Mary Bast

I write, I care, I live, I love. Have a wonderful day, everyone!

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[Mary Bast @mary_bast]

Don't stop believing...🎵🎶🎵🎶😍💋

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity.

“You are not numbers or case files.

“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.” — Pope Leo XIV

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

We must allow God to teach us how to listen as He does. We must recognize that the condition of the poor is a cry that, throughout human history, constantly challenges our lives, societies, political and economic systems, and, not least, the Church. #Lent

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Please read this statement from the parents of VA ICU nurse Alexander Pretti, who was murdered yesterday by Border Patrol agents.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

The deadly shooting in Minneapolis today was a straight-up execution of a protester by Trump's federal brownshirts.

The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.

The videos don't lie. A man is dead, killed in cold blood. There is no conceivable justification for this intentional homicide. And make no mistake, that intentional, unjustified homicide was committed on behalf of Donald J. Trump.

Trump's militarization of Minneapolis and other parts of our nation isn't about illegal immigration. It's not about enhancing public safety. It's about destroying any sense of that safety—to intimidate political opponents, and to punish dissent. It's about a corrupt, out-of-control regime's effort to provoke citizens in order to justify the violence it desires to commit against them so that it can expand and retain its power.

That is fascism. It is tyranny. It is governmental criminality.

And the ultimate legal check the Framers of our Constitution provided to stop this kind of tyranny and criminality in the executive branch is impeachment and removal of the executive.

Congress needs to do its job.

Now.

Before it's too late.

[Rich Raho @RichRaho]

Catholic priest at Mass this morning: “Let’s be honest. It was never about deporting criminals from our country. But, it was always about deporting people based simply on the color of their skin alone.”

[Meg Hunter-Kilmer @MegHunterKilmer]

Went to Mass today to pray for the conversion of violent ICE agents engaging in unjust and dehumanizing behavior.

Came out of Mass to discover that ICE had executed another citizen.

How anyone can claim to be Christian and support this is utterly beyond me.

[Elmo @elmo]

Happy Kwanzaa! Thank you to Mr. Michael B. Jordan for visiting everybody on Sesame Street. It was so special to celebrate Kwanzaa with you! Habari Gani! ❤️

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The Son of God, through whom all things were created, was not welcomed, and a poor manger for animals was his crib. The eternal Word of the Father whom the heavens cannot contain chose to come into the world in this way. Out of love, he accepted poverty and rejection, identifying himself with those who are discarded and excluded. #Christmas

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

The moment she realises is priceless 🥹

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Dear representatives of various Catholic associations, committed to showing solidarity with the population of the Gaza Strip! I appreciate your initiative and the many others throughout the Church that express closeness to the brothers and sisters suffering in that tormented land. Together with you and the pastors of the Churches in the Holy Land, I repeat: there is no future based on violence, forced exile, or revenge. People need peace: those who truly love them, work for peace.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Independence Day is a reminder that America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ America is owned by no one. It belongs to all citizens. And at this moment in history—when core democratic principles seem to be continuously under attack, when too many people around the world have become cynical and disengaged—now is precisely the time to ask ourselves tough questions about how we can build our democracies and make them work in meaningful and practical ways for ordinary people.

[Mary Bast @mary_bast]

@ShaneSchaetzel [ctd from above] I promise what the Church actually teaches is a lot more life-giving and representative of the seamless garment of the consistent life ethic (which I'd argue a foundation of Catholic social teaching) than Strickland's version. It gets SO much better, promise. :)

[Mary Bast @mary_bast]

@ShaneSchaetzel Oh babes, you know that Pope Leo XIV was the head of the Dicastery of Bishops that recommended Strickland's removal from Tyler, right?

A link to his bio: https://t.co/B2qoz6jMbi

I fear you're in for a rude awakening about what constitutes *actual* Catholic social teaching. But!

[Gloria Purvis @gloria_purvis]

My initial reaction to the election of Pope Leo XIV on @ABCNewsLive #Catholic #Pope

[Mary Bast @mary_bast]

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Link to their store: https://t.co/tXNQz4wQlV.

[Mary Bast @mary_bast]

@gloria_purvis I love it. <3

[Gloria Purvis @gloria_purvis]

I saw this on a tee shirt. What do you think? #history

[Mary Bast @mary_bast]

@ArevaMartin Good for you for standing your ground. As an alumnus of SLU, I'm deeply ashamed of my university's response to this, and I pray & hope our university rights this wrong and doesn't let white fragility define this healing process on their end any longer.

I'm with you, & I'm sorry.

[Areva Martin, Esq. @ArevaMartin]

Descendants of St. Louis University Enslaved (DSLUE) Releases Statement On Saint Louis University’s A Path Towards Reconciliation Event