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Fr Ian

@frianmaher.bsky.social

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Priest in the Church of England, serving at Sheffield Cathedral. Trying to share a bit of light in an often dark world. All views expressed on here are my own. Welsh, British, European.

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Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · Aug 14

I'm an ex-Xer and all the better for it.

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Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · 3h

'Sacred images are sacramental - outward and visible manifestations of what is inward and invisible - and devotions to them can link us to the mystery they portray.'

John-Francis Friendship (Heart of my own heart, p12)

Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · 3h

'Speaking truth to power ensured the fate of Jesus. He was not prepared to collude with what he knew to be false, whatever the cost. As disciples of Jesus, we are called to follow in his footsteps . . .'

Truth matters

Luke 11.47-54 In a world of disinformation, it’s not always easy to separate truth from falsehood. For example, ‘fake news’ is, despite Donald Trump’s misappropriation of the term…

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Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · 10h

I like that - #FarageBrexitTax

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Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · 21h

Sergeant Major:

Private Smith, I didn’t see you at camouflage training today.

Private Smith:

Thank you Sir.

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Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, I know that, but for the rest of his life, he is Pope Leo XIV

Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Pope Leo

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d

Pope to journalists: “…it is worth remembering Hannah Arendt’s warning that ‘the ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.’”

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Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo XIV nailing it.

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Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · 4d

Has Trump declared war on Norway yet?

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Dr Andreja Bogdanovski @bogdanovskia.bsky.social · 4d

"The document, an apostolic exhortation titled Dilexi Te (“I have loved you”), also expresses support for the Church’s role in defending the rights of migrants."

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“Dilexi Te” — Pope Leo’s first document focuses on the poor, migrants

The Vatican released Pope Leo’s first document, which focuses on the Church’s stance and support for people in poverty, calling for…

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Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · 5d

'The resurrection of Christ is the glorious vindication of the love of God incarnate, a demonstration of the fact that the last word is not destruction and death. It demonstrates that the love of God will conquer all those powers which destroy mankind.'

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh (1914-2003)

Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · 5d

The blessing of memory

Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · 5d

Anyone told Trump yet?
#NobelPeacePrize

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Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · 8d

I wasn't being serious 😉

Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · 9d

Has Trump won the Nobel Peace Prize yet? 🤔

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Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · 9d

“If the only prayer you ever said was ‘Thank you’, that would be enough.”

- Meister Eckhart

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Fr Ian @frianmaher.bsky.social · 9d

Well said Fr Pfleger. Speaking truth to power.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 10d

Pope Leo at Jubilee of Migrants: “Brothers and sisters, those boats which hope to catch sight of a safe port, and those eyes filled with anguish and hope seeking to reach the shore, cannot and must not find the coldness of indifference or the stigma of discrimination!” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...