cody clark

[Living Christian @livechristian1]

Chase Jesus.

[Raising Royals @KCRoyalsPD]

A great nickname. An LSU postseason legend.

Meet 10th rounder LHP Nate Ackenhausen.

Signing scout: Cody Clark

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[Raising Royals @KCRoyalsPD]

The right mentality. A master’s degree in leadership.

Meet 15th rounder LHP Tyler Davis.

Signing scout: Cody Clark

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[Raising Royals @KCRoyalsPD]

Hockey defenseman. Invisible fastball. Exciting ceiling.

Meet 4th rounder RHP LP Langevin.

Signing scout: Cody Clark

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[Patrick Neve @catholicpat]

Last night, this nun spoke to 50,000 people in an NFL stadium

She told 5 stories where she saw God speak to someone

These stories will change the way you see Jesus

(So, save this thread) 🧵

[The Athletes' Corner @AthletesCorner_]

If you do nothing else today, stop and take 2 minutes to listen to Kentucky Baseball’s @Coach_Mingione PREACH during his press conference after his team punched its ticket to the College World Series for the first time ever.

Incredible stuff 🙏

[Jon Root @JonnyRoot_]

"I believe in one Creator, that I've been called to come out here, do my best, compete and glorify God, and that's pretty much it."
- World #1 Golf Scottie Scheffler

[Gary Wilson @gwilson46]

Let’s Go!!

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

In 2012, Anthony Omari, a 24-year-old who worked at a Kenyan orphanage, confronted three machete-armed intruders breaking in. Despite being outnumbered, Omari fought them off, ensuring the children's safety before collapsing from a machete wound to his face that required stitches for an 11-inch cut.

Ben Hardwick, a 21-year-old Penn State student interning nearby, learned about Omari's brave act and decided to help. He shared Omari's story on Reddit to raise $2,000 for a new, larger fence for the orphanage. Surprisingly, within 24 hours, the campaign raised $65,000 in donations.

[Sr. Mary Joseph Calore, SSCJ @sscjusa]

Posted by Msgr Eric Barr

ERNEST BORGNINE:

Back in 1975, he was offered a part in the film Jesus of Nazareth. He tells the story:
Our cast, directed by the renowned Franco Zeffirelli, included Anne Bancroft as Mary Magdalene, and Olivia Hussey as Mary, mother of Jesus. I played the part of the centurion who was present at the crucifixion, the one whose servant had been healed by Jesus.
Much of the film was shot in Tunisia on the Mediterranean during January and February of 1976. A cold, damp wind continually knocked over floodlights and stung us with desert sand.
I was uncomfortable in my thick leather uniform. My neck ached under a ponderous metal helmet, and I even began to pity those ancient Roman soldiers who were called centurions because they commanded 100 men.
When it came time for my scene during the crucifixion, the weather was chill and gray. The camera was to be focused on me at the foot of the cross, and so it was not necessary for Robert Powell, the actor who portrayed Jesus, to be there.
Instead, Zeffirelli put a chalk mark on a piece of scenery beside the cameraman. "I want you to look up at that mark," he told me, "as if you were looking at Jesus."
"Okay," I said, moving into position and looking up at the mark as instructed.
"Ready?"
I hesitated. Somehow I wasn't ready. I was uneasy.
"Do you think it would be possible for somebody to read from the Bible the words Jesus said as He hung on the cross?" I asked.
I knew the words well from the days of my childhood in an Italian-American family in Connecticut, and I'd read them in preparation for the film. Even so, I wanted to hear them now.
"I will do it myself," Zeffirelli said. He found a Bible, opened it to the book of Luke and signaled for the camera to start rolling.
As Zeffirelli began reading Christ's words aloud, I stared up at that chalk mark, thinking what might have gone through the centurion's mind.
That poor Man up there, I thought. I met Him when He healed my servant, who is like a son to me. Jesus says He is the Son of God, an unfortunate claim during these perilous times. But I know He is innocent of any crime.
"Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." The voice was Zeffirelli's, but the words burned into me—the words of Jesus.
Forgive me, Father, for even being here, was the centurion's prayer that formed in my thoughts. I am so ashamed, so ashamed.
"Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise," said Jesus to the thief hanging next to Him.
If Jesus can forgive that criminal, then He will forgive me, I thought. I will lay down my sword and retire to my little farm outside of Rome.
Then it happened.
As I stared upward, instead of the chalk mark, I suddenly saw the face of Jesus Christ, lifelike and clear. It was not the features of Robert Powell I was used to seeing, but the most beautiful, gentle visage I have ever known.
Pain-seared, sweat-stained, with blood flowing down from thorns pressed deep, His face was still filled with compassion. He looked down at me through tragic, sorrowful eyes with an expression of love beyond description.
Then His cry rose against the desert wind. Not the voice of Zeffirelli, reading from the Bible, but the voice of Jesus Himself: "Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit."
In awe I watched Jesus' head slump to one side. I knew He was dead. A terrible grief welled within me, and completely oblivious to the camera, I started sobbing uncontrollably.
"Cut!" yelled Zeffirelli. Olivia Hussey and Anne Bancroft were crying too. I wiped my eyes and looked up again to where I had seen Jesus—He was gone.
Whether I saw a vision of Jesus that windswept day or whether it was only something in my mind, I do not know. It doesn't matter. For I do know that it was a profound spiritual experience and that I have not been quite the same person since.

