# ![@FrHilderbrand Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::772087080.png) @FrHilderbrand Fr. Ryan Hilderbrand

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### Top Social Posts
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"i wish to note that our Blessed Lord does not say that you are worth more than all sparrows just more than "many" sparrows so there's a ceiling"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1672954871643766784)  2023-06-27T15:45Z 17.2K followers, 43K engagements


"Just thinking "around" this: As an American (and a priest) this is horrifying to see. HOWEVER if I were part of an institution that had a . problematic . history with totalitarian thought-control and young people it might make more sense"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1678738951765368837)  2023-07-11T12:35Z 17K followers, [----] engagements


"I mean I don't agree with the guy but I understand why he would say that kind of thing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1678739977847332874)  2023-07-11T13:59Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Pray for your priests y'all. Maybe give him a tray of cookies or something. I can only speak for the circles in which I run but morale among the "front-line officers" is pretty low right now. (I'm doing great but I'm unusually blessed with a great bishop & great parishes.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1679089149318406145)  2023-07-12T11:51Z [--] followers, 23.2K engagements


"Men leave the priesthood in their first five years for all sorts of reasons. After five years it's because they experience two of the following three things. [--]. Loneliness [--]. Feeling unwanted/unappreciated [--]. Falls in love They can endure one but not two of those at a time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1680552853608251393)  2023-07-16T18:08Z 17.2K followers, 98.6K engagements


"and to think that i was trying to talk myself into washing my car"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1681039131076337666)  2023-07-17T23:19Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements


"need more full-body veils for funerals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1681484757975048192)  2023-07-19T23:18Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I know that these two still frames look almost identical but the processed video looks so much better than the original. The left is my DVD rip 720p @ 30fps. The right is 4K upscale @ 60fps"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1689347301892890625)  2023-08-09T18:45Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Like a good mom who eats the first spoonful of baby food in front of her child to show that it's OK Mary's Assumption is her entering into death to show us her children that it's OK and that things will turn out like her Son promised"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1691203330062557185)  2023-08-14T21:41Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


"The only thing I question is how 6-8 years' worth of rectors seminary professors formation directors spiritual directors seminary classmates pastors internship directors vocation directors and archbishop(s) could have the wool pulled over their eyes by this guy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1691880125598478343)  2023-08-16T18:30Z 17.2K followers, 66.5K engagements


"Let's be charitable for a sec and assume everything is on the up-and-up. My advice to the nuns Everybody is suffering right now not just you. Often "obedience" means following lawful-but-stupid marching orders of which there is no shortage right now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1692935969010307369)  2023-08-19T16:26Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"can't wait to hear all the dumb takes about how the Canaanite woman "changed Jesus' mind" or how "Jesus didn't really say that" An ancient Jew would've thought the interchange was hilarious. It's one of the few moments we find Jesus being humorous"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1693353562053529998)  2023-08-20T20:05Z 17.2K followers, 46.8K engagements


"To my knowledge St. Joseph and St. John the Baptist are the only two "pre-Christian" saints on the Roman Calendar. We used to have the Seven Brothers of the Maccabees on [--] Aug until the mid 20th century. I'd like to see Moses Joshua and Elijah get spots on the Calendar"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1696595160266596494)  2023-08-29T18:46Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Twitter dot Com is where i come to discover that the author of the nice helpful little book i very much enjoy was in fact a Terrible Person"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1698060837905224003)  2023-09-02T19:50Z 17.2K followers, 10.9K engagements


"@GeorgeAlgozzini It's more prudent to set it to one side especially when there are better sources available. I won't take the tack of the Heidegger-defenders. He really was a Nazi but they insist that he's still "cool". Not a chance not even once"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1698072961809363342)  2023-09-02T20:38Z 17.2K followers, [--] engagements


"See this is why I'm not a big fan of "movements" and "organizations" beyond what is offered at the parish level. When you start getting into communitarian life that won't engage with the world really bad things can happen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1698514091252289938)  2023-09-04T01:51Z 16.5K followers, [----] engagements


"So far as I can tell this is simply a list of music they didn't publish. God save us from church musicians who "know better.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1698668552763429156)  2023-09-04T12:05Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Thinking about switching to iPhone from Android if only for the ease of programming NFC tags"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1698860203976929588)  2023-09-05T00:46Z 16.9K followers, [---] engagements


"if anyone says the infant can't be beatified because he wasn't baptized with water i will whip that person about the face and neck with the greenest switch i can find"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1699025222437900461)  2023-09-05T11:42Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements


"the standard shower curtain comes with twelve loops to remind us that washing our minds daily in the apostolic faith prepares us for fulfilling our daily duties towards God"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1699746420033569198)  2023-09-07T11:28Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"The Catholicos of the Syro-Malankar Orthodox Church visited the Pope today. He also celebrated the Qurbana at St. Paul Outside-the-Walls. I know this has happened a few times in recent years but is it normal for us to allow the Orthodox / Protestants to use our basilicas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1700109470766879121)  2023-09-08T11:30Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@jdflynn My bishop does something *kinda* like this in that he goes to dinner with the pastor after celebrating Confirmation Mass each year. It's nice and it has the feeling of "guys being dudes" - not necessarily a business supper just informal time to chat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1701925978509808051)  2023-09-13T11:49Z 16.8K followers, [---] engagements


"@GeorgeAlgozzini At various times "Rome" was in Constantinople Paris London or New York City. He isn't as specific as I am but Belloc fleshes this idea out a little in "Europe and the Faith""  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1703005237668139028)  2023-09-16T11:17Z 17.2K followers, [--] engagements


"I have a [--] hour layover in Amsterdam that runs through the night. What's there to do in Amsterdam at midnight that doesn't involve illicit pharmaceuticals or people of "loose virtue""  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1703816908502376635)  2023-09-18T17:03Z 17.2K followers, [--] engagements


"oh if you are travelin' from Terre Haute to Muncie ask any farmboy just what he wants-ie he'll point down the highway to the shimmerin' light of In-dia-na-po-lis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1704171967325073411)  2023-09-19T16:33Z 16.9K followers, [---] engagements


"strange that the Synod letter from Cardinal Grech lists the four forms of prayer as listening adoration intercession thanksgiving b/c the recent paper on Fr. Rupnik demonstrated clearly that we have no further use for the "prayer of contrition""  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1704486302622654606)  2023-09-20T13:22Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"All I have power to do is say what I have said before: At any parish where I am pastor you will not be manipulated for your money your body your relationships or your influence. It's not much but it's more than Rome seems willing to do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1704514545576763560)  2023-09-20T15:15Z 17K followers, [----] engagements


