Taindrin

Catholic, Conservative, Husband, Father, American.

[Mark Lambert @sitsio]

There is no virtue in pretending that everything in the Church is fine when it plainly is not. Catholics have every right to be troubled by confusion, scandal, loss of faith and the extraordinary cultural collapse taking place around us. But there is an equal danger in allowing a recognition of crisis to become a theology of despair.
Christianity is not the story of a Church desperately trying to survive history, it is the story of God acting within history, often precisely when events appear most hopeless. Good Friday looked like catastrophic defeat, the Messiah was dead, His disciples scattered, His enemies apparently triumphant and the stone rolled across the tomb. And yet that was not the end of the story, it was the threshold of victory.

So by all means let's be vigilant, defend the Faith, resist error, pray for the Church & work for renewal. But do not become so fascinated by darkness that you begin to speak as though darkness has the final word. Christ did not promise His Church an uninterrupted procession of competent bishops, flourishing institutions and tranquil centuries, He promised something infinitely greater: “the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” That promise rests ultimately upon the Resurrection. The Church can be wounded, humiliated, persecuted and betrayed by her own members. She can even appear, for a time, to be undergoing something analogous to her Lord’s Passion. But she cannot finally be conquered, because her Head has already passed through death and reigns beyond its reach.

The decisive battle, in other words, is not still waiting to be won. Christ is risen. Christ reigns. And history belongs to Him.

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@TheOlChippy I was there in 1999. You could see everything in all directions. The Statue of Liberty in the distance looked like a toy. And the wind was so strong it felt like you could lean against it. So glad I got to experience it.

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@KristanHawkins @StudentsforLife As a Catholic, there are few things as embarrassing and saddening as schools and universities that are "Catholic" in name only.

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@Vitus_osst For the Lord's guidance and wisdom as I discern my next professional move.

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@25YearsAgoLive Thank you for all the hard work you put into this. I was in high school at the time but I learn new things about it every year. This was a great tribute to the memory of all who were lost.

[Timothy Gordon (Rules for Retrogrades Show) @timotheeology]

One year ago today, 9/2/25, Charlie Kirk told Bishop Joseph Brennan "I'm very close" to converting to Catholicism

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@VictoriaJustice Praying for your mom's full recovery! 🙏🏻

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@Sachinettiyil I'm so jealous of this.

[James Fishback @j_fishback]

Us: “An H-1B took my dream job, Blackstone bought my dream home, and Flock is spying on my kids.

Can you help?”

Them: “Lake America 🌅”

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@TPostMillennial I thought this was The Onion.

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@Comedyorwat Finally, an entry fee I can afford!

[IMPERATOR @IMPERATORAUS]

In his Summa Theologiae, St Thomas Aquinas laid out one of the most charitable yet practical arguments concerning immigration that effectively shaped the West for almost 1,000 years.

1. Immigration must always be proportionate so that foreigners can properly assimilate into the culture and mode of worship of the state.

2. Citizenship – and associated rights – should only ever be granted after the third generation to preserve the culture, mode of worship, and constitution of the state.

3. The common good of the citizens must remain the highest priority of the state, meaning, the state's obligation to provide aid to its neighbours can never be at the expense of the citizens.

However, Aquinas ends with the sobering reminder that some peoples and states are incompatible with one another, and these must be held as "foes in perpetuity".

[MrCasey @MrCasey62]

Fr. Ripperger: “Demons do NOT like being around someone who prays REGULARLY.”

[Liz Wheeler @Liz_Wheeler]

When two gay men purchase one baby via surrogacy, on average 15 embryos are created. That means 93% of the babies created either die, are abandoned and left frozen indefinitely, are experimented on, miscarried, or destroyed for eugenics reasons.

This is not something to be proud of.

This is a tragedy.

Not to mention the reality that she's deprived of her mother.

She's been reduced to a product, commodified, stripped of her human dignity and her right to an intact family.

We should not pretend this is normal or good.

[Taindrin @taindrin]

@KennedyNation Just here for the well-deserved ratio.

[GP  Andrew @GPxGP]

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@Nekatus @survivetheark @jeremystieglitz @Jatheish Huge congrats on the new role! Your work is incredible and it's amazing to see you get this recognition. Hopefully you can help them figure out how to release things by their own deadlines as well, ha.