[ChurchPOP @Church_POP]

Woman Converts to Catholicism After Praying "Hail Mary" Every Day for Three Years

Last week a woman took to X (Formerly Twitter) to share her conversion story.

She explains that during college in 1993, her Italian boyfriend taught her the "Hail Mary." She wrote down the prayer in her journal and recited it daily in Italian.

Three years later, she converted to Catholicism.

"It never occurred to me at the time that those actions were connected," she said. "Now, I'm certain they were."

Other X users commented with supportive kind sentiments and similar testimonies to the rosary.

One user said, "I came back to the Church shortly after starting to pray the Rosary. It’s always Mary who draws us to Jesus."

Another user said, "One of the joys of getting older is looking back and connecting the dots of events that in fact were Jesus and our Blessed Mother working in our [lives]."

One user added, "God bless you and welcome home."

There are countless conversion stories throughout the world that include Mary at the helm, but what is it about Mary that is so intriguing and ultimately leads people to Jesus?

We learn in the Gospel of John (John 19: 26-27) that while Jesus was dying for our sins and giving us salvation, He also gave us an irreplaceable gift.

In his goodness, the Lord offers His mother to all of mankind.

“When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, behold, your son.’ Then he said to the disciple, ‘Behold, your mother.’ And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.”

The Blessed Mother has the ultimate goal for each of us: to devote ourselves to Her son so we can get to Heaven.

In the way we ask our friends and family to pray for us, there is much power in asking the Blessed Mother to do the same. The "Hail Mary" is the most perfect example of where true motherly love and intercessory prayer meet.

We are offered an open invitation to accept the motherhood of Mary into our personal lives. Let it start with one "Hail Mary" and see how the Blessed Mother softens your heart to do the will of�� Her Son. As Saint Josemaría Escrivá wrote, “If you seek Mary, you will find Jesus.”

Ave, o Maria, piena di grazia, il Signore è con te.
Tu sei benedetta fra le done
e benedetto è il frutto del tuo seno, Gesù.
Santa Maria, Madre di Dio, prega per noi peccatori,
adesso e nell’ora della nostra more. Amen.

Written by Christina Herrera

https://t.co/njWyGOjMs2

@FiatLuxGenesis

[David Pollack @davidpollack47]

PRIORITIZE CHURCH OVER SPORTS.

#LearningInTheJourney

[cody clark @codyclark_17]

@Milla2334 Love me some Braum’s

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

Let us imagine a seed: it is tiny, barely visible, but it makes plants grow that bear fruit. The Word of God is thus: think of the Gospel, a small book, simple and within reach of all, that produces new life in those who receive it. #GospelOfToday (Mt 13:1-23).

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

God looks with joy upon all those who serve the needy. This is how goodness grows: in the simplicity of hands and hearts stretched out to others and in the courage of the small steps that approach those who are most vulnerable in the name of Jesus.