Charles, OFM Cap.
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Charles, OFM Cap.
@frcharles.bsky.social
· Nov 23
"Social media has contributed to your intellectual deterioration, as it has for so many others." (my dad, Z"L)
St. Martin of Tours to the devil:
“Why do you stand there, you bloodthirsty brute?” he cried. “Murderer, you will not have me for your prey. Abraham is welcoming me into his embrace.”
(Sulpicius Severus in the Office of Readings) #Martinmas
“Why do you stand there, you bloodthirsty brute?” he cried. “Murderer, you will not have me for your prey. Abraham is welcoming me into his embrace.”
(Sulpicius Severus in the Office of Readings) #Martinmas
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
St. Martin of Tours to the devil:
“Why do you stand there, you bloodthirsty brute?” he cried. “Murderer, you will not have me for your prey. Abraham is welcoming me into his embrace.”
(Sulpicius Severus in the Office of Readings) #Martinmas
“Why do you stand there, you bloodthirsty brute?” he cried. “Murderer, you will not have me for your prey. Abraham is welcoming me into his embrace.”
(Sulpicius Severus in the Office of Readings) #Martinmas
Br. Matthew also used to pray the Office for the Dead for the friars he lived with because, in his estimation, they were "spiritually dead."
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Br. Matthew also used to pray the Office for the Dead for the friars he lived with because, in his estimation, they were "spiritually dead."
Whenever Shadrach, Meshach, and Anednego being thrown into the fire comes around, I think of old Br. Matthew, may he rest in peace, who, among other curious qualities, had a devotion to "the boys in the furnace." I guess the scene spoke to his experience of religious life.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Whenever Shadrach, Meshach, and Anednego being thrown into the fire comes around, I think of old Br. Matthew, may he rest in peace, who, among other curious qualities, had a devotion to "the boys in the furnace." I guess the scene spoke to his experience of religious life.
Also in Perugia it's classy that they don't brag like we kicked Francis of Assisi's arrogant ass and made him a prisoner of war until his dad coughed up the cash to buy him back which LOL he might not have done if he had known what was coming next
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Also in Perugia it's classy that they don't brag like we kicked Francis of Assisi's arrogant ass and made him a prisoner of war until his dad coughed up the cash to buy him back which LOL he might not have done if he had known what was coming next
I fell in love with Perugia, though. It's like Assisi but with regular people doing regular stuff and not everything Francis and Clare and Pax et Bonum and rainbow flags* and all this. Also it has an adorable little automated monorail or some such thing system.
*In Italy they mean peace.
*In Italy they mean peace.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I fell in love with Perugia, though. It's like Assisi but with regular people doing regular stuff and not everything Francis and Clare and Pax et Bonum and rainbow flags* and all this. Also it has an adorable little automated monorail or some such thing system.
*In Italy they mean peace.
*In Italy they mean peace.
We're celebrating our jubilarians tomorrow. We have two friars marking 70 years in the Order. There's another with 65 years of priesthood but he's in the friar infirmary in Perugia. I went to visit him there once but when I didn't have a cigarette for him he dismissed me and went back to sleep.
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
We're celebrating our jubilarians tomorrow. We have two friars marking 70 years in the Order. There's another with 65 years of priesthood but he's in the friar infirmary in Perugia. I went to visit him there once but when I didn't have a cigarette for him he dismissed me and went back to sleep.
I respect Pope Leo's choice and even maybe get it, but I would never take a papal name with a predecessor called "the great." Where do you go from there? The magnificent? Seems out of place for a pope.
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I respect Pope Leo's choice and even maybe get it, but I would never take a papal name with a predecessor called "the great." Where do you go from there? The magnificent? Seems out of place for a pope.
Indian friar offended by my ignorant analysis of Indian cinema. "A pretty lady bops around. This inspires everyone else to bop around too. The end."
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Indian friar offended by my ignorant analysis of Indian cinema. "A pretty lady bops around. This inspires everyone else to bop around too. The end."
Berthold V, duke of Zähringen, founds the city of @stadtbern.bsky.social (modern Switzerland) #InTheYearOfMyNumberOfFollowers via @wikipedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Berthold V, duke of Zähringen, founds the city of @stadtbern.bsky.social (modern Switzerland) #InTheYearOfMyNumberOfFollowers via @wikipedia.org
Truth
There is only one real Kowloon Restaurant and it's in Saugus, MA
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Truth
I have learned this with religious superiors
it’s better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I have learned this with religious superiors
Perhaps before the end of my midwit ecclesiastical career I'll learn that the homily I feel like giving isn't necessarily the homily suited to the assembly.