"freaking out while sneaking in Starfield: is the noise I hear my tankless water heater someone driving a Tesla in the parking lot or an enemy preparing to fire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1704542523127926887)  2023-09-20T17:06Z 17.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@BackwardsFeet Did he leave and rejoin Twitter or did we unfollow each other and each of us forgot about it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1704942254115127576)  2023-09-21T19:34Z 17.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Priests if your parish doesn't have any endowments of any kind look into how to form one ASAP - either before the end of the month or before death whichever comes first. They're THAT important for the financial health of your parish"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1705295587967455469)  2023-09-22T18:58Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I know I'm mufos with a couple of homiletics professors so I hope they don't get mad when I say this but . Homiletics courses in the US are universally bad. My homiletics prof had us watch Woody Allen movies. He taught that class for over [--] years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1705557624777781429)  2023-09-23T12:20Z 16.7K followers, [--] engagements


"Making my holy hour at Santa Maria dell'Anima before our new deacon preaches his first Mass"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1707659096814670313)  2023-09-29T07:30Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Going to Assisi for the day mostly to get out of Rome ahead of the consistory. I assume that the town will be nightmarish today (compared to normal anyway)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1708015593071489139)  2023-09-30T07:07Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@cecsquared It's midweek this year so I think the pilgrims won't start rolling in until tomorrow. Most everybody was in Rome for the consistory today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1708203214531711209)  2023-09-30T19:32Z 17.2K followers, [---] engagements


"me in Rome: Thats only about [--] miles away I can walk it just fine. me at home: Wanna eat at the restaurant thats literally [---] yards away from the rectory Ill drive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1708508710882967903)  2023-10-01T15:46Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"my g*d after reading the response to the first question I absolutely 100% do not blame the cardinals for resubmitting for yes/no answers the prefects answers are incomprehensible in that they make no sense"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1708855010199785618)  2023-10-02T14:42Z 17.2K followers, 72.4K engagements


"Been outta the sports loop for over a week now. I was brought into this world by my mother. A late-September stroke caused during a Chicago Cubs game is destined to take me out of this world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1709267299587227842)  2023-10-03T18:00Z 17.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Props to the folks at Hallow for recognizing what LEV and the Vatican Press Office cannot see: Using the art of a rapist is a bad thing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1709331037606519123)  2023-10-03T22:14Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements


"While in Italy I realized something important I've learned from Pope Francis - ministry designed on sociological groups ("the young" "the educated" "the poor") is ministry that's designed to fail. This was a revelation I received while on the metro of all places"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1709540596027637919)  2023-10-04T12:06Z 17K followers, 28.7K engagements


"just the self-righteous prancing of the attendees as if the event is somehow important it is not it is a non-binding non-canonical consultative synod like an academic "conference" it is a waste of time money and energy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1709632345832116532)  2023-10-04T18:11Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I can't even begin to imagine the "per capita" emissions rate of the population of San Marino or Monaco. It must be astronomical. Also everyone knows that Popes generally don't write their own encyclicals (B16 was the exception). I'd like to know who wrote this document"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1709703218140226028)  2023-10-04T22:53Z 16.8K followers, 17K engagements


"My point is that his particular hatred for America is strange. He has no problem engaging with the countrymen of nations who have similarly evil histories like Belgium Germany and China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1709706797383041167)  2023-10-04T23:07Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements


"a movie about the fall of the Soviet Union but Gorbachev is played by Jack Black"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1710788693127004513)  2023-10-07T22:46Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@aelfred_D having destroyed the base on Hoth the Empire signals its willingness to begin negotiations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1711451001717170614)  2023-10-09T18:38Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"says guy who is definitely Doing Something to bring people to Jesus and is not just writing books and articles about how someone needs to Do Something"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1712496370920124895)  2023-10-12T15:52Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


"OK one more thought (I don't want to over-expose him to additional ad revenue): Do Americans not know that generally speaking "public religious processions" are a normal expression of faith for most Catholics who live south of the 34th parallel north"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1712537771699744974)  2023-10-12T18:36Z 17.2K followers, 14.2K engagements


"@breeadail "chaos in Rome" as if the author had never been to Rome and never experienced the daily chaos that city generates simply by existing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1712940257883062660)  2023-10-13T21:15Z 17.2K followers, [---] engagements


"yeah it's hard to find good movies on Amazon Prime Video anymore but sometimes they slip in something really watchable like . an Albert Camus biopic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1712994358922715188)  2023-10-14T00:50Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@aelfred_D Nope especially considering that their parents all came from Cuba Caribbean Greenland and El Saldavor too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1716509200640041115)  2023-10-23T17:37Z 16.4K followers, [---] engagements


""Young women don't favor female ordination." A certain kind of young woman doesn't favor it. Most women do (and we're supposed to evangelize *everyone*). Until we address (i) why they favor it and (ii) a way to meet that desire outside of Sacred Orders it won't go away. 2/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717143934302884347)  2023-10-25T11:39Z 16.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Pope Benedict XVI made initial moves to include women in the governing structures of the Church and Pope Francis has expanded that greatly. This is a good thing PF has also asked an excellent question: how do we expand our understanding of the Marian aspect of the Church 3/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717144569777692869)  2023-10-25T11:42Z 16.5K followers, [----] engagements


"So I'm hearing that Fr. Rupnik has returned to ministry as a priest in Slovenia . Is this true If so I can't possibly think of a better way to communicate to priests "don't worry about it fellas they're grown women they don't matter.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717154461590720609)  2023-10-25T12:21Z 16.7K followers, 34.6K engagements


"@BackwardsFeet Whether intended or no the clear signal to bishops is "don't worry about it it's just sex she was probably leading him on anyway." And they'll act on that signal I guarantee it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717155065364914265)  2023-10-25T12:24Z 16.6K followers, 39.8K engagements


""A fish rots from the head." If those at the top won't reform why should we expect the lower clergy to behave It's [----] all over again and we're on the brink of a major schism in the West. And it will happen again precisely because of the moral decrepitude of the clergy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717158002917028105)  2023-10-25T12:35Z 16.6K followers, 21.5K engagements


""Safeguarding was never meant to have a central place in the synod" kinda flies in the face of . *checks notes* . every single preparatory document issued for public consumption. Maybe they should compare those documents to the content of their conversations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717169781172818243)  2023-10-25T13:22Z 16.5K followers, [----] engagements


