Fr. Harrison Ayre
@frharrison.bsky.social
Pastor of St Peter's in Nanaimo, BC. Doctoral Candidate at St Mary’s, Twickenham. Amazon Wishlist for Doctoral Studies in the link. Co-host of Clerically Speaking
gosh I love Alois Dempf so much.
Frederick II as flipping analogy on its head (becoming, in my words, katalogy) is incredibly fascinating.
Frederick II as flipping analogy on its head (becoming, in my words, katalogy) is incredibly fascinating.
January 15, 2026 at 5:56 AM
gosh I love Alois Dempf so much.
Frederick II as flipping analogy on its head (becoming, in my words, katalogy) is incredibly fascinating.
Frederick II as flipping analogy on its head (becoming, in my words, katalogy) is incredibly fascinating.
At the heart of ‘traditio’ is its essential meaning: to hand over. this implies: to hold nothing as one’s own, to not possess, to give it completely to an other. We struggle with the “handing over” because we do not sufficiently believe that I gain everything only in handing over
January 15, 2026 at 1:25 AM
At the heart of ‘traditio’ is its essential meaning: to hand over. this implies: to hold nothing as one’s own, to not possess, to give it completely to an other. We struggle with the “handing over” because we do not sufficiently believe that I gain everything only in handing over
I love coining German words like Abendlandbewegung and Analogiekrise
January 14, 2026 at 5:45 AM
I love coining German words like Abendlandbewegung and Analogiekrise
Call Deep Dish Pizza what it really is:
Pizza Cake
Pizza Cake
January 14, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Call Deep Dish Pizza what it really is:
Pizza Cake
Pizza Cake
One has not lived until they have the voice of Burt Reynolds reading a translation of Alois Dempf’s ‘Sacrum Imperium’.
January 13, 2026 at 10:56 PM
One has not lived until they have the voice of Burt Reynolds reading a translation of Alois Dempf’s ‘Sacrum Imperium’.
consumatum est
it is finally happening.
final episode of Clerically Speaking is recording on monday.
Been a good ride but…our local needs as priests increasingly outweighed our ability to continue. Really grateful for it’s time and place in this crazy Catholic thing that was a fruit of twitter.
final episode of Clerically Speaking is recording on monday.
Been a good ride but…our local needs as priests increasingly outweighed our ability to continue. Really grateful for it’s time and place in this crazy Catholic thing that was a fruit of twitter.
January 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
consumatum est
he…he knows that Greenland wont be taken if he just leaves it defended by the NATO treaty right?
Trump: "If we don't take Greenland, Russia or China will take Greenland, and I am not going to let that happen…One way or the other, we're going to have Greenland."
January 12, 2026 at 3:11 AM
he…he knows that Greenland wont be taken if he just leaves it defended by the NATO treaty right?
We can share in Jesus’ relationship with the Father as the Beloved Son only insofar as we are willing to enter the troubled waters of Baptism. Only when we say “I have sinned” can we hear “you are My beloved”
January 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
We can share in Jesus’ relationship with the Father as the Beloved Son only insofar as we are willing to enter the troubled waters of Baptism. Only when we say “I have sinned” can we hear “you are My beloved”
is bluesky slowly becoming the old school Catholic twitter place because it seems a lot of the fun people from twitter are here.
January 11, 2026 at 4:44 AM
is bluesky slowly becoming the old school Catholic twitter place because it seems a lot of the fun people from twitter are here.
Writing a PhD is a humbling exercise because it is one of the few places in life where every sentence I write is haunted by the question: “am I good enough?”
January 11, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Writing a PhD is a humbling exercise because it is one of the few places in life where every sentence I write is haunted by the question: “am I good enough?”
finally got a breakthrough that had been nagging at me for a while with my thesis.
(when I tend to get avoidant of writing, it usually means I am frustrated I cant figure out what the problem is, because all I know is “something is off” but unable to articulate it until…I can)
(when I tend to get avoidant of writing, it usually means I am frustrated I cant figure out what the problem is, because all I know is “something is off” but unable to articulate it until…I can)
January 9, 2026 at 11:19 PM
finally got a breakthrough that had been nagging at me for a while with my thesis.
(when I tend to get avoidant of writing, it usually means I am frustrated I cant figure out what the problem is, because all I know is “something is off” but unable to articulate it until…I can)
(when I tend to get avoidant of writing, it usually means I am frustrated I cant figure out what the problem is, because all I know is “something is off” but unable to articulate it until…I can)
it is finally happening.
final episode of Clerically Speaking is recording on monday.
Been a good ride but…our local needs as priests increasingly outweighed our ability to continue. Really grateful for it’s time and place in this crazy Catholic thing that was a fruit of twitter.
final episode of Clerically Speaking is recording on monday.
Been a good ride but…our local needs as priests increasingly outweighed our ability to continue. Really grateful for it’s time and place in this crazy Catholic thing that was a fruit of twitter.
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
it is finally happening.
final episode of Clerically Speaking is recording on monday.
Been a good ride but…our local needs as priests increasingly outweighed our ability to continue. Really grateful for it’s time and place in this crazy Catholic thing that was a fruit of twitter.
final episode of Clerically Speaking is recording on monday.
Been a good ride but…our local needs as priests increasingly outweighed our ability to continue. Really grateful for it’s time and place in this crazy Catholic thing that was a fruit of twitter.
Ive been asked to be one of the MCs for the Installation Mass of Archbishop Stephen Hero in Edmonton. Is this their way of saying “you belong here with us”?
January 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Ive been asked to be one of the MCs for the Installation Mass of Archbishop Stephen Hero in Edmonton. Is this their way of saying “you belong here with us”?
Reposted by Fr. Harrison Ayre
Scratch an online Catholic project, find a shameless degenerate grift - never fails
Oh dear Lord Magisterium AI is sponsoring Candace Owen’s podcast. I never trusted it regardless. Now more reason not to.
January 8, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Scratch an online Catholic project, find a shameless degenerate grift - never fails
Oh dear Lord Magisterium AI is sponsoring Candace Owen’s podcast. I never trusted it regardless. Now more reason not to.
January 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Oh dear Lord Magisterium AI is sponsoring Candace Owen’s podcast. I never trusted it regardless. Now more reason not to.
Today’s first reading reminds me of the (baptismal) definition of the Church I’ve said before: if I love Jesus, you love Jesus, & He loves us, that means I must love you, because I love the ones He loves.
Anything less is contrary to living the faith that conquers the world.
Anything less is contrary to living the faith that conquers the world.
January 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Today’s first reading reminds me of the (baptismal) definition of the Church I’ve said before: if I love Jesus, you love Jesus, & He loves us, that means I must love you, because I love the ones He loves.
Anything less is contrary to living the faith that conquers the world.
Anything less is contrary to living the faith that conquers the world.
I stumbled upon pepcid while at Costco.
I have always had nighttime heartburn issues
I have had a full night’s sleep 3 nights in a row. Even if I wake up, I am not as alert. I think the heartburn was acting up a lot more while sleeping than I was aware of.
this is game changing
I have always had nighttime heartburn issues
I have had a full night’s sleep 3 nights in a row. Even if I wake up, I am not as alert. I think the heartburn was acting up a lot more while sleeping than I was aware of.
this is game changing
January 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I stumbled upon pepcid while at Costco.
I have always had nighttime heartburn issues
I have had a full night’s sleep 3 nights in a row. Even if I wake up, I am not as alert. I think the heartburn was acting up a lot more while sleeping than I was aware of.
this is game changing
I have always had nighttime heartburn issues
I have had a full night’s sleep 3 nights in a row. Even if I wake up, I am not as alert. I think the heartburn was acting up a lot more while sleeping than I was aware of.
this is game changing
Reposted by Fr. Harrison Ayre
Friends, as a member of the Religious Liberty Commission I am watching the Body of Christ be denied to Catholic detainees, and inspired by the great twentieth-century Trappist Thomas Merton I am meeting this moment with the most powerful tool in the contemplative’s arsenal: silence.
November 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Friends, as a member of the Religious Liberty Commission I am watching the Body of Christ be denied to Catholic detainees, and inspired by the great twentieth-century Trappist Thomas Merton I am meeting this moment with the most powerful tool in the contemplative’s arsenal: silence.
Reposted by Fr. Harrison Ayre
“I echo today the repeated call of the U.S. Catholic bishops that we come together as a nation and pass meaningful immigration reform that does justice to all parties. The longer we refuse to grapple with this issue … the more divisive and violent it becomes.”
www.archspm.org/statement-re...
www.archspm.org/statement-re...
Statement Regarding Deadly ICE-related Shooting in Minneapolis - Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
From: Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda
www.archspm.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:19 AM
“I echo today the repeated call of the U.S. Catholic bishops that we come together as a nation and pass meaningful immigration reform that does justice to all parties. The longer we refuse to grapple with this issue … the more divisive and violent it becomes.”
www.archspm.org/statement-re...
www.archspm.org/statement-re...
Reposted by Fr. Harrison Ayre
Our destiny awaits
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Our destiny awaits
I dont even know why, but I dig the art in Absolute Batman so much.
January 7, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I dont even know why, but I dig the art in Absolute Batman so much.
Christmas was so weird this year not being at home in my parish. it was a bit sad this year because it was so weird to do so little “priestly things” for Christmas.
BUT
got this in the mail full of messages from parishioners. it was such a lift of my spirits I needed
BUT
got this in the mail full of messages from parishioners. it was such a lift of my spirits I needed
January 7, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Christmas was so weird this year not being at home in my parish. it was a bit sad this year because it was so weird to do so little “priestly things” for Christmas.
BUT
got this in the mail full of messages from parishioners. it was such a lift of my spirits I needed
BUT
got this in the mail full of messages from parishioners. it was such a lift of my spirits I needed
oh my gosh. new slippers feel like I am walking on clouds. this is amazing.
January 6, 2026 at 8:59 PM
oh my gosh. new slippers feel like I am walking on clouds. this is amazing.