peter berghane

Born: Texas 62. Getting older & don’t understand current logic. Overcoming my “toxic masculinity” 🤔. God, family & Country. 2A. 😳

[peter berghane @peterberghane]

@FreddyLA7 Where is this?

[peter berghane @peterberghane]

@joseinaciopilar Cars too big today. Lost interest.
If you start 1,2,3. You usually finish 1,2,3. Little passing, little strategy compared to other motor sports. It’s too bad.

[peter berghane @peterberghane]

@BlastingThrough God bless you brother.
Thank you for your years of service. 🙏

[Sister Allison Regina Gliot | Catholic Author @sister_allison]

We are moving into a very exciting time in the Church Year… Ordinary Time!

Which, granted, may not sound that interesting (though it refers to counted time like ordinal numbers, not ordinariness).

But so much of the important stuff of life happens in ordinary moments…

[Sister Allison Regina Gliot | Catholic Author @sister_allison]

My vampire novel, The Curse He Chose, is now an audiobook!

AND it includes a brand new bonus chapter that I had entirely too much fun writing 😆

Listen to a sample or download here:

https://t.co/ceDifs46me

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

💯💯💯

[peter berghane @peterberghane]

@FriarMario Thank you Friar. Beautiful.

[Friar Mario Conte @FriarMario]

When the night grows dark and the waters become rough, fear easily takes hold of our hearts. Yet it is precisely there that Jesus comes walking toward us. “Do not be afraid.” His voice is enough.
When we welcome Him, even the storm cannot keep us from reaching the shore.

[peter berghane @peterberghane]

@sscjusa Thank you Sister. 🙏

[Sr. Mary Joseph Calore, SSCJ @sscjusa]

Can you please pray the attached prayer right now for our Sisters, our John Paul II Manor, our candidates and apostolates? Thank you.

[Sister Allison Regina Gliot | Catholic Author @sister_allison]

Human mercy has its limits but God’s mercy is boundless. It’s both a mystery & an incredible gift.

His infinite love for us.

His tireless pursuit of us.

The tender patience with which He forgives our sins whenever we return to Him.

Let us never take God’s mercy for granted 🙏

[Paul Fleuret @RealAbs1776]

Understand this: The movies and shows about the crucifixion have been tame when compared to what He actually went through.

Even The Passion Of The Christ was forced to hold back a little in order to avoid an X rating.

Crucifixion was, and still is, arguably the most excruciating death someone can experience.

The night before in Gethsemane, He was sweating blood. This is known as hematidrosis. This would have caused His skin to become extremely sensitive, thus making the beatings to come even worse.

The fear He felt was the beginning of His feeling the weight of our iniquities being laid on Him.

Yet - in this moment, He didn’t demand that the Father take it from Him. He only asked for the cup to pass Him over if it was within the Father’s will.

Up next came the Cat of Nine Tails, or a Roman Flagrum. This was a weapon with long leather “tails”, each embedded with sharp bones and metal.

He was flogged 39 times as Jewish law mandated “40 minus one”, because 40 was said to kill a man.

This flogging wasn’t like being punished by your father’s leather belt.

Every strike tore flesh, every strike exposed muscle. Every strike exposed nerve endings. Every strike tore flesh to the bone.

This would be like getting struck with razor blades over and over again, leading to hypovolemic shock from blood loss.

Oh, and the crown of thorns? These weren’t rose thorns. These were thorns which were 2-3 inches long. Beaten into his skull.

These thorns would have pierced his skull, tripping the trigeminal nerve, thus causing unimaginable pain and even more blood loss from the dozens of head wounds.

At this point, extreme nausea and dizziness would begin to set in.

What came next? Carrying the cross. Which weighed around 300lbs. This would be like carrying two full kegs on your back.

Splinters and wood grating against the open flesh on His back. And He had to carry it 650 yards, or close to a half mile.

Imagine carrying a log on your back after being skinned alive.

Up next? He was nailed to the cross with spikes 5-7in in length. Piercing His wrists - this no doubt pierced the median nerve, causing extreme burning sensations up and down His arms.

A spike was driven through his ankles - severing nerves and tendons. This would have felt like standing on broken glass every time He pushed Himself up in order to breathe.

He suffered for 6 hours.

His chest muscles collapsing, making every single breath a fight for life.

His shoulders were dislocated, His arms stretching unnaturally long.

His heart was struggling to pump blood.

He was extremely dehydrated, His lips cracking.

His heart more than likely literally ruptured from the stress.

And on top of all of that, He had to feel a separation with the Father for a period of time in order to REALLY bear the weight of our sin.

He took up this burden for ALL sin before Him, and ALL sin which came after Him.

HE DID IT ALL FOR US.

To free us. To defeat sin. To give us a pathway to the Kingdom.

Every sin we commit is exactly why He had to do it.

And the real kicker? He knew what was coming when He rode into Jerusalem … and He didn’t turn around. He kept going.

For us.

[Sister Allison Regina Gliot | Catholic Author @sister_allison]

Good Friday is here. Are we?

It can be hard to face the Cross. But the Church encourages us today to look at Jesus & to not look away. To witness both His suffering & His love for us that are so interwoven. To stand by Jesus’ Cross & just be present with Him.

God found us…

[Sister Allison Regina Gliot | Catholic Author @sister_allison]

On Apr 7 I’m giving an online talk on Writing Catholic Sci Fi/Fantasy!

Come explore:

-potential intersections btwn Catholicism & sci fi/fantasy

-unique challenges of integrating faith in these genres

-techniques to stay true to the genre & your faith in your writing… 1/2

[Sr. Mary Joseph Calore, SSCJ @sscjusa]

For more ways to show your love and support, please see our Sisters' website. THANK YOU!
https://t.co/dHim0DKY97.

[🚂 Tom G 🇺🇸 @TpgGee]

@sscjusa 😢 & 🙏's

[Sr. Mary Joseph Calore, SSCJ @sscjusa]

Please help our Sisters after a devastating fire at our St. Joseph Convent and Retreathouse in Munster Township, Portage, PA. Thank you, my friends! https://t.co/xR8vCQtxDF

[Sr. Mary Joseph Calore, SSCJ @sscjusa]

For those asking our Sisters how they can help us after the fire at our Sisters' convent on Munster Road in Portage, PA,
Please see our Webite with links for giving via GoFundMe, Paypal, Venmo or mailed check.
We love you and are so very grateful to all of you for your love and support!

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[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

Please share if you agree that the Senate should not recess until it has (1) fully funded DHS, and (2) passed the SAVE America Act

[SGM Mike Vining @ Blasting Through Official @BlastingThrough]

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