"can't wait until i get lectured about "this only bothers you because you hate Pope Francis" I promise you I do not. It bothers me because ***it should bother everyone***"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717175002695373132)  2023-10-25T13:43Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@SimchaFisher I am open to correction but it's my understanding that canonically the Pope became Rupnik's immediate religious superior when Rupnik was expelled from the Jesuits. Which means that His Holiness would've had to sign off on this for it to become official"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717211944086614311)  2023-10-25T16:10Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements


"What psychopath of a bishop thought this would be a good idea Surely +Bizjak is the brain-damaged son of a lesser nobleman who bought the benefice for him because he was unmarriageable I can't believe that a man in full use of his faculties welcomed Rupnik into his diocese"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717221240950194608)  2023-10-25T16:47Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements


"i'm not saying you should write to the Diocese of Koper Slovenia with your questions at info.kp@rkc.si but i'm also not saying you shouldn't"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717227778796302786)  2023-10-25T17:13Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements


"The bishop "admitted Rupnik.on the basis of the fact that Rupnik had not been sentenced to any judicial sentence: Everyone who is accused of a criminal offense has the right to be presumed innocent until he is found guilty." Maybe he'll incardinate McCarrick next"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717229060185903260)  2023-10-25T17:18Z 16.6K followers, 18K engagements


"@KatiePMcGrady But please know that I'm thankful you're willing to do it In particular a woman's perspective on Rupnik (should you decide to cover that news) would be particularly powerful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717231486880174482)  2023-10-25T17:27Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements


"like if i wanted to be petty i'd recommend everyone overwhelm the use of the official hashtags #ListeningChurch and #WalkTogether and #SacredSilence () by including all three at the end of any tweet expressing anger or frustration over Rupnik but i don't want to be petty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717233797023126021)  2023-10-25T17:36Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Struggling to find a way to read this Rupnik news in a way that doesn't just give priests "permission" ya know"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717241284832768235)  2023-10-25T18:06Z 16.6K followers, 17.4K engagements


"oh my GOODness You're really going to report on this but not on Rupnik Really"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717242716201885757)  2023-10-25T18:12Z 16.6K followers, 17.3K engagements


"i remember a time (six hours ago) before i found out about Rupnik and thought that the Church had credibility to lose"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717244288818430053)  2023-10-25T18:18Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements


"hey i got this crazy idea why don't we develop attitudes and habits of life that make women feel safe and respected in the Church lol crazy i know but idk we haven't really tried it before"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717275635511345470)  2023-10-25T20:23Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Austen has blocked me so I can't tag him but this is the same kind of manipulative malarkey that Rupnik used on his victims. I want to make sure you all understand: The Papal biographer believes that if you have a problem you're the one with the problem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717311208544485621)  2023-10-25T22:44Z 16.6K followers, 18K engagements


"For those hoping for quick action on Rupnik keep in mind that we haven't gone through (i) the insensitive bungled press release and (ii) "the Pope was ignorant of what was happening" stages of our journey yet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717342922335494234)  2023-10-26T00:50Z 16.7K followers, 11K engagements


"I won't list publications but the usual suspects were quiet all day today on Rupnik - both on their websites and on social media. They care about circling the wagons and protecting the present authorities in the Church than they care about victims and justice. Simple as"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717368729481207856)  2023-10-26T02:33Z 16.7K followers, 10.7K engagements


"Today turned into a litmus test and a BUNCH of people and publications failed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717369610452766955)  2023-10-26T02:36Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements


"I am wondering who "had the goods" on Rupnik (who was incardinated in August not yesterday) and held the news until the moment the synod was supposed to celebrate its last hurrah"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717507109825167846)  2023-10-26T11:42Z 16.6K followers, 11.5K engagements


"This is particularly rich when read in the context of Rupnik's rehabilitation. "Clericalism" is when you let your friend use his "get out of jail free" card after he has used women in the Church as an outlet for his perversions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717512661582180845)  2023-10-26T12:05Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements


"This is the kind of evil take I was talking about yesterday - "the Pope's enemies will use this to undermine him" (i) I am not an enemy of Pope Francis or his teaching. (ii) His Holiness is doing a great job of undermining himself. He doesn't need my help"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717516342201324011)  2023-10-26T12:19Z 16.6K followers, 13.8K engagements


"lol and Rupnik didn't even go to Slovenia only in the Catholic Church my friends only in the Catholic Church"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717575136965017960)  2023-10-26T16:13Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements


"A permanent synod of bishops to support the Petrine ministry would be in direct violation of divine revelation if I recall correctly Trent's decision on episcopal residency requirements. A bishop must "shepherd the flock entrusted to his care" not be an "airport bishop.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717605885680255154)  2023-10-26T18:15Z 16.6K followers, 10.5K engagements


"Has anyone wearing a mitre made any kind of public statement about Rupnik I mean I don't know what I would expect them to say but "silence implies consent" so I can only assume . Perhaps @TutelaMinorum could say something"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717634407677260016)  2023-10-26T20:08Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements


"We're never going to get an apology for Rupnik. You know this right You deserve an apology from those responsible. I'm not of that number but for what little it's worth: I'm genuinely truly sorry. You've all been made victims in some way because of this. You deserve better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717857472646430835)  2023-10-27T10:55Z 16.7K followers, 13.5K engagements


"Not good enough. Starting an 18+ months-long process isn't good enough. The facts of the case are known. Make a judgment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717865503400546441)  2023-10-27T11:27Z 16.7K followers, 10.7K engagements


"For those of you keeping score this is officially the "bungled insensitive press release" stage of the scandal. Notice how this is supposed to be a fruit of the Synod and not something a reasonable person with a functional conscience and a basic sense of justice would do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717867771197878457)  2023-10-27T11:36Z 16.7K followers, 24.3K engagements


"@gloopygirl72 When it comes to Rupnik personally the only investigation that interests me is identifying who will buy the tar and who will bring the feathers. I want to know who facilitated this and how he is being held to account"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717887695165222923)  2023-10-27T12:55Z 16.6K followers, [---] engagements


"A good overview although I think it's a bit much to believe that the DDF won't try to re-investigate (re-instruct) the entire case from the beginning. They don't want to do this. They're being forced to do it. They'll take every dilatory step possible"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717943987565117661)  2023-10-27T16:38Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements


"i was in Rome when a group of AS Roma fans beat an AC Milan fan to death Violence finds its first home in the human heart not the national spirit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717983208279605392)  2023-10-27T19:14Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements


"There shouldn't be a debate. Get rid of it. I'm not an art critic so I can't credibly talk about his work. However I am a human being with a working conscience. His work should be dismantled or removed from our sanctuaries"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1717990214998573508)  2023-10-27T19:42Z 16.7K followers, 20.7K engagements


