John A. Monaco

@megha_lilly Hopefully, younger people will watch this series and not be turned away by its lack of jump cuts, rage bait, short attention span tropes

I spent 8 years doing hard science: stem cell labs, neuroscience, fMRI research...and then this series by Kenneth Clarke red pilled me in 2020 so hard about the humanities I did a complete shift in my life to focus on art and literature.

@johnddavidson Also, “from left to right” Rubin isn’t remotely right wing lol

I hope Bishop Barron asked Rubin about how he purchased children with his male partner and deprived them of their mothers. Something tells me, though, that the “civil discourse” the bishop has in mind precludes such uncomfortable topics.

@BishopBarron “from left to right” In what world is Rubin remotely on “the right”?

Friends, in a new episode of Bishop Barron Presents, Dave Rubin and I discuss the lost art of civil discourse; his own ideological journey from left to right; the cultural impact of Charlie Kirk and Jordan Peterson; and more.  Watch our full conversation here: youtube.com/watch?v=6Esvap…

First, the fact that this guy dated a woman in the past is an indicator he probably isn't SSA. Him being involved in that industry made me question it, but it's not a guarantee. Secondly, persons with SSA shouldn't become priests, not just because they need to be chaste. The deep-seated disorder can affect a man's ability to relate to others pastorally and minister with "affective maturity". It's not simply "Oh, priests need to be celibate, so it doesn't matter if the celibate is homo/heterosexual!" It actually matters a great deal, because of the way priests ought to be formed.

@RankeIncognito @CollinRugg Yes it does. There are more reasons than just sexual desire that the priesthood is only open to heterosexual men (not homosexual men, not women). I'm not the best person to explain it, but I believe you can find information in the Catechism.

NEW: e.l.f Cosmetics co-founder is set to become a Catholic priest after abandoning his wealthy and luxurious life. At the age of 42, Scott Vincent Borba gave up his fortune and entered the seminary. Now at 52 years of age, Borba, a former actor, designer, model and singer, is set to be ordained on May 23 in Visalia by the Diocese of Fresno. "We ran around with the likes of, Paris Hilton, and partying with Kardashians and just doing up the Hollywood life. I was a poster boy for luxury living. I was not in any which way humble. I was very prideful," he said during an interview. "I asked our Lord to help me be the man that he created me to be." "And upon that instance, I had this massive flood of love and mercy that came into my life. It was a very mystical experience." What an amazing story.

@hmkherman I was waiting for this!

The Feast of the Ascension has a majesty all its own. As N.T. Wright argues, it’s the OG Feast of Christ the King (not an exact quote). Music for this feast also has its own special majesty. It’s regal and rich—and it makes for a darn good playlist! open.spotify.com/playlist/5a3Qz…

@HoldenCCole Indeed, I am a willing subject here!

@johnamonaco Said as he tweets lol…

@nickycantaloupe Same, but my problem is I don't fix my deep-rooted habits well enough so that when I return from the retreat, there are meaningful changes made to my "content consumption" lol

@johnamonaco I’ve been feeling this way too. I want to go on a silent retreat.

I think it’s normal to feel a particular affective connection to one Person over the others. Some feel more consoled by approaching God as Father, or as Son (who, in taking on flesh, is the Person we tend to associate solidarity with more). Me? One day I realized, “We don’t hear much about the Holy Spirit.” And then I studied pneumatology and was like, “Yeah, this it pretty awesome”. The Apostles were obviously in a similar situation! (“Why send another Advocate? I liked the first one, the guy who ate with us…)

@johnamonaco @justalexoki I'm a Jesus guy personally Is it wrong to have a favorite person of the trinity

do americans not celebrate ascension or whats going on?

@growing_daniel @justalexoki Because if He doesn't leave, we don't get the Holy Spirit! (Jn 16:7)

@justalexoki Why would we celebrate ascension. I liked when Jesus was here

@XboxLiveGOP Yes, and the “unquestionable” nature of V2 it’s less about the Council’s contents and more about the mythos surrounding it crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-un…

Thomas Pink can say DH reaffirms Trent, Dan Dambrowski interpret it as Rawlsian - who cares what the content of the Catholic faith actually is, as long as you say, "credo..." to The Council(TM)?

Conservative apologists for V2 benefit from a kind of 'Schrödinger's Catholicism,' according to which orthodoxy can exist on paper, orthopraxy in reality, and each person is permitted to inhabit his own theological headcanon so long as he signs on the dotted line.

@crousselle Memory eternal. I still remember you announcing it. God be with you and your family!

Six years. You’d be losing your mind over this Habs team and probably would have been at last night’s game. I miss you every day.

@lukei4655 Welcome to the “Here is my real name, go ahead and complain to my boss” side of Twitter 😀

It’s time to shed the Multiclassing Cleric name. It was a fun joke when it started, but I kinda want to use my proper name for the time being.

@kalezelden “Treated”, or “subjected to”? 😅

Just wrapped my live Odyssey course. It was a ton of fun. I will set it up as an asynchronous course you can do at your own pace, along with reading guides. You def want to read it yourself before we are treated to Nolan's film this summer.

@BackwardsFeet @Patrici52098333 So now we aren’t allowed to bless irregular situations? 🙂

@Patrici52098333 Sorry we don't bless sinful things

When you're so committed to rubrics that you lie: "Most Reverend Father, our holy Mother, the Catholic Church, demands of you to promote the Priest here present, to the heavy office of a Bishop." "Have you the apostolic mandate?" "We have."

@JeremyTate41 @Sachinettiyil Say hello to @FatherCapo for me!

Heading to Miami to offer my first ever university commencement and doing so at the fastest growing Catholic university in the United States! Fidel Castro kicked St. Thomas University out of Cuba and the U.S. welcomed the university with open arms. Now it is thriving!

@AndrewSabisky @dissidentwest Do you think he’s playing 4D chess?

@johnamonaco @dissidentwest Honestly I find it wild to have so little faith in one of the greatest (and easily least woke!!!) film directors of our time given his track record

Christopher Nolan casting Travis Scott in the Odyssey should be worthy of a felony tbh.

@RonDeSantis @JeremyTate41 UF is doing something incredible here. It will easy become *the* most prestigious public university in <5 years’ time, because UF promotes authentic education.

This will only get more popular in the ensuing years.

@megha_lilly And often, by their questions, we come to our own deeper understanding of the 'why'

To read fairy tales with children you need to be prepared for the Why questions.

@dissidentwest @ChrisS97250209 And conservatives (or even just basic, rational people) should support it financially to the best they can!

@ChrisS97250209 Yes anyone could and they absolutely should.