Fr. Cassidy Stinson
@TheHappyPriest
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Catholic priest, wildlife chaser, aspiring apostle / Let us make of ourselves the pen and tongue of Jesus Christ, our Master
Radford, VA
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I’ve had a few people apologize for their kids making noise at Mass, so it’s time for another seasonal affirmation for my parents out there:
Your babies are awesome, and personally, I’m delighted to see families together in church.
I can preach louder if I really need to. 😉
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I am a priest of Jesus Christ, now and forever.
Praise god.
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New vestment, celebrating Our Lady, and offering Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Benedict. What a way to end the year
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The Seven Deadly Sins As Goats: A Thread
Pride
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Please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr. Evan Harkins, who took his own life this morning.
I know from experience that it can be very hard to seek help and support when you’re the one called upon to support everyone else.
Pray for your priests.
Love your priests.
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Reminder that St. Thomas Aquinas suggests several foolproof solutions for when you’re having a bad day:
- cry about it
- cry about it with someone else
- when in doubt, take a nap and a bath
also, contemplate the truth, obviously
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Shoutout to all the babies making noise during my morning Mass and all the parents who worked hard to get them there
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Me, a new Father, meeting my father after the Rite of Ordination
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One year a priest.
The best year of my life.
Praise God. What a gift.
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Post a pic of you next to someone who is slightly more famous than you.
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A bunch of parish kids are trying to persuade me to bless a frog they found in the lake
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Funny how everyone's critical of the Catholic Church until their walls start bleeding
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When you promise to go and sin no more and immediately do the same sin all over again
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I’ve heard a lot of confessions, but for whatever reason, this was one of the most intense evenings since I began ministry. Miracles of conversion, over and over again. I feel like I just got done with an all-out brawl with the devil.
Go to Confession!
It will change your life.
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I’ve never seen so many people receiving the Eucharist with tears in their eyes.
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you before you after
Confession Confession
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*buying groceries while wearing my clerics and Roman collar*
Cashier: *stares at me*
Me: 😐
Cashier: *stares some more*
Me: 🤨
Cashier: “...so, are you... a chef?”
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Friends: I have some personal news to share.
Starting in July, I will be moving from my current assignment as a parochial vicar to become the new administrator of St. Jude in Radford, VA as well as serving as their university chaplain.
This is a huge change.
Pray for me!!!
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Shoutout to these amazing Pauline religious sisters in Korea, who would normally be making vestments, but have switched to making masks to give to the poor for protection from the coronavirus
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Seventeen years ago today I entered the Catholic Church and received the Eucharist for the first time.
I will be thanking God for that grace from now until eternity.
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Priest: let us offer each other a sign of peace
parishioners:
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We, uh, have a situation in the parish parking lot
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Sorry to interrupt the party tweets, but if you could send up a couple prayers, right now, for an urgent intention I would really appreciate it
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Your soul, before and after Confession
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I am very done with sin. Everyone needs to quit sinning. Sin is canceled.
That is all.
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A old seminary friend, now a Marine chaplain, celebrating Mass in the field
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My friend Kassandra leaves this month to start her candidacy with the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles!
Think you can send up some prayers for her? 😇
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I promise I will baptize your children correctly
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All I’m saying is, imagine if we actually used the hoods on our copes
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Here are some religious sisters with kittens to help you get through the day
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Me: *incenses the livestream camera*
Some parishioner, somewhere:
*starts coughing*
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Even if you’re fully vaccinated, the CDC recommends going to confession
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I got a message from someone claiming to be a fellow priest seeking help with an emergency situation. Not impossible: we reach out to each other for these sorts of things from time to time.
The only problem?
The priest he claimed to be... was me
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Do me a favor and offer up a Hail Mary or three in reparation for a Satanic Black Mass happening across the bay from us in Norfolk
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Today I had the special joy of helping welcome Joseph Charles, my first godson, into the Catholic Church!
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CDC guidelines now recommend going to confession outside of Advent and Lent
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Sixteen years ago today, I attended Mass for the first time.
Today, I’m offering that same sacrifice of prayer for my first parish community as a priest.
It’s amazing what God can do in your life if you remain open to his call. It really is.
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Hey. We need to talk about something.
Pornography.
I knew this before I became a priest, but now it’s become all the more clear to me that this is an absolute scourge for so, so many of us, spiritually and psychologically.
And you know what? I’m tired of it.
(Thread time.)
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Some good news:
I learned this week that my seminary faculty voted and approved me for ordination to the priesthood!!! 😁
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Reminder that if you become Catholic you get to keep celebrating Christmas for several weeks yet
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Your first mistake was thinking a cat would ever repent of anything it did
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If you think the priesthood is a life without intimacy, you clearly haven’t considered what it’s like to literally hold God in your hands every day.