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Perhaps before the end of my midwit ecclesiastical career I'll learn that the homily I feel like giving isn't necessarily the homily suited to the assembly.
e San Giovanni Rotondo, prega per noi
St. John Lateran, pray for us 🙏🙏🙏🙏
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
e San Giovanni Rotondo, prega per noi
"Whenever we come to church, we must prepare our hearts to be as beautiful as we expect this church to be." ~ St. Caesarius of Arles (Office of Readings) #OmniumEcclesiarumUrbisEtOrbisMaterEtCaput
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"Whenever we come to church, we must prepare our hearts to be as beautiful as we expect this church to be." ~ St. Caesarius of Arles (Office of Readings) #OmniumEcclesiarumUrbisEtOrbisMaterEtCaput
Today's quinceañera dress was, I think, the largest thing I've seen somebody wear as clothing
November 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Today's quinceañera dress was, I think, the largest thing I've seen somebody wear as clothing
For her feast day this weekend, St. Francis of Assisi holding up the Lateran Basilica, as dreamed by Pope Innocent III (who is said to have approved the primitive rule of the friars).
November 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
For her feast day this weekend, St. Francis of Assisi holding up the Lateran Basilica, as dreamed by Pope Innocent III (who is said to have approved the primitive rule of the friars).
Reposted by Charles, OFM Cap.
The worst thing about Zohran Mamdani is the fact that my Desi parents are now going to ask me why I’m not the mayor of anything despite being the same age. 🤦♂️
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The worst thing about Zohran Mamdani is the fact that my Desi parents are now going to ask me why I’m not the mayor of anything despite being the same age. 🤦♂️
A gent in church today informed me that today is the feast of Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces. I said that I had not been aware of this, but in our Franciscan calendar it's the feast of Blessed John Duns Scotus. I did not bring up the recent document, Mater populi fidelis.
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A gent in church today informed me that today is the feast of Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces. I said that I had not been aware of this, but in our Franciscan calendar it's the feast of Blessed John Duns Scotus. I did not bring up the recent document, Mater populi fidelis.
Not biting on a fight about altar girls on the other site. For all of my “conservative” tendencies I’m in favor. In the usual age range I just find them generally superior; better socialized, more open to instruction, more graceful in taking correction, and more likely to consider their appearance.
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Not biting on a fight about altar girls on the other site. For all of my “conservative” tendencies I’m in favor. In the usual age range I just find them generally superior; better socialized, more open to instruction, more graceful in taking correction, and more likely to consider their appearance.
[Paul] therefore teaches us to seek out this kind of death even in this life, so that the death of Christ may shine forth in our lives—that blessed death by which our outward self is destroyed and our inmost self renewed. ~ St. Ambrose (Office of Readings) #MementoMori
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
[Paul] therefore teaches us to seek out this kind of death even in this life, so that the death of Christ may shine forth in our lives—that blessed death by which our outward self is destroyed and our inmost self renewed. ~ St. Ambrose (Office of Readings) #MementoMori
Checking in with this Irish person-New Yorker engagement to make sure they are aware of climate considerations.
"You've been here in the summer, right? With the heat and the suffering?"
"You've been there in the winter, right? With the gloom and the damp and the mud and the darkness?"
"You've been here in the summer, right? With the heat and the suffering?"
"You've been there in the winter, right? With the gloom and the damp and the mud and the darkness?"
November 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Checking in with this Irish person-New Yorker engagement to make sure they are aware of climate considerations.
"You've been here in the summer, right? With the heat and the suffering?"
"You've been there in the winter, right? With the gloom and the damp and the mud and the darkness?"
"You've been here in the summer, right? With the heat and the suffering?"
"You've been there in the winter, right? With the gloom and the damp and the mud and the darkness?"
Update: Right time period, same first name, different person. The bride was not an altar server, but rather sang in the children's choir.
This is a pic from my first Mass. See the altar child on the far left? According to speculation in the parish office this morning, she is the same person as the bride coming in for a wedding meeting tonight. Really fun if true. She was a great server.
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Update: Right time period, same first name, different person. The bride was not an altar server, but rather sang in the children's choir.
Friar 1: "You have a PhD in gerontology, yes?"
Friar 2: "Yes."
Friar 1: "Do seniors still get free coffee at McDonald's?"
Friar 2: "I don't know."
Friar 1: "I thought you studied this stuff."
Friar 2: "Yes."
Friar 1: "Do seniors still get free coffee at McDonald's?"
Friar 2: "I don't know."
Friar 1: "I thought you studied this stuff."
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Friar 1: "You have a PhD in gerontology, yes?"
Friar 2: "Yes."
Friar 1: "Do seniors still get free coffee at McDonald's?"
Friar 2: "I don't know."
Friar 1: "I thought you studied this stuff."
Friar 2: "Yes."
Friar 1: "Do seniors still get free coffee at McDonald's?"
Friar 2: "I don't know."
Friar 1: "I thought you studied this stuff."
Reminds me of the time I got pulled over and the cop, examining the registration, says, "Province of St. Mary of the Capuchin Order? What do you do for them?"
Spontaneously I just said, "Nothing! I'm a member."
Spontaneously I just said, "Nothing! I'm a member."
November 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Reminds me of the time I got pulled over and the cop, examining the registration, says, "Province of St. Mary of the Capuchin Order? What do you do for them?"
Spontaneously I just said, "Nothing! I'm a member."
Spontaneously I just said, "Nothing! I'm a member."
I now have a Real ID driver license and am looking forward to improvement in my derealization symptoms
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I now have a Real ID driver license and am looking forward to improvement in my derealization symptoms