Fr. Stephen Vrazel

I love it.

Lunch time.
Today, I am reminded of the Wisdom of @benitocereno.bsky.social. What is the Kingdom of Heaven if not an invitation to Live Más?
#apocrypals #tacobell

Paragraph 2309 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church: The strict conditions for legitimate defense by military force require rigorous consideration. The gravity of such a decision makes it subject to rigorous conditions of moral legitimacy. At one and the same time: - the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain; - all other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective; - there must be serious prospects of success; - the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated. The power of modem means of destruction weighs very heavily in evaluating this condition. These are the traditional elements enumerated in what is called the "just war" doctrine. The evaluation of these conditions for moral legitimacy belongs to the prudential judgment of those who have responsibility for the common good.

Here's a screenshot of the Catechism paragraph on just war if anyone wants a refresher:

farts gratia fartis

The daylight saving time respecter has logged on.

Good morning everyone - get ready for a beautiful stroll this evening!

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

“Would you imagine what a world without wars would be like?

“A world without the terror of approaching explosions, without rocket alarms shattering the silence of the night?

“Please join me this month in prayer for disarmament and peace. Let's pray and share with others.” — Pope Leo XIV

Scripture is intended to be a provocation to conversion; this means
we let it in, instead of fighting it off;
think about it, instead of making it fit what we already think;
relate to it as a different way of seeing that finds its clarity and culmination in the way Christ sees.

I'm mildly annoyed that I know what that means.

Just this week I was invited to and attended the installation of the new rector at my neighboring episcopalian church.

In case anyone is wondering how we elected a college football coach to the United States Senate and are probably going to elect the same coach to be our governor, this is what counts as news in Alabama, despite the world being on fire:

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the post going around about claude having outdated info about targets in iran was itself a question posed to claude, which has no inferiority or knowledge of the program state used when drawing up targets. please stop asking the AI about what it did, it literally doesn’t know

We need to elect younger men and women to Congress!

<monkey's paw curls a finger>

A senator younger than me breaks a protesting Marine's arm.

what an absolute brutish disgrace

American Catholics be normal and chill challenge:

impossible

God help us all.

This sort of person has such a skewed understanding of scripture that I almost wonder if they worship the same God as I do.

Unreal

Because priests have terrible taste.

And the more they think they have good taste, the worse it is.

Tagging @endormoo.bsky.social so at least one person gets it

Unlike you I get my news from a reliable source

A personal fav

congress sounds cool i wish it was real

Due to our attachment to money, this works either way.

My tithe decimated my paycheck.

Gen X and Millennial handshake

I’m 62 years old, I live in Tampa, I eat corn and beef everyday, I always have a titleist hat on, and Iran is the biggest threat to my freedom

Good morning, everyone!

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We're at war?😢😡

@benitocereno.bsky.social