Bree Solstad

Penitent Woman. Very Catholic. Custom Heirloom Rosary Designer & Crafter. Married. Convert to Christ. In love with Jesus, Mary, and Saint Clare. Luke 1:46

[Bree Solstad @BreeSolstad]

🧵 ANNOUNCEMENT 🧵

I recently traveled around Europe and spent a great deal of time in Rome and Assisi. While in those two particular cities, I had what can only be described as a life-altering conversion.

I have decided to quit sex work.
To repent of my innumerable sins.
To give up my life of sin, wealth, vice and vain self-obsession.

This is a humbling experience and one that I know may be mocked or questioned by many. I am giving up all my income and turning my life over to Christ. I am leaving behind my life of rampant sin, vice, pride, debauchery, vanity and lies to—with God’s grace—live a life of truth, beauty, obedience to God’s divine will, virtue and humility.

I have been going through RCIA since the autumn and will be officially joining the Catholic Church during the Easter Vigil in late March.

Thank you, Jesus, for not giving up on such a wretched sinner. Thank you Blessed Mary, Mother of God, for your immense love and consolation.

God’s forgiveness and mercy is real. If someone as broken and sinful as me can be redeemed and converted, there is no doubt anyone reading this can also be saved by His divine mercy.

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. And my soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden.

A Happy New Year to you all and a blessed Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God.

[Bree Solstad @BreeSolstad]

@megbasham @DefiyantlyFree ??????

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Exhumation of Sister Thérèse of Lisieux.

On March 26, 1923, at the Lisieux Cemetery, in the presence of His Grace Bishop Lemonnier, Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, the Reverend Father Postulator, who came from Rome, and the Provincial of the Carmelites of Paris, the coffin containing the Blessed Sister's remains was exhumed and carried in procession to the Carmelite Chapel.

The last pilgrims hurried to the site of the exhumation.

From the first blows of the pickaxe, the strong scent of fresh roses escaped from the opening and was perceived by the workers.

Bishop Lemonnier and Reverend Father Rodrigue, Postulator, presided over the exhumation.

The precious coffin was placed on the cart. The procession formed.

The cart was immediately followed by the Blessed Mother's family.

In front of the Cathedral.

On Rue d'Alençon, not far from the Carmelite convent, the float, escorted by more than 30,000 people, stops in front of the Carmelite Chapel.

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, pray for us!

[Bree Solstad @BreeSolstad]

Mind-blowing archival footage of the 1923 exhumation of St. Thérèse of Lisieux.

30,000 pilgrims joined the soon-to-be-Saint as she was carried back to the convent where she famously wrote the timeless classic, “Story of a Soul.”

Translation of the narration in the next tweet👇

[Bree Solstad @BreeSolstad]

@Loss_and_Gain Why do you say it’s positive?

It’s just a summary of the letter. No opinion or commentary given aside from me wondering why he waited until the final hours.

[Bree Solstad @BreeSolstad]

I’m not sure why he has waited until the final day, but Pope Leo made urgent paternal appeal concerning to the SSPX.
The pope begins by acknowledging the genuine devotion found among many connected to the SSPX: reverence for the liturgy, commitment to priestly formation, apostolic zeal, and a desire to remain faithful to Catholic Tradition. He says these qualities explain why previous popes have approached the Society with patience and generosity.

He then pleads directly: “Please turn back.” Leo warns that proceeding with the consecrations would constitute a schismatic act and seriously harm the spiritual welfare of the faithful. In particular, he says it could deprive them of the licit—and in certain cases even valid—reception of the sacraments they seek for their sanctification.

At the same time, the pope stresses that Rome remains open to dialogue and reconciliation. He describes tearing the unity of Christ’s Church as a sin of extreme gravity and, invoking his authority as the successor of St. Peter, formally asks the SSPX to abandon the planned action. He concludes by entrusting the situation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and expressing both sorrow and hope that the Society will reconsider.

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@MZHemingway

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I handcrafted this beauty today as a prayer for the unity of the Church. I even prayed with it.

It’s Amazonite, Fire-Polished Glass, Lapis Lazuli and The Miraculous Medal.

May it bring you great graces when you pray it in your home. 🙏

Link: https://t.co/z4EzRjKnUH

[Bree Solstad @BreeSolstad]

The Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse.

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@papist_John The church is much more than a Eucharist dispensing station.

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You’re on vacation and go to Mass at this parish…

As you start to try to reverently walk up the aisle to gratefully receive the Precious Body and Life-Giving Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, you get smacked in the face by this madness. 😬🤦‍♀️🤮

[Bree Solstad @BreeSolstad]

Only Jesus can make America Great Again. ✝️

[Defiant L’s @DefiantLs]

Trump on SCOTUS decision on birthright citizenship,

"I guess I have to accept it. It is the Supreme Court. I think it is very bad for our nation, we are the only nation that does it."

[Bree Solstad @BreeSolstad]

I think that if Pope Leo found the time to meet with Father James Martin he could easily have found the time to meet with SSPX leadership in person.

[Brooks Robinson @barob05]

Rome offered to dialogue with SSPX months ago. SSPX responded with their own demands & profession of faith. Stop carrying water for schismatics.

[Bree Solstad @BreeSolstad]

@barob05 The Pope's letter made it thing clear that the SSPX is currently in communion with Rome. Calling them schismatics is false and unhelpful.

[Bree Solstad @BreeSolstad]

This is nonsense.

We are constantly called to pray for the Pope. Our prayers will and do strengthen the Pope. He is not a deity in no need of strengthening prayers.

[The Modern Boethius @ModernBoethius]

Christ himself told Peter he would pray for the pope so that his faith will never fail, and to strengthen his brethren if they fail.

This is Luke 22:32.

The SSPX have it backwards. They think it’s their job to strengthen Leo and that the SSPX has the gift of never failing faith

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@AyyyLeaf Countdown to Excommunication 2026! Oh the drama!

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Why does it feel like the coverage of this whole thing has been like the countdown to the Super Bowl?

It’s all had a very secular pro-sports or election countdown spectacle kind of feel to it.

[Novus Ordo Watch @NovusOrdoWatch]

Vatican-SSPX Showdown: Lefebvrist Episcopal Consecrations Watch - https://t.co/6fLQiBjyjN The countdown is on, and we've got all the info in one place!

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@Freecanuck1 You’re being an example of the problem. 🙏

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Two Byzantine Catholic priests, speaking independently in recent podcasts, identified the same sickness in the Roman Church: too many Catholics treat the parish as a place to obtain the Eucharist and then leave.
“Is it valid?” has become the only question, as though right worship, sacred beauty, sound teaching, tradition, reverence, and a real parish community were optional extras.
But the Church is not a sacramental filling station, and the Eucharist is not a commodity dispensed to isolated consumers.
We are not saved as detached individuals who happen to receive the same valid Sacrament. We are incorporated into the Body of Christ: formed by her worship, bound to a community, and called into a shared life of repentance, prayer, sacrifice, and communion.
The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life, not an excuse to stop caring about everything that should flow from it.

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@0xQuiche I think you missed the entire point.

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@tommyjmarshall No he would not. The Melkites are Byzantines. The guy on the right is Rutthenian. They’re also Byzantines. 👍

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@BrianAtlas I see multiple open seats already. Just sit down, people.