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Abba’s ragamuffin 🕊️ t.o.carm
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Born Jewish, raised fundamentalist, by grace a convert to the Catholic Faith🙏🏻🕊💙, 💯% Pope Leo,
Secular Carmelite & 🌈 ally ♿️ 🇮🇱 Crohns & a few other health challenges :) Strictly NO DMs Ty.
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Married 5th August, 1967, temporarily separated
27th May, 2022.

What a beautiful bride & human being I was blessed & privileged to share my life with.

Everything I am & have achieved is all down to her, her love & encouragement.

I aim to make her so proud of all I try to do in memory of her 🙏🏻💙
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“Bible teaching, he noted, is to have ‘special care for strangers, aliens and sojourners.’

‘It is not rocket science, but the Word of God’…”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
U.S. Bishops Elect New Leader as Concerns Mount Over Treatment of Migrants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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I was privileged to preside at liturgy there. No special reason other than they needed a priest. Looking at those gathered the fruits of her ministry were evident. People from all over the world calling Washington Heights (and NYC) home. I feel we need her intercession now more than ever! 🙏
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A homily from an unknown person nearly 2000 years ago. How true this is and challenges us today.
The One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church has preached truth since the earliest times.
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Bp. Oscar Cantú: “ If we don’t have the courage as bishops—as pastors to speak the truth in defense of human dignity—then who will?”

Excellent reporting on the statement process and vote by @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social.
At meeting, US Catholic bishops say they oppose ‘indiscriminate mass deportation of people’
(RNS) — The bishops approved an immigration statement with 216 in favor, five opposed and three abstentions.
religionnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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This Waitrose ad is better than the majority of movies I've seen this year.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...
Keira Knightley stars in Waitrose’s Christmas ‘mini romcom’ ad
YouTube video by Daily Record
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November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:

wapo.st/448fDw6
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Yes - and what an example they would have in Oscar And Romero!

I know I shouldn’t generalize but what else can I say if really most of them says absolutely nothing? They behave like hypocrites - they are bishops! They have responsibility and they are conformists …

So sad
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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It would be heartening to hear prophetic teaching from U.S. bishops on issues like violent mistreatment of immigrants, extrajudicial murders in international waters, military support for genocide, etc.
They have some great models of prophetic, saintly episcopal leadership.
#USCCB #SaintOscarRomero
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today's Gospel challenges me, do I walk on the borders of society? To those who are seen as outcasts & unclean?
May I always walk that path as they too are my brothers & sisters who need to know the "healing touch" of Jesus.
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A retired priest I pray with over the phone every night told me he used to lead pilgrimages to Lisieux.

We met Sunday for a meal and he gave me a priceless treasure, a 1st class relic of my patron Saint, Therese.

So honured & blessed.

When my time is up its lined up for our beloved Aylesford 🙏🕊
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Just realised in my readings tonight in Micah our Blessed Mother Mary is referenced:

"Yahweh, therefore, will abandon Israel until the time as she, who is to give birth, has given birth..."

Micah 5:1-3 for full context.
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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“Only God can create in us a clean heart, for purity is not achieved by effort but received as grace.”

— The Inner Voice of Love
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Please pray for a lady named Katherine who is due to have a kidney transplant in approx 2 hours time when the donor kidney arrives.
Thank you so much, “All shall be well” 🙏🕊️
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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In under 30 seconds, these two say everything we need to know about unity and being English/British. Courtesy of @tuc.org.uk

“Don’t let hate divide us.”

#unity #togetherwethrive #hopenothate #strongertogether
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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🕊️ St. Elizabeth of the Trinity's famous prayer reveals her deep mystical spirituality. She asks to be "established in You as still and peaceful as if my soul were already in eternity." Perfect for her feast day today.

🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsWUY

#StElizabethOfTheTrinity #CatholicPrayer
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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"The Father does not say, 'You were my child; I am glad you have come home.' He says, 'You are my child, and you will always be my child.'"

This quote can be found in his book "The Return of the Prodigal Son".
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Pope Leo's criticisms of US President Trump's anti-immigration policies are emboldening Catholic efforts to help immigrants caught up in the administration's hardline crackdown, senior US Church leaders say. For @reuters.com
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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HOLD US LORD:
Lord, in our darkness,
you kindle a flame that never dies.
You set your spirit within our frailty,
even when we are not aware of it,
and you hold us always,
even until the end of time.
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Pope Leo met with Palestinian President Abbas this morning discussing urgent humanitarian aid for Gaza and how “to end the conflict by pursuing a two-State solution.”
November 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Pope Leo: Priesthood “is not a flight from what one does not wish to face, nor a refuge from affective, family, or social difficulties. Neither is it a promotion nor a safeguard, but a total gift of one’s existence.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo XIV: Priesthood is ‘total gift' - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV sends a letter to the seminary in Peru where he once served as professor, and encourages candidates for the priesthood to “give constant ...
www.vaticannews.va
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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#Pope Leo XIV says We are "being transformed in order to transform the world with the gentle and courageous power of Christian hope" FULL TEXT
www.catholicnewsworld.com/2025/11/pope...
Pope Leo XIV says We are "being transformed in order to transform the world with the gentle and courageous power of Christian hope" FULL TEXT
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November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM