Fr. Jonathan
@fatherjonathan.bsky.social
Catholic priest. Writer. Special needs dad. Star Trek and comics nerd. Former rapper. Inventor of the question mark.
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I want to create some kind of Bluesky Catholic Bible study. Not sure what exactly that will look like, but if you're interested, let's talk about it.
This is mouthwash. You can't convince me otherwise.
December 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is mouthwash. You can't convince me otherwise.
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility
December 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility
Sounds like an article written by @bishoprobberbaron.bsky.social
In this Ohio town, it was tradition: Latin mass, biscuits and gravy at Bob Evans, and then down to the old marina to shoot a bunch of fishermen and claim they were running drugs. But now the woke mob wants to take all that away.
November 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Sounds like an article written by @bishoprobberbaron.bsky.social
The Lord helpeth them that are fallen; * the Lord careth for the righteous.
The Lord careth for the strangers; he defendeth the fatherless and widow: * as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down.
Psalm 146:8-9
#MorningPrayer #Ordinariate
The Lord careth for the strangers; he defendeth the fatherless and widow: * as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down.
Psalm 146:8-9
#MorningPrayer #Ordinariate
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Lord helpeth them that are fallen; * the Lord careth for the righteous.
The Lord careth for the strangers; he defendeth the fatherless and widow: * as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down.
Psalm 146:8-9
#MorningPrayer #Ordinariate
The Lord careth for the strangers; he defendeth the fatherless and widow: * as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down.
Psalm 146:8-9
#MorningPrayer #Ordinariate
1st tracks are easy. 5 best album closing songs?
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours - Gold Dust Woman
Tori Amos: Under the Pink - Yes, Anastasia
Guns N Roses: Appetite for Destruction - Paradise City
Counting Crows: August & Everything After - A Murder of One
The Beatles: Sgt Pepper... - A Day in the Life
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours - Gold Dust Woman
Tori Amos: Under the Pink - Yes, Anastasia
Guns N Roses: Appetite for Destruction - Paradise City
Counting Crows: August & Everything After - A Murder of One
The Beatles: Sgt Pepper... - A Day in the Life
November 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
1st tracks are easy. 5 best album closing songs?
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours - Gold Dust Woman
Tori Amos: Under the Pink - Yes, Anastasia
Guns N Roses: Appetite for Destruction - Paradise City
Counting Crows: August & Everything After - A Murder of One
The Beatles: Sgt Pepper... - A Day in the Life
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours - Gold Dust Woman
Tori Amos: Under the Pink - Yes, Anastasia
Guns N Roses: Appetite for Destruction - Paradise City
Counting Crows: August & Everything After - A Murder of One
The Beatles: Sgt Pepper... - A Day in the Life
Paul McCartney
Counting Crows (8 times so far)
Rage Against The Machine and Gang Starr
Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers
Guns N Roses
Counting Crows (8 times so far)
Rage Against The Machine and Gang Starr
Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers
Guns N Roses
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Steeleye Span
Great Big Sea
Gaelic Storm
They Might Be Giants
Les Respectables
Steeleye Span
Great Big Sea
Gaelic Storm
They Might Be Giants
Les Respectables
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Janelle Monàe
Seattle Symphony doing The Rite of Spring
Tinariwen
Abel Selaocoe
Gamelan Pacifica
Janelle Monàe
Seattle Symphony doing The Rite of Spring
Tinariwen
Abel Selaocoe
Gamelan Pacifica
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Paul McCartney
Counting Crows (8 times so far)
Rage Against The Machine and Gang Starr
Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers
Guns N Roses
Counting Crows (8 times so far)
Rage Against The Machine and Gang Starr
Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers
Guns N Roses
Top Five Side 1 Track 1s:
Patty Griffin, Flaming Red
The Beatles, Back in the USSR
KRS ONE, Outta Here
Counting Crows, Hangin Around
Ani Difranco, Untouchable Face
Patty Griffin, Flaming Red
The Beatles, Back in the USSR
KRS ONE, Outta Here
Counting Crows, Hangin Around
Ani Difranco, Untouchable Face
Top Five Side 1 Track 1s:
The Cars – The Cars, Good Times Roll
Kansas – Leftoverture, Carry On Wayward Son
Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair, Shout
Eurythmics – Be Yourself Tonight, Would I Lie to You?
Florence + the Machine – Lungs, Dog Days Are Over
(etc)
The Cars – The Cars, Good Times Roll
Kansas – Leftoverture, Carry On Wayward Son
Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair, Shout
Eurythmics – Be Yourself Tonight, Would I Lie to You?
