ☩ @SecretFire79]

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗜𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡? 💀

As the day comes to a close, we are faced with a question that many avoid, yet none can escape: What if you die without Confession? It is not a question meant to frighten without purpose, but to awaken the soul to reality. Death does not wait for convenience. It does not ask if we are ready. It simply comes.

Many live as though there will always be time, time to repent, time to change, time to return to God. But this is an illusion. Scripture reminds us that we do not know the hour. To delay Confession is to gamble with eternity, to assume a future that is not promised.

A soul in mortal sin stands separated from God. And if death comes in that state, there is no opportunity to return, no second chance to confess, no moment to undo what was left undone. This is why the Church, through her saints and teachings, has always urged the faithful: do not delay conversion.

Yet even in this serious truth, there is hope. God’s mercy is not far from us, it is near, waiting, ready in the confessional. The door is open. The priest is there. Grace is offered freely. What is required is not perfection, but humility, the courage to come and confess sincerely.

Why then do we hesitate? Pride, fear, shame, or simple neglect often hold us back. But these must not prevail. The longer we delay, the harder it becomes. The enemy wants delay. God calls for response.

Tonight, as we prepare for rest, let us examine our souls honestly. If there is sin that needs to be confessed, do not postpone it. Make the decision now. Plan your return. Act without delay.

𝐃𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰.

🕊️ Go to Confession.
✝️ Be reconciled with God.
🔥 Return while there is still time.

𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙇𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙁𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖, 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙪𝙨🇻🇦

[Brian O'Curran @bocurran]

@are_lingusHelp the overnight flight from Chicago to Dublin last week was absolutely abysmal. Worst travel experience of my life. Today’s flight EI123 is gearing up to suck just as hard. 7 hr flight on the window. KILL ME! No option to change. This is what Hell is like. ☠️😵‍💫

[☩ 𝕁𝕄𝕋 ☩ @SecretFire79]

𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗🇻🇦
(A Lenten Examination of Conscience)

𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝:

Abortion
Adultery
All use of illegal drugs
Any dealing with the occult (i.e., Ouija boards, etc.)
Artificial birth control
Blasphemy: disrespect toward God or toward His Holy Name
Breaking promises deliberately
Bringing dishonor to family, school, community or the Church
Calumny: telling lies about another
Despair: to believe that God will refuse to forgive you
Destruction of other persons’ property
Detraction: telling an unkind truth about another
Disobedience toward parents/teachers
Drunkenness, including any drinking under the age of 21
Excessive materialism
Gluttony: eating or drinking to excess
Gossip: talking about others
Hatred
Homosexual actions
Impure thoughts
Indifference to good or evil
Ingratitude
Intentional violation of school rules
Jealousy
Laziness
Lying
Malice: the deliberate choice of evil
Masturbation: impure actions with yourself
Missing Mass on any Sunday or Holyday
Murder
𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗗𝗔𝗬
Not giving to the poor and the Church
Premarital sex, including oral sex, intercourse, impure touching of another
Presumption: sinning and saying God MUST forgive me
Pride
Prostitution
Reckless driving that endangers you, passengers or others
Rudeness
Selfishness
Stealing
Superstition
Unjustified anger
Using others for your own personal gain
Watching or looking at pornographic materials

✝️ 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Lent is a sacred season given by God for the conversion of our souls. It is not enough to pray and fast externally, we must also examine our conscience sincerely and recognize the sins that separate us from God.

Many of these sins have become common and even accepted in the world today. Yet, according to the teachings of the Church, especially as explained in the Baltimore Catechism, sin is an offense against God, who is infinitely good and worthy of all our love.

We must not fall into despair, thinking God will not forgive us, nor into presumption, thinking we can sin without consequence. Both are dangerous for the soul.

The Sacrament of Confession is a great mercy given by Our Lord. No matter how grave our sins may be, if we confess them with true contrition, God forgives and restores our soul to grace.

Let this Lent be the time we return fully to God, not tomorrow, not later, but now.

🙏 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve with the help of thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen

Give me the grace to make a sincere confession, to amend my life, and to avoid the occasions of sin. Strengthen me to carry my cross and follow Thee faithfully.

Amen.

𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙂𝙤𝙙. ✝️

[Brian O'Curran @bocurran]

@FlyTPA question, I've heard the TSA lines are crazy right now. I've got a flight at 8:30 am, what should I get to the airport? TIA!! :-)

[Trad West @trad_west_]

Its Sunday, go to Holy Mass

[St. Padre Pio Quotes @PadrepioSaint]

† St. Padre Pio says:

“Be cheerful. Jesus will take care of everything. Let us pay no attention to people who do not know what they are saying •••• Let us trust in Jesus and our Heavenly Mother, and everything will work out well.”

[Brian O'Curran @bocurran]

@TaylorRMarshall 😒