Thadeus

Catholic husband, father, and follower of Christ. Knight of Columbus. Called to share the joy of the Gospel. I enjoy reading, family, and philosophy. #CivDei

[Thadeus @huskerlive]

"Unselfishness, which makes men free, is attained only through the patience of small daily acts of self-denial." - Joseph Ratzinger #FutureOfTheChurch, https://t.co/momxjgp4lV

[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

On his return flight from France, Pope Leo XIV is asked about the steady decline of Catholic Church in Germany and the astonishing rise of both the extremist Left and Far Right in Germany.

On the former the Pope says: "The phrase you said the Church is dying in Germany, or the diminishing numbers. People have said that about France in the past and yet we saw what happened over the past four days. I believe that if we find the true missionary spirit and the right way to go about it, there are still many, many people in Germany who want to live and celebrate their Christian and Catholic faith."

On the latter: "we go back to the values of the Gospel, which are not about hatred and division, but they're about understanding and compassion and accompanying. I hope deeply, and hopefully the Church can also be a part of this—that we can find ways of reaching out to a majority of people of goodwill who will understand how important that their commitment, even in terms of participating in political processes, will enable them to make clear choices for the common good and not for extremist ideas that perhaps will do much more damage than we are even aware of right now."

[SIS ADA🧕🏾 @chiamaka___o]

September 28 - Feast of Our Lady Undoer of Knots

Place every knot before her; no sorrow is too tangled for a mother’s love. 🙏🙏🙏

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

I came here reluctantly. My parents had moved to Lyon, France. It was my junior year in college. They said we had to hike up the hill to see the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière. I was a new convert to Christianity, and decidedly anti-Catholic. I had never been inside any kind of cathedral before. I didn’t even know such places existed.

It was disorienting. I didn’t want to leave. There is a profound sacredness and beauty to the place and I had no vocabulary to understand what I was experiencing. It took me years to unpack it. It was the beginning of a journey that took me all the way to the host, Christ himself, fully present in the Eucharist.

[T.E. Jentzen @Faithful2Pray]

Today is the Feast Day of Mary, Undoer of Knots.
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[Thadeus @huskerlive]

@percy_gryce @JMWSPT Team Maritain for the win! 😁

[Ralston College @RalstonCollege]

JOIN US | for a public lecture with Patrick Deneen, Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and author of 'American Odyssey', exploring one of the oldest works of Western literature—and its enduring themes of home and departure, ambition and temptation, vengeance and mercy.

Thursday, October 29 | 5 PM

Cranmer Hall | 27 West Charlton Street, Savannah

Free and open to the public. RSVP here: https://t.co/VvS1k0aPhV.

[Michael R. Heinlein @HeinleinMichael]

107 years ago OTD @FultonSheen was ordained a priest, the day he also committed himself to the daily holy hour. He continued this practice for over 60 years, even to the point of dying before the tabernacle.

It’s hard to think we’d be gathering in St. Louis without what he called “the hour that makes my day.”

[S.Kirk Pierzchala: Beyond Cascadia series @SKirkPierzchala]

Before she left for school, my daughter finished this acrylic on canvas painting of St. Martin de Porres that will hang in our church's cry room!

She had fun including native Peruvian animals!

[The Medieval Scholar @MedievalScholar]

On this day in 1321 on the 14th of September, the legendary Italian poet and writer Dante Alighieri, died.

He was exiled from Florence under penalty of death and died of malaria in Ravenna just after completing Paradiso.

He was 56 years old.

[Auburn Football @AuburnFootball]

The Greatest Tradition in Sports 🦅

[Sam Kille @SamKille]

At a loss for words on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Then I watched nearly 200 @FordhamNYC students, many born years later, climb 2,200 stadium steps in honor of the ascent FDNY firefighters undertook that day. They showed up. They remembered. I have hope for this generation.

[Sterling Snow @sterlingmsnow]

I reread this every year.

I cry like a baby every year.

Todd Beamer died a father, husband, and hero.

Todd: Hello… Operator… listen to me. I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. Our plane has been hijacked.

Lisa: I understand. Can they see you?

Todd: No. There are three that we know of. They have knives — razor knives, like box cutters. Someone announced from the cockpit there was a bomb. It sounded fake.

Lisa: Your name?Todd: Todd Beamer. United Flight 93.Todd: They killed one passenger in first class. They forced most of us back. Fourteen of us here. Five flight attendants. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor.

