Laura Bickel

[Gloria Purvis @gloria_purvis]

As a Catholic, this sounds irrational and domineering to me and this vision of marriage is not at all like a covenant between a man and a woman who freely chose each other.

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Re: the hateful comments about Gus Walz, son of @Tim_Walz, by self-professed Christians. NB: 90% of the Christian life is: Don't be mean. Also, do you think Jesus would mock someone with any kind of disability? Remember your Gospels: these are precisely the people Jesus seeks out

[Laura Bickel @Laura_Corish]

@DeanDettloff OMG this!!! How many nuns have invested so much time in educating future generations and serving humanity in general? And how many women without children are serving their community and their families? “Childless cat ladies” my foot (and cats are cool anyway).

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Happy Feast of St. Mary Magdalene. Remember that in the time between the Risen Christ appeared to her at the Tomb, and when she announced the news of the Resurrection to the disciples, Mary was, in a sense, the church on earth...

[Laura Bickel @Laura_Corish]

@FrSatishJoseph You’re darn right, Father! It is the Christian thing to do!

[Laura Bickel @Laura_Corish]

@JamesMartinSJ She is so amazing!

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Beware of any theology that keeps saying “God saved them” when the shooter misses and “thoughts and prayers” when they don’t, but never has the courage to ask “what is God asking that we do to prevent shootings from happening in the first place?”

[Laura Bickel @Laura_Corish]

@Brcremer Amen!

[FeelGoodTales @feelgoodtale]

Known as the "Chernobyl Three," engineers Alexei Ananenko, Valeri Bespalov, and Boris Baranov risked their lives to prevent an apocalyptic catastrophe just days after the historic explosion at the nuclear power plant in 1986.

Almost as soon as firefighters started pumping water into the reactor, it began flooding a basement room directly below. The basement contained the valves that controlled the coolant liquid that normally kept the reactor stable. But as the reactor rose to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, it began to melt the protective concrete floor below.

Experts feared that if the molten nuclear material came into contact with the water, it would unleash a gigantic steam explosion that would destroy the entire power plant, level Kyiv 60 miles away, and release so much radiation into the air that most of Eastern Europe would be uninhabitable for at least 100 years.

So on April 28, 1986, Ananenko, Bespalov, and Baranov volunteered to descend into the basement, locate the valves, and drain the tank. Protected only with diving suits and respirators while armed with a single flashlight, they waded through the radioactive water in near pitch-black darkness.

It took several days of many descents for them to find the valve and turn it enough to begin the draining process, and by May 8, a full 20,000 tons of water had been pumped out, sparing millions of lives from a nuclear winter.

[Laura Bickel @Laura_Corish]

@mary_pezzulo You’re doing great!

[Gloria Purvis @gloria_purvis]

If someone calls the Holy Father by his birth name, declares the Pope isn’t Catholic, & gleefully declares he will be burning in hell, the spirit speaking thru them isn’t from God. The happiness at thinking someone is going to hell is 🚩🚩🚩🤮🤮 & is just so odious. 🙏🏾 for them!

[Laura Bickel @Laura_Corish]

@mary_pezzulo This reminds me that I want to see the biopic of Pope Saint John XXIII with Ed Asner. (I’m a huge Mary Tyler Moore Show fan, which is why I’m drawn to seeing this film as well.)

[Laura Bickel @Laura_Corish]

@PhillyInquirer Well deserved! 👏👏👏

[Katie Prejean McGrady @KatiePMcGrady]

There’s a growing trend of criticizing “giving up sweets for Lent”

People say it’s too easy & childish. It isn’t enough “to do”

I’ve given up sweets for Lent every year since 2nd grade. It is challenging & purifying

Don’t knock the simple sacrifice. Jesus can do a lot with it

[Laura Bickel @Laura_Corish]

@GioThePodcaster Well said, Gio! God Bless. 🙏🏻

[Sarah J. Hass @tacko_belle]

why do competition shows always insist on showing the contestants’ occupations? instead of "account manager" mine would be "40 something just doing the best she can"

[Laura Bickel @Laura_Corish]

@JimmySomebody3 @KeeleyFox29 @PhillyPolice No. The biker sideswiped her. She didn’t do anything wrong.

[MisterRogersQuotes @MisterRogersSay]

“‘I love you,’ ‘I’m proud of you,’ ‘I forgive you,’ ‘I’m grateful for you.’ That’s what eternity is made of: invisible imperishable good stuff.”

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

We defend everyone’s right to religion, to hope, to beauty: to Heaven. For every human being, in their absolute uniqueness, if they are in contact with the divine, can radiate a special light in our world. #ApostolicJourney

[Laura Bickel @Laura_Corish]

@StoppaThe @PhiladelphiaGov I am so deeply sorry for your loss. My heart breaks for you.