Deacon Drew

Unpopular opinion : I’ve come to believe that fighting in hockey is stupid.

If you are demanding the peace prize or even suggesting that it be given to you, are you promoting peace?

@deacongreg.bsky.social spent 25 years as a writer at CBS News. I got to know him back in the halcyon days of early blogging circa 2009. In this episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social, he speaks with @deaconmike.bsky.social and Deacon Mike Berstene about Pope Leo, being a cancer survivor, and more:

Say the word and you'll be free Say the word and be like me Say the word I'm thinking of Have you heard the word is love? It's so fine, it's sunshine It's the word, love In the beginning I misunderstood But now I've got it, the word is good The Beatles I approve this message.

All things must pass. Except our souls. Our souls are meant to be with God.

Who said anything about “liking” your enemies?

Sometimes I realize that some people don’t like me as much as I thought they did.

New York Times headline: Breaking news: Trump threatens to cancel Kennedy Center renovation if his name isn’t added. Hahahaha.

The New York Times: Breaking news: Trump rejects calls to rein in A.I., saying a smart president is all that’s needed Come, Lord Jesus

It is critical that we don’t replace Jesus with the Church.

@forord.bsky.social hey. Long time no see your posts.

Here is a clip from latest episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social ... In the episode, @deacondrew.bsky.social and @grnmtnby.bsky.social speak with Kathryn Muensterman, a PhD student at @notredame.bsky.social, about her recent @commonwealmagazine.org article "From Summit to Source":

When Catholics say "the Eucharist is the source and summit of Christian life," does too much emphasis get put on "summit" and not enough on "source"? @grnmtnby.bsky.social and @deacondrew.bsky.social chat with Kathryn Muensterman of @notredame.bsky.social about that on @deaconspod.bsky.social:

P.S. You may also listen to this new @deaconspod.bsky.social episode with Kathryn Muensterman, @grnmtnby.bsky.social, and @deacondrew.bsky.social on YouTube:

Kathryn Muensterman, a Ph.D. student at @notredame.bsky.social, recently penned the @commonwealmagazine.org essay "From Summit to Source: On a Eucharistic Dialogue With the World." @grnmtnby.bsky.social and @deacondrew.bsky.social speak with Kathryn in this new episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social:

Kathryn Muensterman has written an important essay in @commonwealmagazine.org and we had a great conversation about “From Summit to Source”. What is your response to the Eucharist? What is our response to the presence of Christ in our lives?

Had a lovely conversation with Kathryn Muensterman about her recent @commonwealmagazine.org article on the Eucharist, "From Summit to Source," with Paulist Deacon Affiliate @deacondrew.bsky.social that I think you, too, will find enriching. megaphone.link/SM2658118769

Pay the woman her money. You’re embarrassing yourself. Oh that’s right. Narcissism trumps self awareness. You see what I did there?

This seems like, and I admit, most likely is, an inhospitable thing to say, but why do people set themselves up on the beach 15 feet away when they have a whole beach. In front of me. Please feel free to tell me all that’s wrong with me.

The most recent episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social featured a conversation between @deaconmike.bsky.social and @deacondrew.bsky.social and Paul McMahon. Paul is the first lay person to lead our publishing company Paulist Press. Listen here or at your podcast player:

The most recent episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social featured a conversation between @deaconmike.bsky.social and @deacondrew.bsky.social and Paul McMahon, the first lay person to lead Paulist Press. Listen here or at your podcast player: paulist.org/the-conversa...

A new episode of our @deaconspod.bsky.social just dropped! Our guest is Paul McMahon, President and Publisher of Paulist Press. @deaconmike.bsky.social and @deacondrew.bsky.social ask Paul about his career path from his native #Australia to becoming the first lay head of Paulist Press. Listen:

Thank you Mollie! And if you’re a fan of @mollieoreilly.bsky.social like we are, you can hear her on Episode 79 of @deaconspod.bsky.social where she gives great advice on, among other things, staying Catholic.

Please join me today as I pray for the souls of all those who lost their lives because of the utter foolishness of man.

Acts: “Stephen said to the people, the elders, and the scribes: “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always oppose the Holy Spirit; you are just like your ancestors.” If I spoke to my congregation like this, someone might throw fruit at me. But I doubt they would stone me

JD lectures the Holy Father on Church doctrine.

Every thing JD touches turn to _____. Fill in the blank.

And I would suggest that none of us are exempt from finding ourselves in Hell if we refuse to repent and obey the commandment to love. If you’re not afraid of The Hague, at least consider your own soul. If you have one.

I wonder if Roberts gets up in the morning and contemplating his career while looking in mirror, mutters, oh shit.

Of course he’s going to screw it up.

On Holy Thursday, @dnd2.bsky.social, @thetechydeacon.com, @deaconmike.bsky.social and @deacondrew.bsky.social recorded a special episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social in which they reflected on their Lenten journeys and chatted about the role of #deacons during #HolyWeek. Listen here:

I’m embarrassed to admit that I never really explored Caiaphus’ role in our salvation as told by the Gospel of John in today’s Gospel. Perhaps his motivation was wrong, but like Judas, he seems to be a feature of God’s plan for us. What does that really say about Caiaphus? What do you think?

Not fast enough. And not hard enough. But it’s cracking. It will fall. And while we believe in forgiveness and reconciliation, many of those who foolishly enabled this do not, despite their claims that they do. And as they suffer because of the fall, they will turn upon each other.

I am so grateful for this chance to talk to my beloved friends, the Paulist deacons, about my book, the #AccessorizedBible

We interview our own David Dault @daultradio.bsky.social, who has been recording and editing us since the beginning of our podcast. He’s so much more than our recording engineer: he’s a theologian, a professor, an author, a husband, a father and a great friend. Check out his book and our interview.

Has there ever been anyone in the Trump administration who ever really mattered to Trump? Sycophants never learn. It’s a form of narcissism.

You don’t have to be a republican or a democrat to be against war. You just have to be a person who is against war. It helps if you can see humanity in the stranger. War is not the language of a person who loves.

As we leave Black History Month, I have that (too frequent) disgust bubbling up at those who would whitewash our history and push back on the idea that our freedoms as a nation must be seen in light of our national and local efforts to restrict those freedoms on the basis of color.

I would like to recommend to you the new album by Alexander Malofeev, Forgotten Melodies. Piano, Russians composers, beauty.

The latest episode of our podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social: @deacondrew.bsky.social and @deaconmike.bsky.social have a wonderful conversation with Becky Eldredge, a spiritual director, retreat leader, and author of three books:

Feb 12 Scripture Solomon began extremely well but he lost God's favor (1 kgs 11:4-13) because of his infidelity to the Covenant. As a result, the kingdom was divided into two. Sin and evil are not merely private choices. Even our most private sins affect our families, our church, and our community.

I hope you get a chance to listen to this conversation with Becky. I know I found her inspiring!

A few weeks ago I was at a mass in our cathedral and the Cardinal burst out speaking in Spanish. I hope no one was offended.

C’mon haters. Get a life. Loosen up. Dance.

Perhaps Ms. Leavitt should consider resigning from her fake job.

What an outstanding use of the power to pardon.