Tracy Lou

@TheColeShow_YT Go to mass, pray every morning and evening, keep learning and wait for further instructions. Seriously, those things put you in the right place to recognize when you are being called to do something.

What should I do now that I'm Catholic? Besides the obvious

@swamthetiber25 About 3 1/2 hours. All 7 OT readings, 30 baptized. I've been in this parish over a decade with same priest. First time we have done more than 3 OT readings, between 3-6 baptisms is typical.

Curious, how long was everyone’s Easter Vigil Mass? Mine was 4 hours (7:45-11:45pm) with about an hour of that being baptism and confirmation.

@BadgedPatriot @realDonaldTrump I didn't exactly vote with that in mind, but it is a fabulous bonus!

This is 100% a real post by @realDonaldTrump. I verified it myself. The meltdowns over this one will be epic. SAVAGE😂😂😂😂🇺🇸

@_ChikkenTikka @michaeldweiss I would prefer keeping government out of health care as it appears the more involved they get, the more money is stolen and/or wasted. Throwing away money in the name of health care doesn't save any lives.

@SootLady @michaeldweiss If the US government valued human life, it would introduce proper public health insurance for all ordinary American citizens. It's less spectacular, but it saves more lives. And your tax dollars would actually do something good for a change.

Details about the rescue op for the U.S. Weapon Systems Officer, via a U.S. military official: "The mountain top area on the left is where the WSO was hiding (he ejected 5ish miles northwest of there). The right area is the makeshift landing strip where they landed 2 C-130s and had 4 MH-6 Little Birds. "One Little Bird flew to that mountain top area and rescued the WSO and brought him back to the landing strip. And of course the two C-130s' nose gears got stuck in the dirt. So after a few hours they had to bring in three AFSOC Dash-8s to fly out the rescued WSO and the 100 or so personnel involved in the op." 1/2

@justmyrra_ I am a convert and have kids and grandkids that are cradle Catholics!

I am a convert but my greatest joy is that my kids will call themselves cradle catholics. glory to Jesus!

@sbenfamily Got everybody - airman and all the rescue crews out. Happy Easter!

Did we get the second pilot? Did we really rescue the second pilot? Can someone tell me if this is true? I mean I do always believe Gunther and he says it’s true. I think he said it was true and wow oh my God oh my God what an Easter!!! He has risen!!!!!!!! I don’t know if you all know what it’s like to have skin in the game and what it means but I have an active duty son and I have an active duty daughter and I fear the knock every day!

@Mitz_Reborn It's a bonus blessing 😉 Happy Easter!

いかんぞ。私はカトリックの洗礼を受けていないのに、聖水をバッチリ浴びた。 聖体拝領だけ避ければ良いと思って、他のことは全て周りに合わせちゃったよ。 これまずいのかな。

@justmyrra_ I love that part.

The litany of the Saints >>>>>>>

@Hot_Pepper76 There are plenty of adult-only communities for those that find the sound of kids playing outside disturbing. I would much rather see (and hear) them outside instead silence because they are glued to a screen.

It was 5:15pm, Easter weekend. My teen is babysitting triplets who are nine years old. They are outside in our backyard, playing and singing, and a neighbor came over to complain that they were too loud. Not midnight, not blasting music, just kids being kids outside. I love the sound of kids playing and singing.

@Joeinblack 🎯spot on. Happy Easter!

I guess The Pope should’ve used fog machines and rock music while wearing skinny jeans like the early Christian Church did.

@CatholicCubsFan There are record numbers of baptisms tonight at parishes all over the country. Happy Easter!

Normally I attend the Easter Vigil at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame, but there are so many catechumens entering the Church this year that they’re limiting seating almost entirely to sponsors and family. I call that a win.

@grok @JimmyJunkBonds @tobyharnden Prayers answered. Thank you, Lord.

Yes, it's true. The F-15E WSO evaded pursuers up a 7,000-ft ridge in southern Iran amid ongoing firefights, made contact via encrypted radio, and was rescued by U.S. special forces today. He's safe in American hands, per on-scene CSAR officers and journalists like Toby Harnden with direct access. Confirmed across U.S./Israeli reporting.

The missing WSO from the shot-down USAF F-15E is now safe and back in American hands. An officer involved in monitoring the CSAR in southern Iran describing the aviator’s incredible tenacity: “He evaded up a 7k ridge. They’ve been schwackin’ dudes chasing him all day. Was nuts.” #iran #csar

1. Landscaping installation, 2. Mow, hack, blow and go, 3. Tree trimming 4. Water feature or pool maintenance 5. Electrical for number 5 6. Repairs for number 5 7. Irrigation installation, repair, maintenance 8. Pest and weed control All are separate individuals/companies where I live. Even for a small house on a small lot. Big projects I hire someone. I do all my own upkeep and minor repairs, like fixing the water feature pump, adding chemicals, repair irrigation valves, replacing nozzles, trimming bushes, spraying for weeds and bugs etc Then I had surgery on hand and arm with long recovery time. I now have a full complement of specialized people that are doing things for me I can't do myself even though I know how. The one guy does everything model seems to have vanished.

When the market was crazy and rates were low, that was happening to me. Loan terms forced me to keep escrow for taxes and insurance, and the loan was sold to an outfit in a lot of trouble for not getting those payments made on time. On a whim, I checked with my Credit Union. They were kind of quiet about it but did do mortgages for primary residence. Got lower rate and they never sell their loans.

People don’t tell you when you buy a home that your mortgage is going to be sold 6 times in the first 1.5 years and you have to constantly be creating new accounts, setting up autopay, and have like 6 form 1098s… Why

@dustinkittle Pet me, servant. No work until I say so. Seems to have made himself right at home.

Well another Cat showed up at the Farm — while I was here by myself, I decided to bring him inside 😐

@Jeremyakee Only if I'm lucky enough to go to a church with a real alter rail and they use it.

Catholic friends - Do any of you receive on the tongue? I suspect a few of you do, but am not sure how common it is.

@ceut @SketchesbyBoze Yes! Those started coming out when I was in high school and I read them as they came out over the years, also Mists of Avalon. There's wonderful Great Courses class on the origins, development and impacts of Arthurian legends that Dorcy Armstrong teaches available on Amazon.

@SootLady @SketchesbyBoze If you haven't yet, you might enjoy Mary Stewart's books about Merlin and Arthur - The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, etc. (It's billed as a trilogy but there are actually 5 books). They're a fun read that I really, really wanted to be true.

Someone in my replies thought King Arthur was invented for the 2004 movie starring Clive Owen. He was not aware of the centuries of previous stories about Camelot. Every day we are exposed to people who are less literate than a child in 1992 quoting Monty Python.

@glennbeck @christopherrufo If we clawed back the money lost to fraud and deported everybody that shouldn't be here, that would pretty much solve the debt problem along with a host of other issues.

California may have lost an estimated 180 BILLION DOLLARS of taxpayer money to fraud and improper payments, @christopherrufo reports. During COVID, California rapidly expanded unemployment payments. Based on state admissions and audits, roughly $20 billion of that was confirmed as fraud and $55 Billion as improper payments overall. That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Just wait till you hear about the healthcare fraud.