Bill Creighton

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[Bill Creighton @GSFARMS]

Well, looks like the Democratic Central Party Politburo just effected its coup on the USA. And, thus, it has begun, the Democratic Central Party Revolution unfolds before our eyes. Wake up We the People, Wake Up. See what just happened for what it is.

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

After praying the Angelus, Pope Leo XIV expressed concern over the ongoing situation in Sudan, where drone strikes are common and food, water, and medicine are running short.

He urged everyone to pray that the Lord will support and sustain everyone suffering, “convert the hearts of those who sow violence, and grant the long-awaited peace.”

[Bill Creighton @GSFARMS]

@Mike_Pence Amen

[Mike Pence @Mike_Pence]

“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” (Psalm 91:1-2)📖

[Bill Creighton @GSFARMS]

@FriarMario Amen

[Cardinal Dolan @CardinalDolan]

I'm in Rome for a couple of days! Never pass up the chance to receive the blessing of the Holy Father - and you can do that every Sunday at noon. That's why I'm here, wish you were here with me! @thegnewsroom

[Ted Nugent @TedNugent]

Soulless Game Wardens.

[Bill Creighton @GSFARMS]

@sscjusa ❤️😆

[VA Secretary Doug Collins @SecVetAffairs]

Proud to work for a President who puts Veterans FIRST!🇺🇸

[John Kennedy @SenJohnKennedy]

Drew Brees is star-spangled awesome—a Louisiana hero and forever a Saint.

He helped New Orleans get back on its feet, brought home a Super Bowl and gave Louisiana something to believe in when we needed it most.

Now he’s right where he belongs: the Pro Football Hall of Fame. #WhoDat

[Dean Cain @Deancain]

💥👊🏽

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

It takes a businessman at the top to really understand how to help our farmers economically.

[Coach Tommy Tuberville @SenTuberville]

I’ve always said education is the key to unlocking opportunity.

Wishing all of our students and their families a GREAT school year as they head back to classes.

[Harmeet K. Dhillon @HarmeetKDhillon]

Good morning! Right shoulder completed, left shoulder up today and then starting the back arms/shoulders!🤨. If enough yarn, will add cap sleeves.

[Bill Creighton @GSFARMS]

@sscjusa God Bless ❤️🌹✝️🙏

[Sr. Mary Joseph Calore, SSCJ @sscjusa]

How the 'pirate nun' changed a gay man's life

Paul Darrow went to his first gay beach when he was 15. Later he would pursue a career in modeling.
Once there, he landed a high-end job as an international model and rubbed elbows with celebrities at clubs in the city.

When he wasn't at the studio or at the gym, Darrow spent his time looking for partners. He found himself going through dozens, and then hundreds, and then thousands of lovers.

After the AIDS epidemic claimed around 90 percent of his friends, a disease he himself narrowly and miraculously escaped, Darrow decided to move to San Francisco for a fresh start.
He met his partner, Jeff, there and they moved to a cabin in Sonoma County.

It was in their shared home that Darrow accidentally discovered a one-eyed, straight-talking "pirate nun" wearing an eye-patch who would change his life forever.

Unbeknownst to them at the time, it was Mother Angelica on EWTN.
She had just had a stroke, which pulled the left side of her face into a slump and required her to wear a black eye patch over one eye.

"So (Jeff) comes in and I'm laughing mockingly at this nun with a patch over her eye, a distorted face…and a complete old fashioned habit," Darrow said.
"We both mocked her and laughed at her, you know, 'Gosh these crazy Christians.'"

Jeff left the room and Darrow was about to change the channel, when Mother Angelica "said something so intelligent, so real, and so honest, that it really struck me," he said.

"You see God created you and I to be happy in this life and the next," Mother Angelica said through slumped lips, her good eye still twinkling behind her glasses.

Mother Angelica's words struck a chord with Darrow that day, and he found himself secretively snatching glimpses of her episodes every chance he got.
"He cares for you. He watches your every move.
There's no one that loves you can do that."

"She really had…a huge influence on my life, and I learned to love her," he said, "but at the same time, I had to hide her."
"So when I turned off the TV, I would always change the channel so that when Jeff or whoever was watching that TV came in, they would never see that I was watching Mother Angelica.
And it reminded me as I was doing this of when I used to turn the channel when I was watching porn because I didn't want Jeff or anyone else to see a porn station come up."

Eventually, Mother Angelica's influence convinced Darrow to go back to church after decades of absence.
It was a move that made Darrow very wary; he was sure he would lose friends and clients if they saw him going into a Catholic Church.

And in some ways, he was right.
"I lost clients, I lost friends," he told
CNA in a 2014 interview, at the premiere of the documentary.

"People were in shock that an educated, relatively intelligent man could believe in Jesus Christ.
These were the few friends that were aware that I was back in the Church."

But it's a move that he's never regretted. Since his conversion, Darrow has shared his experience through talks and conferences.
Mother Angelica also led Darrow to discover Courage International, the
Vatican-approved apostolate that reaches out to Catholics with same-sex attraction with the goals of growing closer to God, engaging in supportive friendships, and learning to live full lives within the call to chastity.

It was through Courage International that Darrow became involved with the film "Desire of the Everlasting Hills," which he saw as a chance to share his story and to give others the same hope that he found in the Catholic Church.

"I was not discriminated against at the beginning of my journey back to the Catholic Church, I was never told that I was a bad person, that I was doing something wrong, even in confession," he said.
"The Catholic Church really is, according to its teachings, open to everybody."

Darrow said he felt he owed it to God to share his story through courage & through the film because of all that God had done in his life.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Distressing reports continue to arrive of innocent people being killed and injured in Ukraine and Russia. These incidents are occurring one after another, indeed they are multiplying, resulting in ever-increasing numbers of civilian victims, including children. My thoughts are with the victims’ families, the wounded and all those who are suffering due to the ongoing conflict.

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 14,22-33)

After he had fed the people, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and precede him to the other side of the sea, while he dismissed the crowds.
After doing so, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When it was evening he was there alone.
Meanwhile the boat, already a few miles offshore, was being tossed about by the waves, for the wind was against it.
During the fourth watch of the night, he came toward them, walking on the sea.
When the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified. "It is a ghost," they said, and they cried out in fear.
At once (Jesus) spoke to them, "Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid."
Peter said to him in reply, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water."
He said, "Come." Peter got out of the boat and began to walk on the water toward Jesus.
But when he saw how (strong) the wind was he became frightened; and, beginning to sink, he cried out, "Lord, save me!"
Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught him, and said to him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?"
After they got into the boat, the wind died down.
Those who were in the boat did him homage, saying, "Truly, you are the Son of God."

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