John Masslon

All opinions are my own. Catholic attached to the Latin Mass. #appellatetwitter attorney. Sports fanatic. Parliamentarian.

[John Masslon @masslon]

@ishapiro The bigger scandal is his video response.

[John Masslon @masslon]

@TradVat2 Was it seventeen years or seventeen years and about nine months?

[John Masslon @masslon]

Fr. Hanappier is a good and holy priest. I look forward to attending his consecration in five weeks.

[John Masslon @masslon]

@RyanLEllis @CatholicSmark @jdflynn @msirilla1 Strongly disagree. My guess is that we will see an FSSP or ICKSP priest consecrated a bishop as a direct result of this. And who else is going to continue confirming people in Arlington in the traditional rite? You think Burbidge will do it?

[John Masslon @masslon]

@RyanLEllis @CatholicSmark @jdflynn @msirilla1 There would no TLM today but for the SSPX. People forget that.

[John Masslon @masslon]

I am willing to bet you $250,000 you are wrong as a matter of federal constitutional law.

[Phil Holloway ✈️ @PhilHollowayEsq]

@craigmelvin He is not eligible for the death penalty

He can’t get a harsher sentence if he’s tried and convicted again - otherwise defendants would effectively be punished for exercising their constitutional right to an appeal.

[John Masslon @masslon]

@smmarotta @KhoaVuUmn The new Auxiliary Bishop in DC was a V&E associate after a DMd clerkship.

[John Masslon @masslon]

My Judge Copenhaver story: I only appeared before the man once in person. @deepakguptalaw sued and I represented the defendants. I filed a Rule 12 motion and Judge Copenhaver had us come to chambers to discuss. We were invited into his conference room and sat around a large table where Judge Copenhaver showed a mastery of the legal and factual issues involved in the case. At that time, he was in his mid 90s. But he was still as sharp as a tack. He did show that he was from a different era with one of his questions, but that entire case was the perfect example of how a good jurist and professional counsel can (and should) litigate a case.

Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithfully departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

[John Masslon @masslon]

@USBishopsData How about Eparchies and Archeparchies?

[John Masslon @masslon]

@enosarris Proof the apple falls far from the tree!

[John Masslon @masslon]

I have found this to be 99 percent true.

[StripMallGuy @realEstateTrent]

Something I’ve noticed over time:

As people rise in social status, they start filtering who they respond to, how quickly they respond, and how open they are, largely based on the other person’s status.

And that bar keeps moving.

The people who made the cut six months ago suddenly don’t anymore as their own status rises.

Texts go unanswered, calls don’t get returned, and access changes.

Eventually, their entire circle becomes a reflection of status, and not character. Without shared values or real connection - just proximity to perceived importance.

At some point, you’re no longer choosing people. You’re choosing status.

And the reality is, the same people you chose for their status are doing the exact same thing.

The second yours slips, they’re gone.

And then, who’s left?

[John Masslon @masslon]

*take away Father's faculties.

[LB236 @thelb236]

Someone needs to take away Father's phone here before he spouts off more incoherent takes like this.

[John Masslon @masslon]

@TradVat2 Just go to the University gym.

[Sippin On Country @SipOnCountryPod]

Cliff Downs Passes Away at 72 https://t.co/Mn1YLy9nWh

[John Masslon @masslon]

@KannonShanmugam @reeveslawstl Wishing you the best in your next chapter.

[John Masslon @masslon]

@RobertGKepes @DashaBurns @PressSec @karolineleavitt LOL. In the US you are entitled to 12 weeks.

[John Masslon @masslon]

@jamierkennedy L

[John Masslon @masslon]

This is often said but is wrong. Although it may be true in the novus order, some Eastern Catholic rites do have Mass during this time. For example, the Melkites have Mass on Saturday morning. Even Roman Catholics using the pre-55 books have Mass Saturday morning.

[Robbert Leusink 🇳🇱 @robbertleusink]

From Holy Thursday evening until Easter Sunday, no Mass is celebrated in the Catholic Church

Every tabernacle on earth sits open and empty

Every altar is stripped bare. The organ does not play in any Catholic church for three days

The largest religious institution in the world observes three days of structural silence once a year

Most Catholics who attend Easter Sunday Mass have never noticed the church was different on Thursday

[John Masslon @masslon]

@MTA the operator of bus 7427 is the rudest person in the world. Discriminates horribly. Please address

[John Masslon @masslon]

@stacey_hauff Her lying to the Supreme Court at oral argument is what will get her disbarred.