Barbara Slade

Rhody mama, Swiftie

[Barbara Slade @MarvelousTrot]

@EsiOldMe Yes, the Babylon line on the LIRR. I thought of it during the song, especially that people commute daily to Penn to do the corporate climbing.

[Barbara Slade @MarvelousTrot]

@julia__klever @alltooswift00 @mxnightingale23 The growth that is shown is that she is operating on her own compass. Its perfectly aligned to being 35, reaching an age that people start to filter out the opinions or standards of others.

[cOURtneySONG 🫶🏼 @CourtneySong_]

If Jennifer Vrabel puts divorce papers in Monday istg she is an icon.

[Rhode Island Community Food Bank @RIFoodBank]

In honor of their wedding, @taylorswift13 & @tkelce donated an extraordinary $1M to Rhode Island Community Food Bank! We're overjoyed, as need in RI is at an all-time high. Funds will help stock food for our 137 member agencies. 🫶#TaylorSwift #Swiftie @FeedingAmerica

[Congressman Gabe Amo @RepGabeAmo]

Thank you to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce for their generous support of the @RIFoodBank and charity organizations across the country.

Wishing Taylor (and Travis of course) the wedding of their ~wildest dreams~, even if it’s not in the Ocean State.

[Barbara Slade @MarvelousTrot]

@WalkerMartin141 @FreddyLA7 Yes to Shady Maple! A buffet like no other…

[TSA @TSA]

If you’re visiting for a very large sporting event & you happen to discover RANCH while you’re here… pls pack it in your CHECKED BAG on the way home.

Thank you.

[Barbara Slade @MarvelousTrot]

@AmtrakNECAlerts @robertsachs21 135 never came to Back Bay

[Lebron Q. Septa (The Dunce For Red October) @dropkick_murray]

MY MAYOR ILLITERATE
MY HOAGIES LEGITIMATE
MY PRINCESS IS DI
FLY EAGLES FLY

[hannah ❤️‍🔥 @sippingaugust]

my mayor's muslim
my bagel's jewish
taylor swift courtside
knicks in five

[Barbara Slade @MarvelousTrot]

@salt080108 Thanks!

[Barbara Slade @MarvelousTrot]

Letters from new moms saying they don’t know what they would do without Amazon? I’d like to hear from these moms directly. 🤔 I didn’t have the brain capacity to thank the PICU nurse, never mind a letter to Bezos…

[Barbara Slade @MarvelousTrot]

@byronicgirl Replace 1995 with 1982 and Gen Z with Millennials, and you would be correct. Gen Z might have their own memes and references, but we were at the dawn of internet references and meme culture. A/S/L, hamster dance, and curated away messages are the cornerstone of your culture

[Barbara Slade @MarvelousTrot]

@ImInTheShelter @HoldenCCole Catholics believe that God is in the Eucharist. A sacrament that requires months of learning and reflection before receiving to understand the importance. Completely different than Protestant Eucharist.

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Yes, he really said that.

Yesterday Vice President JD Vance criticized Pope Leo XIV for not knowing enough theology: "I think it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology ... If you’re going to opine on matters of theology, you’ve got to be careful, you’ve got to make sure it’s anchored in the truth," he said, at a Turning Point conference.

One of the many, many, ironies about that statement is that it came in response to Pope Leo's comments about war and peace and, specifically, the concept of "just war," which originated with St. Augustine. As many have already noted, when the Vice President was making his comments, Pope Leo XIV, a member of the Augustinian Order, and twice Prior General of the Augustinians before his election as Pope, was visiting the hometown of St. Augustine, then called "Hippo," now in Annaba, a town in modern-day Algeria. For good measure, Pope Leo XIV, the man critiqued for insufficient theological education, earned not only a master's degree in divinity, but also licentiate and a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.

JD Vance's recent conversion to Catholicism is beside the point, because many converts are of course not only highly intelligent (and learned in theology) but faithful and energetic Catholics. We rejoice over everyone entering the church.

What most of us do not rejoice over, however, is a deadly combination of inaccuracy and hubris. Pace, Vice President Vance, but the current war in Iran is not a just war under Catholic doctrine. You can hear that from church leaders from across the theological spectrum, from Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the head of the military vicariate and former head of the @USCCB, to Cardinal Robert McElroy, Archbishop of Washington who holds doctorates in both theology and political science. You can look all that up online. Suffice to say, the Vice President doesn't seem to understand the tenets of just war.

Nor does he seem to understand the fundamental position of the church, which is for peace. "War is always a defeat for humanity," as St. John Paul II said. If that authority isn't enough, then turn to Jesus who said, "Blessed are the peacemakers," not "Blessed are the warmongers." And after the Resurrection, the Risen Christ says to the frightened disciples not "Vengeance is mine" but "Peace be with you."

Incidentally, the day before, the Vice President said that the Pope (and the Vatican) should stick to teaching about morality, also seeming to forget that war and peace are profoundly moral issues.

For his part, Pope Leo was focused yesterday on his spiritual father, St. Augustine. After what seemed like an emotional visit to Hippo, he celebrated Mass at the Basilica of St. Augustine in Annaba. During his homily he said, "The primary task of pastors as ministers of the Gospel is therefore to bear witness to God before the world with one heart and one soul, not permitting our concerns to lead us astray through fear, nor trends to undermine us through compromise."

Amen. Let's all continue to pray for the Holy Father as he works for peace.

(Image: Pope Leo XIV prays at the archeological ruins of Hippo, home of St. Augustine, in current-day Algeria. CNS photo).

[Barbara Slade @MarvelousTrot]

@xtorturedchloe I loved it! I’m also an elder millennial that grew up knowing how big Elizabeth Taylor was. My only critique would be that the 90s White Diamonds commercial wasn’t featured as well.

[Saturday Night Live @nbcsnl]

MAHAspital

[Barbara Slade @MarvelousTrot]

@nola_swiftie The epres hair bond she recommends is top notch too! I switched from olaplex and love it

[Barbara Slade @MarvelousTrot]

Listen, I loved Lady Gaga’s moment, but how gagged would everyone had been if it was Taylor doing Willow Reggaeton Version 🤣

[Barbara Slade @MarvelousTrot]

@shahadmajili Taylor if you need a privacy bush, hit me up as well!