"@FrNickOFMConv One of my parishes has a 6' tall statue of the Sacred Heart standing on the floor immediately to your left as you walk in the door. It's actually pretty cool. Except at night when you catch it as a shadowy figure in the corner of your eye & think someone is gonna jump you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1718079472761532416)  2023-10-28T01:37Z 16.6K followers, [---] engagements


"i see the "don't hold hands at the Our Father" thing is going around again There are no rubrics for the laity at Mass (like for the priest). Don't make others hold your hands and don't be a distraction. Otherwise do whatever you like"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1718245109496426585)  2023-10-28T12:35Z 16.7K followers, 124.8K engagements


"@aelfred_D having a real John Cleese "Romanes eunt domus" moment with this one "Ecclesia supplet" - "The Church supplies (what is lacking)""  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1718255277982490959)  2023-10-28T13:15Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Clock's ticking on the next Rupnik-related press release. Can't wait. Yesterday's news was meant to placate you and get you to shut up. Please don't be placated over a half-hearted half-measure. Please don't be silent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1718291143224418635)  2023-10-28T15:38Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Big shocker there. If you insult my mom I'm going to get upset. The Church is my mother. She's a pretty terrible mother most of the time and the babysitters she leaves me with are generally (but not always) abusive but she's still my mom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1718305901801525317)  2023-10-28T16:37Z 16.7K followers, 18.1K engagements


"Fun story - At the conclave that elected Paul VI there was one particularly ancient Cardinal-elector in the college. On each ballot everybody had to restrain their laughter when his vote was announced for Achille Cardinal Ratti. Achille Ratti was Pius XI who died [--] yrs prior"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1718349293885510083)  2023-10-28T19:29Z 16.7K followers, 12.3K engagements


""May worship be central for those of us who are pastors: let us devote time every day to intimacy with Jesus the Good Shepherd adoring him in the tabernacle. May the Church adore: in every diocese in every parish in every community let us adore the Lord" -Pope Francis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1718597947200246011)  2023-10-29T11:57Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements


""ADHD" is when I decide that I need to clean the house at 5:30pm but then I remember that I'm going to bed at 9pm and immediately conclude that I can't clean in any meaningful way because I'm going to bed "soon" so I don't do anything at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1718967193361088916)  2023-10-30T12:24Z 16.7K followers, 14K engagements


"@BackwardsFeet If His Eminence wishes to return to pure apostolic practice he is welcome to sell literally all the assets of the archdiocese and distribute the proceeds to the poor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1718985638811250991)  2023-10-30T13:38Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements


"it's from that episode of Stargate SG-1 when Cardinal Sarah served breakfast for Maj. General Hammond and his staff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1719436400573997281)  2023-10-31T19:29Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Extracting the Dies ir from the funeral Mass was a sad mistake. To be sure it's a haunting hymn but there's no other that stirs up both "fear" and "the hope that overcomes fear" quite like it does"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1720121728041402473)  2023-11-02T16:52Z 16.7K followers, 44.8K engagements


"People who attended (what we call) the TLM evangelized whole swaths of the United States. It was not until after WW2 that we more or less sacrificed our missionary zeal in order to be acceptable to the world around us. We built our bastion walls in the 40s and 50s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1720433933655892317)  2023-11-03T13:33Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Since that time most Catholics have abandoned the fortress. A small few have gone over the walls to evangelize. The remainder - both NO and TLM attendees - just want to be "left alone" inside the fortress. His Eminence reminds us that this attitude is no longer sustainable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1720434323180965978)  2023-11-03T13:34Z 16.7K followers, [----] engagements


"i'll bet he asked about converting to the Faith and the Pope was letting him know that he's too late and will need to wait until RCIA begins next September"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1721254758076326338)  2023-11-05T19:54Z 16.8K followers, 49.4K engagements


"1.) I don't understand why a certain bishop is choosing to crack down on kneeling for Communion in the OF but it's his diocese and it's his decision. 2.) The USCCB does not "teach" that we receive Communion standing it asks that we do. It's not binding on the conscience"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1722595439197778318)  2023-11-09T12:42Z 16.8K followers, 38.3K engagements


"lol just when u thought the clown show couldn't possibly get more clownish at the same time i'm sure there's much more to the story than is known to me so i won't be offering comment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1723328312678764840)  2023-11-11T13:14Z 16.8K followers, 10.5K engagements


"If we're going to hold on so tightly to Rome's interventional jurisdiction then we need to return to bishops receiving a 5-year mandate to govern. "But Lumen gentium." LG modeled the stability of a bishop upon the stability of a pastor which doesn't exist anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1723341031142207759)  2023-11-11T14:04Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements


"i think the lesson we've all learned is that when push comes to shove Rome would rather you force a woman to be your mistress than you be critical of the Pope"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1723367957818974310)  2023-11-11T15:51Z 16.8K followers, 32K engagements


""Why Pantaleon" We rolled the dice and that's what we received. The parish has had a long consistent devotion to the Fourteen Holy Helpers. I basically asked my bishop if he could secure whatever they had "in stock" and leave it up to God"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1727033871366263099)  2023-11-21T18:38Z 16.8K followers, [---] engagements


""This is the most beautiful view of St. Peter's Basilica - and that's an infallible statement" - St. John XXIII looking through the Aventine Keyhole"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1727134467306000447)  2023-11-22T01:18Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements


"for wastewater treatment plant workers tomorrow is "Black Friday" but for a different reason morituri te salutant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1727824147156180995)  2023-11-23T22:59Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


"also Thanksgiving Day began that time of year which runs through January 1st wherein i'm never exactly sure what day of the week it is i only now at 6:12pm realized that it is Friday and not Monday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1728204988957208906)  2023-11-25T00:12Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements


"At least the Vatican has tried to keep the world informed about this Pope's health. I actually believe them when they say "a slight flu." Before PF publicly acknowledging "a slight flu" meant that the Pope was on death's doorstep. So this is a positive development"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1728432607342563825)  2023-11-25T15:17Z 16.9K followers, 15.9K engagements


"And to get out in front: No I don't believe the Pope is more ill than they are letting on. Pope Francis is healthy as a horse. He's got more than a few years left on him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1728433074289950759)  2023-11-25T15:18Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


"listen if 64bit microprocessors were good enough for Jesus then they're good enough for me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1728618015720136793)  2023-11-26T03:33Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


"seeing "Secretary of Education" trending and i'm thinking ya know we haven't had a movement take aim at a random government institution recently like once we did with the EPA the Department of Education the Federal Reserve the Ex-Im Bank we should do that again it was fun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1729259490581852244)  2023-11-27T22:02Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


