Magnificat Maddie
@magnificatmaddie.bsky.social
Genderfluid Catholic theologian (M.A.). Trying to make every person’s day a little bit better -- pray for me! “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” Retro video game/home video/book collecting is my vice.
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Hello, I’m Maddie 😊👋 I’ll be posting about Catholicism (theology, news, observations, intersections with queer folk, etc.), plus other interests of mine. Good-faith questions and discussions on my posts are great but let’s remember to be merciful, open-minded, and allow room for hope please 💕(AMDG!)
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"Vatican II will survive Trumpism and the collapse of the international liberal order."
@massimofaggioli.bsky.social: 60 years later, it's time to talk about Vatican II in new ways.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/vatican-II-a...
@massimofaggioli.bsky.social: 60 years later, it's time to talk about Vatican II in new ways.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/vatican-II-a...
No More Nostalgia
Vatican II is not the final word of the Church’s tradition. But on a number of doctrinal matters, it marked a point of no return.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Vatican II will survive Trumpism and the collapse of the international liberal order."
@massimofaggioli.bsky.social: 60 years later, it's time to talk about Vatican II in new ways.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/vatican-II-a...
@massimofaggioli.bsky.social: 60 years later, it's time to talk about Vatican II in new ways.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/vatican-II-a...
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UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
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I gotta say, I assumed a religion angle in this story would show up eventually, but I can't say this is the kind I expected.
(Side note: two overtly contradictory theologies have gotten some air time in MAGA-land recently — one that insists Jesus never broke the law, and, also, this.)
(Side note: two overtly contradictory theologies have gotten some air time in MAGA-land recently — one that insists Jesus never broke the law, and, also, this.)
She compares the boat strikes to Jesus breaking the sabbath to heal someone.
December 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I gotta say, I assumed a religion angle in this story would show up eventually, but I can't say this is the kind I expected.
(Side note: two overtly contradictory theologies have gotten some air time in MAGA-land recently — one that insists Jesus never broke the law, and, also, this.)
(Side note: two overtly contradictory theologies have gotten some air time in MAGA-land recently — one that insists Jesus never broke the law, and, also, this.)
So many harmful theologies and straight up heresies here that I could spend an hour unpacking it
The crux is the statement “if you’re caught up in something that’s very detrimental to society, I think that you should die”. So profoundly antithetical to Christianity and to human rights in general
The crux is the statement “if you’re caught up in something that’s very detrimental to society, I think that you should die”. So profoundly antithetical to Christianity and to human rights in general
She compares the boat strikes to Jesus breaking the sabbath to heal someone.
December 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
So many harmful theologies and straight up heresies here that I could spend an hour unpacking it
The crux is the statement “if you’re caught up in something that’s very detrimental to society, I think that you should die”. So profoundly antithetical to Christianity and to human rights in general
The crux is the statement “if you’re caught up in something that’s very detrimental to society, I think that you should die”. So profoundly antithetical to Christianity and to human rights in general
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A long read but Mike Lewis has something here in this analytical framework drawing from Lévi-Strauss. Recommended.
"John Paul II insisted that truth requires unity of faith and reason — precisely the unity that bricolage disrupts"
wherepeteris.com/bricolage-an...
"John Paul II insisted that truth requires unity of faith and reason — precisely the unity that bricolage disrupts"
wherepeteris.com/bricolage-an...
Bricolage and the Battle for the Catholic Imagination
Catholicism has always possessed a vivid symbolic imagination. The Church embraces a sacramental worldview, filled with signs and mysteries — miracles, apparitions, relics, saints, and sacred gestures...
wherepeteris.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A long read but Mike Lewis has something here in this analytical framework drawing from Lévi-Strauss. Recommended.
"John Paul II insisted that truth requires unity of faith and reason — precisely the unity that bricolage disrupts"
wherepeteris.com/bricolage-an...
"John Paul II insisted that truth requires unity of faith and reason — precisely the unity that bricolage disrupts"
wherepeteris.com/bricolage-an...
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“The Nativity scene at a Catholic church in Dedham is without the baby Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, with a sign criticizing federal immigration action instead taking Jesus’s place in the manger.” www.boston.com/news/local-n...
'ICE was here': Dedham church's Nativity scene protests immigration crackdown
The Nativity scene at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham holds "the mirror up to what’s happening," Father Stephen Josoma said.
www.boston.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“The Nativity scene at a Catholic church in Dedham is without the baby Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, with a sign criticizing federal immigration action instead taking Jesus’s place in the manger.” www.boston.com/news/local-n...
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where i’m at currently
November 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
where i’m at currently
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Today is the 45th anniversary of Dorothy Day’s death. An American Catholic, Servant of God Dorothy Day is known for co-founding the Catholic Worker Movement and for her care for the poor and most vulnerable.
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today is the 45th anniversary of Dorothy Day’s death. An American Catholic, Servant of God Dorothy Day is known for co-founding the Catholic Worker Movement and for her care for the poor and most vulnerable.
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Last Thursday, Speaker Destin Hall told a reporter “ICE and CBP have a difficult job… we just ask that they come back.” We just didn’t know he meant Thanksgiving week.
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Last Thursday, Speaker Destin Hall told a reporter “ICE and CBP have a difficult job… we just ask that they come back.” We just didn’t know he meant Thanksgiving week.
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¡VIVA CRISTO REY!
Death to fascism and all praise and glory to the one true King, who reigns forever with true love, mercy, justice, and peace ❤️
Death to fascism and all praise and glory to the one true King, who reigns forever with true love, mercy, justice, and peace ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
¡VIVA CRISTO REY!
Death to fascism and all praise and glory to the one true King, who reigns forever with true love, mercy, justice, and peace ❤️
Death to fascism and all praise and glory to the one true King, who reigns forever with true love, mercy, justice, and peace ❤️
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happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
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Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
huh
you don’t say
you don’t say
It’s transgender awareness week, so if you weren’t already aware, you are transgender
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
huh
you don’t say
you don’t say
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The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
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“Poverty challenges Christians, but it also challenges all those who have positions of responsibility in society. I urge Heads of State and the leaders of nations to listen to the cry of the poorest. There can be no peace without justice, and the poor remind us of this in many ways.” - Pope Leo
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“Poverty challenges Christians, but it also challenges all those who have positions of responsibility in society. I urge Heads of State and the leaders of nations to listen to the cry of the poorest. There can be no peace without justice, and the poor remind us of this in many ways.” - Pope Leo
Listening a ton to "Justice: An Ace Attorney Musical (Case 1 EP)" produced by Nerdification.Media - it's really, really good ❤️
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JAAAM - YouTube
Justice: An Ace Attorney Musical
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November 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Listening a ton to "Justice: An Ace Attorney Musical (Case 1 EP)" produced by Nerdification.Media - it's really, really good ❤️
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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just gonna put this here without further commentary
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
just gonna put this here without further commentary
Wished for +Flores but glad he’s VP
Archbishop Coakley is elected USCCB President for a 3-year term. Bishop Flores is elected Vice-president and likely heir apparent in 3 years.
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Wished for +Flores but glad he’s VP
Good thing the rapture isn’t real! 😁👉👉
/lh
/lh
learning about The Rapture at the age of 6
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Good thing the rapture isn’t real! 😁👉👉
/lh
/lh
And the tiger poster
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
And the tiger poster
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UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”