"Our age, seemingly shaken by terrible imbalances and conflicts, cries out from its depths for peace, for a new understanding of the human person and its inviolable dignity, for a civilization of love." Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex)
Today would have been my nephew's 17th birthday. He died by suicide during Lent this year.
Please pray for his soul today and also for our whole family while we face this "first."
Also, in case no one has told you: Its good that you are here.
My son and I were just in a car accident. We are not seriously hurt, just sore. Three weeks from the race this kinda sucks.
Please pray for the poor kid who hit us, he was pretty shook up.
Reproductive health questions as a Catholic woman are a huge problem.
The people most knowledgeable about church teaching usually know nothing about female reproductive organs. Females who are educated in church teaching are not public & generally disagree wildly w each other.
My teenage son just walked in my room at 7am fully dressed to show me his new jeans. He silently grabbed my coffee cup to refill it & called the dogs to follow him downstairs to be let out.
He’s like a fully functional human now! But more than that, he’s a CONSIDERATE human!
Oh hey guys. I’m worried about absolutely everything right now. My family, my priests, the larger church, my podcasts, the state of Catholic social media, the way humans relate to one another, AI, $$, my bedsheets.
Like friggin everything.
Prayers are good. God is in control.
Today I encountered another “being broke is expensive” moment.
I switched cell phone carriers. It’s going to save me nearly $200 a month on 4 phone lines & got us all new phones.
But I had to pay $270 today to switch.
If I didn’t have $270, I’d go on losing $200 a month.
Reading people online who refuse to pray for suicidal people, let alone those who’ve died by suicide, makes me very sad.
How small they must believe God is.
I’m choosing to be sad instead of mad.
Ok guys. I’m at the start line!! I will probably tweet here while I’m running to keep myself motivated like in my 20 miler. Except there’s more people to smash into so… who knows. Pray for me? And I’ll be praying for your intentions as a run! :)
Start at 8:30a central!