Florence + the Machine – Lungs, Dog Days Are Over
(etc)
Top Five Side 1 Track 1s:
R.E.M. - Airportman
Sepultura - Refuse/Resist
Shihad - Think You're So Free
The Chills - Heavenly Pop Hit
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
R.E.M. - Airportman
Sepultura - Refuse/Resist
Shihad - Think You're So Free
The Chills - Heavenly Pop Hit
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Top Five Side 1 Track 1s:
Patty Griffin, Flaming Red
The Beatles, Back in the USSR
KRS ONE, Outta Here
Counting Crows, Hangin Around
Ani Difranco, Untouchable Face
Patty Griffin, Flaming Red
The Beatles, Back in the USSR
KRS ONE, Outta Here
Counting Crows, Hangin Around
Ani Difranco, Untouchable Face
I want to create some kind of Bluesky Catholic Bible study. Not sure what exactly that will look like, but if you're interested, let's talk about it.
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I want to create some kind of Bluesky Catholic Bible study. Not sure what exactly that will look like, but if you're interested, let's talk about it.
A thread worth reading. How we arrive at truth is almost as important as the truth itself, and making sure moral questions are addressed with seriousness requires an epistemic humility that many find difficult to maintain.
Disconnecting this from the discussion of the Lonergan/colonialism to avoid making implications, I do see a psychological tendency among those addressing highly morally salient questions to excuse themselves from certain kinds of intellectual rigor precisely bc of its moral importance.
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A thread worth reading. How we arrive at truth is almost as important as the truth itself, and making sure moral questions are addressed with seriousness requires an epistemic humility that many find difficult to maintain.
Me, just now, at midnight, staring at the bananas I bought yesterday that are on my counter: You'll be rotten by morning, you jerks.
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Me, just now, at midnight, staring at the bananas I bought yesterday that are on my counter: You'll be rotten by morning, you jerks.
Gravy is basically animal sweat. Just putting that out there.
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Gravy is basically animal sweat. Just putting that out there.
Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure: * fret not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil.
Psalm 37:8
#MorningPrayer #Ordinariate
Psalm 37:8
#MorningPrayer #Ordinariate
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure: * fret not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil.
Psalm 37:8
#MorningPrayer #Ordinariate
Psalm 37:8
#MorningPrayer #Ordinariate
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy. Well, that worked out.
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy. Well, that worked out.
Been teaching and ministering in a high school for eight years now, and this is absolutely true.
I had the delightful experience of teaching high school for about a year, which is how I know that 14-year-olds are kids, 15-year-olds are kids, 16-year-olds are kids, and 17-year-olds are kids. 18-year-olds? In my experience, usually kids
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Been teaching and ministering in a high school for eight years now, and this is absolutely true.
Does "woke" actually exist? The only people I hear using the term regularly are those critical of "wokeness." Does anyone actually, unironically refer to themselves as woke?
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Does "woke" actually exist? The only people I hear using the term regularly are those critical of "wokeness." Does anyone actually, unironically refer to themselves as woke?
Every time I think I've found my favorite, he outdoes it. Well done. No notes. 🤣
As the great John Henry Newman argued, a university is not a factory for churning out knowledge, but a haven for cultivating wisdom, breadth of vision, and unquestioning submission to the foreign policy aims of the nation where it’s located
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Every time I think I've found my favorite, he outdoes it. Well done. No notes. 🤣
I don't care what anyone says. "I Am the Bread of Life" is a straight up banger.
November 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I don't care what anyone says. "I Am the Bread of Life" is a straight up banger.
I have two months to read 18 books if I want to meet my GoodReads challenge. Any recommendations for short, easy reads?
November 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I have two months to read 18 books if I want to meet my GoodReads challenge. Any recommendations for short, easy reads?
This is what my board looked like at the end of class today. I wonder what this looks like to someone who wasn't there.
October 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is what my board looked like at the end of class today. I wonder what this looks like to someone who wasn't there.
Reposted by Fr. Jonathan
Digable Planets? In this economy?
October 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Digable Planets? In this economy?
I remember people hating on Alanis Morrisette for her song "Ironic" not actually having anything ironic in it, but it just now occurs to me that this was the most ironic thing she could do.
This message brought to you by the year 1996.
This message brought to you by the year 1996.
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I remember people hating on Alanis Morrisette for her song "Ironic" not actually having anything ironic in it, but it just now occurs to me that this was the most ironic thing she could do.
This message brought to you by the year 1996.
This message brought to you by the year 1996.
True love is always contemplative, and permits us to serve the other not out of necessity or vanity, but rather because he or she is beautiful above and beyond mere appearances.
Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, 1103
Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, 1103
October 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
True love is always contemplative, and permits us to serve the other not out of necessity or vanity, but rather because he or she is beautiful above and beyond mere appearances.
Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, 1103
Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, 1103
If one is in extreme necessity, he has the right to procure for himself what he needs out of the riches of others.
Vatican II (Gaudium et spes, 69)
Vatican II (Gaudium et spes, 69)
October 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If one is in extreme necessity, he has the right to procure for himself what he needs out of the riches of others.
Vatican II (Gaudium et spes, 69)
Vatican II (Gaudium et spes, 69)