"(every time i adjust a vintage computer before powering it on) We beseech Thee Lord God vouchsafe that this Thy terminal and these Thy circuits and processors be powered in safety and that bits be processed aright for the salvation of souls and the glory of Thy Name. Amen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1730198387247485231)  2023-11-30T12:13Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


"writing out my sermon notes and once again i find that "baseball" is a perfect metaphor for the point i'm making baseball: the greatest sport ever concocted by the human intellect"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1730239289378660722)  2023-11-30T14:56Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


"perfectly summed up by Bernard Woolley to Prime Minister Jim Hacker that a man who wants to be a bishop must avoid pastoral work at all costs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1730555790832865401)  2023-12-01T11:53Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


"it technically doesn't "count" as a shrine unless you have to walk a mile and a half from your car to the door"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1730715977921315256)  2023-12-01T22:30Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


"I've ordered a 16MB kit off of Tindie that should be here in a couple of weeks and I'm sure I'll see a drastic improvement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1730719348761764028)  2023-12-01T22:43Z 16.9K followers, [---] engagements


"I'm running the system off of a compact flash card using an expansion card designed for an 8bit machine. That's one bottleneck. Another is the processor - 386SX @ 25MHz. The third is one I can do something about namely the RAM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1730719991350149168)  2023-12-01T22:46Z 16.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Now that the Debian machine is using wifi and has all its drivers a Pentium G630 at 2.7GHz 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD . now i gotta figure out what i'm gonna actually DO with it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1730754668047802784)  2023-12-02T01:04Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


"@beatiimmaculati Is that a terminal (i.e. it'll only run with the right monitor) or will it stand on its own If it'll run on its own I might take you up on it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1730772078800896212)  2023-12-02T02:13Z 16.9K followers, [--] engagements


"@cpdog if u know how to make it use more than one COM port then i'm all ears i can run my serial mouse but it won't even recognize the other COM ports and i need one for a terminal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1730783109468004697)  2023-12-02T02:57Z 16.9K followers, [--] engagements


"My Dad's dad actually made a map of his travels in Europe based on his war journal. I don't know what happened to the journal but I've got the map in the rectory. It's framed but I need to put it under glass"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1730784943054200953)  2023-12-02T03:04Z 16.9K followers, [---] engagements


"i'm not mocking another's injury only pointing out that when i saw that priests from the Coalition for Canceled Priests were starting a new group called Priests for the Coalition i thought "Judean Peoples' Front We're the Peoples' Front of Judea""  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1731049727163060631)  2023-12-02T20:36Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


"If I could find a blue-on-purple combination that looked good I'd probably get it for Advent. I wish they'd let us wear blue like our medieval ancestors did"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1731649589113933951)  2023-12-04T12:20Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


"I said long ago that I would eat my hat if Rome blinked in this showdown. How does one season a hat Salt Or would malt vinegar be a better option"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1732730381546262777)  2023-12-07T11:54Z 16.9K followers, 23.5K engagements


"Holy mack I only had to fight with it for like two hours but Debian finally recognized the 10+ year old graphics card I got on ebay for $20. Getting video from this card and not directly from the motherboard made the Linux machine much snappier"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1733684647802835187)  2023-12-10T03:06Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


"heck if it has SATA ports (or any hard drive controllers at all) built into the motherboard at all it's not "vintage" it's just old old is good but eBay sellers shouldn't get "vintage" prices for an old machine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1733686264098922823)  2023-12-10T03:13Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


""Did Becciu write this speech" OR ". you should let them have a little cover-up as a treat""  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1734346757239377935)  2023-12-11T22:57Z 16.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Mother Mary Bride Njoku the new abbess of a Benedictine monastery in Nigeria. Someday I'd like to attend the installation of an abbess. Do we have any female abbesses in the United States"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1735777759958299025)  2023-12-15T21:44Z 17K followers, 40.1K engagements


"@jdflynn As I am totally unfamiliar with "second instance" civil tribunals in the Vatican I look forward to some sort of Pillar-explainer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1736091252553068712)  2023-12-16T18:29Z 17K followers, [---] engagements


"i mean there must come a point when we realize that keeping germany on-board just isn't worth the trouble right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1736905599202521342)  2023-12-19T00:25Z [--] followers, 10.7K engagements


"surely there's an NCR piece incoming that will accuse the Zambian bishops of schism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1737456695268270505)  2023-12-20T12:55Z 17K followers, 12K engagements


"Listen I understand the temptation to walk in a minefield. They're usually beautiful because no one has used the grounds in decades But it's usually a good idea to de-mine the field before taking a constitutional in one. Rome just walked on in and invited us to do the same"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1737831969822486539)  2023-12-21T13:46Z 17K followers, [----] engagements


"Also "this is the last time we're going to speak about this" was a rookie-mistake the equivalent of "because I'm the pastor that's why.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1737833055572615327)  2023-12-21T13:51Z 17K followers, [----] engagements


"german bishops be like "make us" The de facto schism will never be de iure. The Belgian bishops already issued para-ritual texts months ago and they haven't indicated that they will stop. i'm just so tired"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1737836277750464561)  2023-12-21T14:03Z 17K followers, 10.4K engagements


"It's this kind of commentary which makes me think that nothing will be done re: Belgium and Germany"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1737883210619482592)  2023-12-21T17:10Z 17K followers, [----] engagements


"Lol the Belgians are saying that FS gives them the foundation and cover to keep on doing what they're doing And Rome already said it wasn't going to issue more guidance. So long story short we're screwed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1737884969580589120)  2023-12-21T17:17Z 17K followers, [----] engagements


"One point that will need clearing-up when the DDF chooses to not-address-it-again was made by Cardinal Mller - namely the proposed idea that a priest can act as a priest without also acting as a representative of the Church"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1737955399431499825)  2023-12-21T21:57Z 17K followers, [----] engagements


"I'm still trying to work on my wording here. Sure the Church does not bless the union or the couple. But when I call God's benediction down I do so with the voice of the Church and not by my own power or with my own voice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1737955917113577769)  2023-12-21T21:59Z 17K followers, [---] engagements


"So folks in the Curia can fume all they like there is no legal mechanism (short of the Pope's own volition) that can prevent or punish excesses and abuses of the various interpretations of Fiducia supplicans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1738021552015155645)  2023-12-22T02:20Z 17K followers, [---] engagements


"@Joeinblack I really don't understand the obsession the Catholic left has with economic sins. There are far more serious sins out there - genocide torture first degree murder. i'm just so tired"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1738904395943731211)  2023-12-24T12:48Z 17K followers, [----] engagements


"who on earth is telling "scary ghost stories" at Christmas parties and "tales of the glories of Christmases long long ago" what is this Klingon Christmas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1739073237793882547)  2023-12-24T23:59Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@FrJoshMiller This whole phenomenon confuses me. Why would people put "Christmas" and "ghost stories" together"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1739444367683698701)  2023-12-26T00:33Z 17.2K followers, [---] engagements


"iirc it was while he was on pilgrimage to Loreto that Descartes first formulated what would become the "cogito" #Descartes' spiritual exercises. https://t.co/ntC8Yxagug #Descartes' spiritual exercises. https://t.co/ntC8Yxagug"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1739477368379514942)  2023-12-26T02:44Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"If they'd do a little research they'd discover all sorts of fun facts. Like for example how the cult of St. Anastasia pre-dated Christmas in Rome and how hers was such a big feast day that Christmas didn't supplant it totally until [----]. The actually Christmas isnt Christian idiots are going super hard right now. The actually Christmas isnt Christian idiots are going super hard right now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1739478211535220886)  2023-12-26T02:48Z 17.2K followers, 20.1K engagements


"@StHereticus So important was her memory that as late as the [----] Missal the priest would commemorate St. Anastasia at the 2nd Mass of Christmas. It was the only case in that Missal where a commemoration of any kind was had on a First Class feast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1739483556374581251)  2023-12-26T03:09Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"Easter Rising [----] Every man has a particular war he would have liked to die in Every man has a particular war he would have liked to die in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1739990923143258612)  2023-12-27T12:45Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@EndOfDaysWoman @PappaSciarappa sed contra: Mick Jagger"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1739991092207222998)  2023-12-27T12:46Z 17K followers, [--] engagements


"Am I reading this right - [---] ohms resistance at 2W This resistor has no continuity across it and measures infinite resistance so I'm pretty sure it's dead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1740044568287166867)  2023-12-27T16:18Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"parents got me this for Christmas drop your favorite foodstuffs-related ideas as to how I should use it first"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1740074484453752906)  2023-12-27T18:17Z [--] followers, 12K engagements


"I asked for one because I want to get the pasta attachment to . well make pasta. Until I get it though I'd like to use this for something. Like cookies Is that what I'd use this for"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1740074710082453690)  2023-12-27T18:18Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"The recent fiasco with HBO Max and Discovery+ as well as Amazon announcing ads in its regular Prime offerings totally justifies my decision to buy physical media while I still can. I can back it up and use the backup in my media center. Only pay once never taken away"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1740174090923872458)  2023-12-28T00:53Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Ever since the invention of the Edison Diamond Disk media companies have made it their business to restrict customers' ability to enjoy content in a convenient simple way. You will watch listen to and enjoy what we let you watch listen to and enjoy & when we want you to. The recent fiasco with HBO Max and Discovery+ as well as Amazon announcing ads in its regular Prime offerings totally justifies my decision to buy physical media while I still can. I can back it up and use the backup in my media center. Only pay once never taken away. The recent fiasco with HBO Max and Discovery+ as well as"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1740176442355532150)  2023-12-28T01:02Z 17.3K followers, [----] engagements


""Blackout markets" in professional sports is the most egregious offender here. I'm in southern Indiana and I'm blacked out by the MLB for the Cincinnati Reds St. Louis Cardinals Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox (who cares). Absolute garbage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1740177084721643848)  2023-12-28T01:05Z 17.3K followers, [---] engagements


"watching the SpaceX launch thinking about the rocket that had an engine shutdown immediately after ignition and it landed perfectly balanced and fully upright & NASA engineers were like "ok now what do we do""  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1740536706082980210)  2023-12-29T00:54Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@crtdude Thanks man You rock The one with the broken leg in the earlier picture is still in the board in this pic (lowest to the left). I'm guessing these other diodes are probably shot as they look crunchy on the ends. Do you think they have a similar application"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1741090288347611440)  2023-12-30T13:34Z 17.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Even if it were legal to kill bats in Indiana I wouldn't let people kill them. They're free pest control. Why do you think old churches don't have bugs in them https://t.co/cCfnNnK1RT https://t.co/cCfnNnK1RT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1741202936120655986)  2023-12-30T21:01Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@RetroTechDreams i miss Google Reader"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1741245420532126170)  2023-12-30T23:50Z 16.6K followers, [---] engagements


"3. If God had a specific "end-product" in mind he would've sent the kid with a User Manual instead of a placenta. [--]. You will make mistakes. That's built into the plan. [--]. God is not disappointed in you Just keep loving be OK with your faults and he'll take care of the rest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1741504434092364118)  2023-12-31T16:59Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Here's a pic of the one writing this tweet (who is accustomed to using the perpendicular pronoun). Right before Mass front of the line helping some priests from Cologne get around. Cardinal Woelki was at Mass today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742284005452505596)  2024-01-02T20:37Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@BackwardsFeet imma just start calling them semaphores just to sow confusion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1742765438101029236)  2024-01-04T04:30Z 16.7K followers, [---] engagements


"This has all the intellectual care that a professor has when he or she thinks that the fault isn't with the teaching style but rather it's because the students are too stupid to understand. VATICAN CITYThe Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued a statement seeking to clarify Fiducia Supplicans. Much confusion and scandal over the documentincluding manipulation by journalists and activists has resulted in many Bishops outwardly rejecting it. This https://t.co/WPcC4WiGIe VATICAN CITYThe Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued a statement seeking to clarify Fiducia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1742895271288148133)  2024-01-04T13:06Z 17.2K followers, 23.6K engagements


"This also focuses on African countries (without saying such). However it misses an opportunity to correct those nations (Belgium Germany) who have already issued ritual texts for blessings. It has nothing to say to them. VATICAN CITYThe Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued a statement seeking to clarify Fiducia Supplicans. Much confusion and scandal over the documentincluding manipulation by journalists and activists has resulted in many Bishops outwardly rejecting it. This https://t.co/WPcC4WiGIe VATICAN CITYThe Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued a statement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1742899018928205867)  2024-01-04T13:21Z 17.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Yeah I feel like I need to point out: I have never ever turned away someone who asked me to pray with them or offer them a blessing. Until a month ago it never even occurred to me that I should be concerned about their state in life religion or sexuality. See post and responses. The resentment level expressed to being asked to just be kind is much of what is so deeply problematic in the Church today. People eager to bless guns but not their neighbors. Fellow Catholics God loves and blesses you all may we do the same. See post and responses. The resentment level expressed to being asked to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1742940054341751203)  2024-01-04T16:04Z 17.2K followers, 16.1K engagements


"thinking about the German priests here at SEEK and wondering whether they'd be able to fill a stadium with [-----] college students eager to grow in their Catholic Faith An interesting take on the Vatican doctrine office press release from Germany: The Vatican has called on opponents within the Church of the authorisation of blessings for same-sex couples to give in. https://t.co/VDBB0k3hAL An interesting take on the Vatican doctrine office press release from Germany: The Vatican has called on opponents within the Church of the authorisation of blessings for same-sex couples to give in."  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1743029694600028535)  2024-01-04T22:00Z 16.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I retweeted something about the rediscovered stupid book by ++Fernandez but then I deleted it because it's easier to just not care"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1744347367409598716)  2024-01-08T13:16Z 17.2K followers, [---] engagements


"The lesson I've learned over the past eleven years has been "if those who can do something about X don't care it's better for my mental health to act like it isn't there." If it's real it's bad but since nobody cares . why should I"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1744348279809229049)  2024-01-08T13:20Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@emzanotti I'm normally a "look at the timing" person but I can't find anything that would connect with this release. For maximum damage the leaker would've done better to release it when he got his red hat in September"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1744362357764047264)  2024-01-08T14:16Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"ngl morale is pretty low on the front lines right now Thanks be to God I have great parishes and a great bishop. If either of those were lacking it would be pretty rough right now. Special prayers for my brothers going through tough stuff at the moment. The saddest thing (or one of them) about the mess in the Vatican is the amount of priests I know who are on the verge of throwing it all in. Its a constant thing I hear all the time. Seriously. The saddest thing (or one of them) about the mess in the Vatican is the amount of priests I know who are on the verge of throwing it all in. Its a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1744706645295337707)  2024-01-09T13:04Z 17.2K followers, 16.2K engagements


"A small selection of shoes. The Diocese of Evansville's vocation office has a monthly night for young men and their fathers in honor of St. Dominic Savio ("Savio Nights"). They have prayer study reflection and entertainment. Eighty guys showed up last Sunday. 80"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1745069418571239718)  2024-01-10T13:05Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"I see that CES [----] is par for the course so far: - Samsung products that will never make it to market; - LG TVs that you'll never buy; - decorative kitsch; - useless stuff (e.g. a device that pulls water out of the air but i get water out of a tap faster & cheaper)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1745226213377946060)  2024-01-10T23:28Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"If he's receiving threatening messages that's unacceptable. And he's right - these documents don't cause division they expose it. (I'd argue that they also exacerbate it.) Is there a plan to deal with the division Because division grows with exposure. Cardinal Fernndez dicusses Fiducia supplicans with Italys @LaStampa. After noting that he has received threatening messages he says: Anyway it is not that these documents cause divisions they simply bring them out they bring sincerity. https://t.co/0M5EF1x0sU Cardinal Fernndez dicusses Fiducia supplicans with Italys @LaStampa. After noting that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1745422654327202082)  2024-01-11T12:29Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"what is even going on here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1745445722668118508)  2024-01-11T14:01Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"RE: Cardinal Ricard I hadn't heard this. But if there's a better way to communicate that what clerics do to women doesn't really matter I can't think of one. @FrHilderbrand He's been suspended by Rome for [--] years but I don't think that changes his status in the Sacred College (not that I think he'd exercise his right to vote if +PF died before he turns eighty next year) @FrHilderbrand He's been suspended by Rome for [--] years but I don't think that changes his status in the Sacred College (not that I think he'd exercise his right to vote if +PF died before he turns eighty next year)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1745446157419970964)  2024-01-11T14:02Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"FWIW if you frequently fall asleep in prayer & changing the circumstances doesn't help (pray at a different time drink a cup of coffee first etc.) it could be that your sleep is willed by God because you're talking too much & that's the only way He can get a word in edge-wise. "you should imitate the saints" fall asleep in prayer like Samuel "you should imitate the saints" fall asleep in prayer like Samuel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1746284102834090477)  2024-01-13T21:32Z [--] followers, 16.4K engagements


"every Irishman when he wakes up in the morning be like: Well this sucks Well this sucks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1746307274346242318)  2024-01-13T23:04Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@helloreilly Daytona Beach has always been a favorite of mine mostly because it has a ton of rednecks (and so reminds me of home) while also having great places to eat If you can try to stay in Ormond Beach - it has the same ocean but it's quieter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1746661470325100813)  2024-01-14T22:32Z 17.2K followers, [---] engagements


"kinda surprised that the NFL's online shop hasn't fixed the labeling on Cowboys jerseys they're clearly a choking hazard (i'll show myself out)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1746921213237006578)  2024-01-15T15:44Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Becoming more and more convinced that our practice of one-on-one spiritual direction is generally speaking a bad idea. Curious to find out what would happen to a licensed therapist in similar situations Curious to find out what would happen to a licensed therapist in similar situations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1746939093936644246)  2024-01-15T16:55Z [--] followers, 32.4K engagements


"new goal for 2024: i will have the softest hands imaginable it'll feel like you're shaking hands with a cloud Without respect what are you suggesting here That the priest already overburdened oftentimes by holding several parishes should go scab out as a plumber An electrician Stack firewood while someone is dying unattended in hospital https://t.co/xmf6TGeWNE Without respect what are you suggesting here That the priest already overburdened oftentimes by holding several parishes should go scab out as a plumber An electrician Stack firewood while someone is dying unattended in hospital"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1746946044079030634)  2024-01-15T17:22Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Jesus said to his disciples "Amen amen I say to you: Spend your time fighting about how many people are in hell rather than witnessing to others bringing them to faith in me and helping them find life within my Kingdom.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1747282399925285274)  2024-01-16T15:39Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@frdarryl what in tarnation So it's not [---] mOhm it's [--] ohm That means the other one (marked .5 ohm 2W) is actually [--] ohm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1747701176886276330)  2024-01-17T19:23Z 16.7K followers, [--] engagements


"On an unrelated note what's the status of the Rupnik canonical process The Jesuits had enough evidence to boot him. What else is needed Rupnik is free to move about present himself as a priest and has all his faculties. What gives Like what in the actual heck does he expect us to think when His Holiness says something like this Does he think his words are not being reported Or is he thankful that his freedom to act / not-act is maintained by silence about scandal Like what in the actual heck does he expect us to think when His Holiness says something like this Does he think his words are not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1749433396521042350)  2024-01-22T14:06Z 17.2K followers, 12.2K engagements