Lisa: Are you okay?

Todd: We’re going down… wait. No. We’re leveling off. We changed directions. We’re flying east again.

Todd: A guy named Jeremy called his wife. She told him two planes hit the World Trade Center. Lisa, is that true?

Lisa: I have to tell you the truth. It’s very bad. Both towers are gone. A third plane hit the Pentagon. Our country is under attack. I’m afraid your plane may be part of their plan.

Todd: Oh God. Lisa, will you do something for me? Call my wife and my kids. Promise me you’ll call.

Lisa: I promise.

Todd: Our home number is… You have the same name as my wife. Lisa. We’ve been married ten years. She’s pregnant with our third child. Tell her I love her. I’ll always love her. We have two boys — David, he’s 3, and Andrew, he’s 1. Tell them their daddy loves them and he is so proud of them. The baby is due January 12th. I saw an ultrasound. We still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy.

Lisa: I’ll tell them. I promise, Todd.(Lisa patches in the FBI.)

Agent: Todd, your plane is on a course for Washington. Best guess is the White House or the Capitol.

Todd: I understand. I’ll be back.

Todd: Everyone knows this isn’t a normal hijacking. We have decided we will not be pawns in their plot.

Lisa: What are you going to do?

Todd: Four of us are going to rush the one with the bomb. Then the cockpit. A stewardess is getting boiling water. We’ll take them out.

Todd: Would you pray with me?They pray the Lord’s Prayer. Then: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.

Todd: God help me. Jesus help me.Are you guys ready? Let’s Roll.

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

Police Officer Kelly Christine Korchak of the NYPD was a 9/11 first responder who later died of cancer linked to her work at Ground Zero. The cancer was discovered while she was pregnant. As a Catholic, she chose to delay aggressive treatment in order to protect her unborn child. She gave birth to her son and died several months later, in June 2017, at age 38. Her funeral Mass was celebrated at Holy Child Roman Catholic Church on Staten Island.

[Leah Libresco Sargeant @LeahLibresco]

My school on Long Island didn't tell us what had happened, and sent us home at the end of the day, not knowing whose parents would be missing.

I will always remember my 6th grade math teacher cheerily teaching about the associative and commutative properties and saying "commutative like 'commute!' Do anyone's parents commute to the city?"

She asked each kid where their parents worked and nothing seemed strange to us. She was always chatty and she loved us. I don't know how she kept her voice steady and her affect warm when one of the boys said his dad worked at the World Trade Center. (He turned out to be a survivor).

Our school had worse than no plan. I don't know what she did after our math class—if she went to the office, if she did anything to try to make a plan for that kid and all the others.

It wasn't until I got home and found out what had happened that I realized that what she had done for us.

[Ascend: The Great Books Podcast @TheGreatB00ks]

Many people have some vague notion about Achilles, Helen, and the wooden horse.

But very few have read the Iliad.

That loose, inherited picture is not the masterwork that sits at the foundation of Western Civilization. Homer does not tell of the fall of Troy. Homer tells a story about the rage of Achilles—a story that he uses to teach you about excellence, fate, glory, justice, and immortality.

If you never read the Iliad, these lessons are lost. The foundations of the West remain muddled.

But Homer is worth taking seriously. He is a teacher—but not always an easy one to understand.

That is why we’ve published articles, podcasts, videos, and a 100+ question and answer guide to help you read the Iliad.

Read Homer well. He will not leave you as he found you.

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

Charlie Kirk died with a microphone in his hand—not a gun, a knife, or a grenade, but an instrument of communication. When we stop believing in the dignity of the human person, violence takes its place. A year later, that is still the wound. May he rest in peace.

[100 Days of Dante @100DaysofDante]

Dr. Jenny Howell of Baylor University teaches us about the sin of fraud on day 11 of our journey.

[Brad Wilcox @BradWilcoxIFS]

"Artificial intelligence must never be allowed to erode this primary cell of society, the family — whether by reducing persons and relationships to data and simulations, by flooding young minds with content that distorts desire, or by economic models that make family life economically precarious. For this reason, I encourage you to promote policies that strengthen marriage and families, support parents in their educational mission and enable young people to look to the future with confidence.

Dear friends, the world does not need an artificial intelligence that diminishes humanity; rather, it needs human intelligence enlightened by wisdom, political authority guided by conscience and technological innovation directed by charity. Only then will artificial intelligence become not a rival to humanity but a servant of the common good." @Pontifex, August 21