Ty Monroe

Many thanks to @ChurchLifeND for running this piece. May the Lord grant eternal rest to Francis, and may the Spirit continue to guide the Church.

👇

From Pope Francis's "last public speech," given Easter Sunday, 2025: All those who put their hope in God place their feeble hands in his strong and mighty hand; they let themselves be raised up and set out on a journey. Together with the risen Jesus, they become pilgrims of hope, witnesses of the victory of love and of the disarmed power of Life. Christ is risen! These words capture the whole meaning of our existence, for we were not made for death but for life. Easter is the celebration of life! God created us for life and wants the human family to rise again! In his eyes, every life is precious! The life of a child in the mother's womb, as well as the lives of the elderly and the sick, who in more and more countries are looked upon as people to be discarded. What a great thirst for death, for killing, we witness each day in the many conflicts raging in different parts of our world! How much violence we see, often even within families, directed at women and children! How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized, and migrants! On this day, I would like all of us to hope anew and to revive our trust in others, including those who are different than ourselves, or who come from distant lands, bringing unfamiliar customs, ways of life and ideas! For all of us are children of God!

@crawlings13 imho this is actually good—the further things move toward utter absurdity the closer we get to normalcy appearing, well, normal again.

We. Are. Cooked.

The cross is part of the mission. The imperialist occupation of the world is disrupted from within; the violence that until now has been the law is unmasked. The poor, imprisoned, and rejected Messiah descends into the darkness of death, yet in so doing He brings a new creation to light. #HolyThursday

Pope Francis wrote about this quite beautifully in Our Father: “The poor guy goes away, finds no way out, and hangs himself. However, there is one thing that makes me think that the story of Judas does not end there. Maybe someone will think, ‘This pope is a heretic.’ Not at all! Go look at a specific medieval capital or column in the Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene in Vézelay, in Burgundy. The men of the Middle Ages did catechesis through architecture, sculptures, images. On one side of the capital is Judas after he hanged himself, but on the other is the Good Shepherd lifting him onto his shoulders and taking him with him. On the lips of the Good Shepherd is the hint of a smile that I would not call ironic, but somewhat shrewdly knowing. Behind my desk, I keep a photograph of this capital divided into two sections, because it helps me meditate. There are many ways to be ashamed; despair is one of them, but we must try to help the desperate so that they may find the true path of shame, and not travel the one that ends with Judas ... Shame is a grace.”

@second_sailing imitation ≈ flattery <3

@typaulmonroe I'm just saying that we've had it for like 20 years in New Brunswick

L'APPROPRIATION CULTURELLE

“The message of what is to come (and that is what the Church is) cannot itself be what is to come; the Church of time is not as vast as the eternal kingdom of God.” - K. Rahner

“The dynamic of unity with God, with the Church, and within ourselves is a presupposition for peace among peoples. Only a reconciled person is capable of living in an unarmed and disarming way.” @Pontifex

@redsoxstats gotta be pretty similar to the Duke/UNC chart from their first meeting this year in Chapel Hill.

Now that is one of the most insane win probability charts ever. Knocking out the biggest conference favorite this year.

@redsoxstats Watching it in Worcester, it was remarkable how much drama it actually sucked out of key moments.

I’m probably on an island here, but watching spring training games, the ABS system is so incredibly dumb. Just use the technology to call every ball and strike correctly.

Friends of the Boisi Center have put together a conference you may be interested in titled “Rule of Law and the Common Good: An Emerging Synergy between Legal Theory and Catholic Social Thought." It will be held in Gasson 100 on March 12-13, 2026.

recently had the pleasure of being on The Augustine Podcast with the generous & thoughtful Joshua Blanchard. We had fun talking about a range of things re: Augustine, sacraments, grace & freedom, eschatology, & more. open.spotify.com/episode/6cBtDL… podcasts.apple.com/.../ty-paul...…...

Forever in our hearts and minds #13 ❤️

“The Thought of Holding Thousands of Families in Massive Warehouses Should Challenge the Conscience of Every American,” Says Bishop Cahill Newly released details show how the Administration plans to double federal immigration detention capacity, spending an estimated $38.3 billion from last year’s reconciliation bill to implement a new detention model by the end of Fiscal Year 2026. ow.ly/xgwn50Yj11n

new article out today! The Sacramental Character of Synodality | New Blackfriars | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/4anz088

the best argument against utterly handing education over to AI is to reject transactional commodification of knowledge & recover its transformative power. it is to remind ourselves & our students that *they* are the goal of their education—their development & enrichment.

Bon Iver is releasing a live version of "Naeem (Can't You Hear Crying)", now only on @Bandcamp. 100% of proceeds will be donated to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (@ILCM_MN). Join in to support those organizing, protecting, and sheltering against ICE in the state.  boniver.bandcamp.com/track/naeem-ca… The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in Minnesota and North Dakota. Learn more here: ilcm.org  We hope this music, in any way, helps.

Pope Leo to media: “I encourage you to be sowers of good words, amplifiers of voices that courageously seek reconciliation by disarming hearts of hatred and fanaticism…In a fragmented and polarized world, be the antennae that pick up and relay what the weak, marginalized, lonely, and those who need to know the joy of feeling loved, are experiencing.” vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2…

Real “conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect” hours out there