"My dad left a Panera napkin on the couch a week and a half ago and Buskin has been sleeping on it ever since"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1749449622139846982)  2024-01-22T15:11Z 17.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@jackherns I guess that's not what I'm taking away from the quote. But then again my take-away is likely influenced by my jaded attitude towards how Rome does (and does not) deal with scandal in the Church"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1749452372042977570)  2024-01-22T15:22Z 17.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@domuscapituli Msgr. Knox is trying to be funny. He spends the rest of the sermon demonstrating the connection between the two"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1750492646852739495)  2024-01-25T12:15Z 17.2K followers, [---] engagements


"yeah but the ONE TIME i decided to do this some woke snowflake called the police because "there's a dead animal in the confessional" and "there's blood everywhere" and "father has a knife" One time @joynessthebrave said something to the effect that priests in the confessional are supposed to be like the Fathers servants in the Parable of the Prodigal Sonour job is to slaughter a calf and throw a party for each penitent. That strikes me as basically right One time @joynessthebrave said something to the effect that priests in the confessional are supposed to be like the Fathers servants in the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1750919872899379240)  2024-01-26T16:33Z 16.7K followers, 16.5K engagements


"If we're still allowed to talk about Fiducia supplicans: I think the most helpful thing would be to address directly the common objections leveled by serious theologians instead of insisting that people with concerns simply don't understand the text"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1751015732681277852)  2024-01-26T22:54Z 16.6K followers, [----] engagements


"I really do like how the EF does Septuagesima and Lent. Slowly but surely the Church knocks out elements of the liturgy - at first the Alleluia the Gloria the Te Deum - until we get to Good Friday and there's practically nothing left at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1751338475591283085)  2024-01-27T20:16Z [--] followers, 11.3K engagements


"Also the comments of His Holiness on groups with schismatic tendencies gives us a hint about how he intends to deal with Germany. Whether "ignore the problem and it will go away" is an effective tactic . time will tell I suppose. In an interview with the Italian newspaper 'La Stampa' Pope Francis renews calls for a global ceasefire warning the world is on the brink of the abyss and says the recent declaration 'Fiducia supplicans' seeks to include not divide. https://t.co/4JRkVqpKaa In an interview with the Italian newspaper 'La Stampa' Pope Francis renews calls for a global ceasefire warning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1751950217157472564)  2024-01-29T12:47Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"A scandal that the @USCCB is licensing the use of Scriptures in exchange for cash. If "the money is not the point" then why are they charging parishes Make it free for parish use so long as the parish can prove it is in communion with the local bishop"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1752138291141308758)  2024-01-30T01:14Z 17.2K followers, 14.1K engagements


"when i grow up i want to be Abe Simpson talking about wearing onions on his belt @BackwardsFeet "youth culture" confuses and angers me @BackwardsFeet "youth culture" confuses and angers me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1752162069883797616)  2024-01-30T02:49Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"the existence of a National Aeronautics and Space Administration implies the existence of state-level aeronautics and space administrations i wonder what the Indiana Aeronautics and Space Administration has been up to recently probably trying to grow corn & soybeans in space"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1752507736015663339)  2024-01-31T01:42Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Stumped on the CIT-80 & waiting on parts for the Osborne so I took a look at a Mac 128K someone gave me a while back. Said the screen didn't work. Well a bad 470kR resistor was to blame. I don't have a boot disk so I don't know what to do about that . but I've got a working monitor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1752842441135116332)  2024-01-31T23:52Z 17.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@aelfred_D the Fiat Lux was a terrible car had great headlamps though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1752854364526358914)  2024-02-01T00:40Z 17.3K followers, [---] engagements


"i hope HH paid his licensing fees to use the Bible "Let us welcome Lent as the great season in which he reminds us: I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Ex 20:2). Lent is a season of conversion a time of freedom." - Pope Francis Read more at: https://t.co/I7PPj9pCe2 https://t.co/Or23xPGaEC "Let us welcome Lent as the great season in which he reminds us: I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery (Ex 20:2). Lent is a season of conversion a time of freedom." - Pope Francis Read more at:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1753166460145295753)  2024-02-01T21:20Z 17.3K followers, [----] engagements


""How many owls would you have to see in a 24hr period before you'd think that something was wrong" saw a reel from a woman yesterday expressing disbelief that the male mind could obsess with that kind of stupid question and i've been thinking about it ever since"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1753472336601219428)  2024-02-02T17:35Z 17.3K followers, 11.6K engagements


"heard lots of stories of priests (sometimes from some of the priests themselves) who tore apart Rosaries at the pulpit after the Council because devotions were suddenly a Bad Thing I am very naive. It never occurred to me until now that there might be clergy who dislike popular devotions The whole 20th century the saints have been telling us to sanctify our daily lives that every mundane aspect can be for our salvation. Popular devotions just make sense. I am very naive. It never occurred to me until now that there might be clergy who dislike popular devotions The whole 20th century the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1753856009850778039)  2024-02-03T19:00Z 17.3K followers, 23K engagements


"@Anna_Paolicelli @cecsquared Fun Fact: Blessings can be given and received via telephonic radiophonic or televisual means but only "live." So I got my rosaries blessed by the Pope at a Sunday audience even though I wasn't actually in St. Peter's Square but I heard it over the loudspeaker"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1753945818892062982)  2024-02-04T00:57Z 17.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@Anna_Paolicelli @cecsquared However I can't playback a recording of Pope Francis giving Benediction during the COVID shutdown fifty times in a row and get fifty blessings. So I think the "arc" of a blessing is as far as the voice can reach either actually or morally"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1753946104813539460)  2024-02-04T00:58Z 17.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Pics from last night's Solemn Mass for Candlemas at Sacred Heart in Evansville. You can tell which one I am because of the bald spot. From time to time I still get a cold chill when I say Mass there. It's just enough of a copy of Mundelein's chapel to do that to me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1753949734597746943)  2024-02-04T01:12Z 17.3K followers, 19.4K engagements


"Of course it would be contrary-to-law for me to publicly invite you to our Mass in the Extraordinary Form every Sunday at Noon (Central) at Sacred Heart [----] W Franklin Street in Evansville (47712) so I won't. Pics from last night's Solemn Mass for Candlemas at Sacred Heart in Evansville. You can tell which one I am because of the bald spot. From time to time I still get a cold chill when I say Mass there. It's just enough of a copy of Mundelein's chapel to do that to me. https://t.co/Z87Y2RGawh Pics from last night's Solemn Mass for Candlemas at Sacred Heart in Evansville. You can tell which"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FrHilderbrand/status/1753951526387687821)  2024-02-04T01:20Z 17.3K followers, 16.8K engagements

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