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Sixteen years ago today, my family and I entered into full communion with the Catholic Church.
That one choice opened our lives to the greatest gifts, and the greatest joy, that any of us have ever known.
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I wish you could be here.
I’m still praying for all of you.
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I celebrated Mass today!!!
It was simple. Only my family and a couple parishioners present. And it was so beautiful and wonderful to do.
I know this will eventually become normal for me, but I pray that I never take it for granted.
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Dear
@TheAtlantic
,
The Catholic priesthood will be abolished over my dead body.
Sincerely,
Becoming a priest in 15 days
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One day after Mass, a parishioner asked me to bless their St. Benedict medal. As I finished the prayer of exorcism, they asked, wide-eyed, "...Is it normal for the medal to get really hot when you do that?"
No... but it was a nice reminder that these things are real, and serious
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I recently had dinner with a parish family. This was my table setting.
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Okay, that was amazing.
I still can’t believe I get to be a priest.
What a joy.
Merry Christmas, my friends. 😇
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I'm here to save souls and witness your weddings, and I'm all out of weddings
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Two years a priest.
The best, craziest, most blessed years of my life.
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I spent years preparing for priesthood
I’ve studied philosophy, theology, all kinds of practical skills and disciplines
But I still have no idea how to get these cows out of the parking lot
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Me: in the middle of getting a haircut
Barber: “So... do you have a girlfriend?”
Me: “well, no, I-”
Barber: “I bet your parents are going to be asking you at Thanksgiving!”
Me: “Uh, well, you see...”
Barber: “You’re still so young, though.”
Me: 😐
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A bunch of tiny parish kids just ran up to my office window and made me give them a blessing 🥺
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Let‘s see if your predictive text can tell you what your patronage would be if you ever became a Saint! 😇
Type “I’d be the patron saint of” and see what you get...
I’d be the patron saint of the parish parking lot. (It could use the help)
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Go to Confession or I'll tell your guardian angel to punch you
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I just finished meeting with someone who is returning to the Catholic Church this week after forty years away.
It's such a joy to see God saving souls.
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I would like to extend a formal apology to the baby whom, due to my excess of enthusiasm, got nailed with a face full of ash
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Broke out the ordination chasuble for Spanish Mass 🤩
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A lot of folks at our parish have been returning to confession for the first time in decades
Satan is going DOWN, y’all
Join the fight, get that Divine Mercy
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Parish ministry is incredible
Preached on Confession yesterday, had people in line for THREE HOURS worth of them after Mass
Baptized the world’s cutest baby
My hands still smell like chrism
Seriously, why every guy doesn’t want to be a priest is beyond me.
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Assistant to the regional manager of God’s local franchise
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Stressed about the pandemic? Concerned about the health of your soul?
The confessional is open. 👍
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Amazing how my life improves when I sleep enough, eat healthier foods, exercise regularly, and reliably pray a holy hour in the morning
Simply shocking
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I regret to inform you the cows have seized control of the parish
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Things I experienced when I drove to the FSSP parish to go to confession:
- Moms taking their babies in the confessional
- about 50 people praying the rosary at 9:45am on a Saturday
- all ages represented
- an incredibly healing confession
They’re clearly doing something well
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Kid in CCD class:
“So, Jesus is God?”
“Yep.”
“Wait, but he’s also the Son of God.”
“Right!”
“... that doesn’t make sense!! What about Mary? Is she God?”
“No, but she’s the mother of Jesus... so she’s the mother of God!”
“WHAT?!?”
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I have received many fascinating gifts in my short time in parish ministry, but few so sublime as the Cheeze-It biretta
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If you are married, the best way to love your children is to first love your spouse - and the best way to love your spouse is to first love God.
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The sacristans have informed me that I have created a parish incense shortage
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Just survived my first full weekend of Masses as a parish priest, and it was terrific
I’m living the dream over here
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Me: “Hi! I’m Fr. Cassidy, the new school chaplain.”
Kid: “I don’t know... you look like you might be one of the 12th-graders.” 🤔
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If you want the Church to be holier, start by going to confession
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We offer confession here daily
Today, we had people lined up out the door at 7:15 for our 8:00am time
We heard confessions for an hour before Mass, all during the liturgy, and half an hour after Mass concluded
Divine Mercy: come get some.
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On a personal note:
If you or a family member end up seriously ill, whether from coronavirus or anything else, please don’t hesitate to let your priests know.
We’ll still be out there bringing you the sacraments for as long as we are humanly able to do so.
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Few photos have given me as much hope that I could one day attain sanctity as the hot mess that is St. Maximilian Kolbe's desk
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I heard you wanted a sign from heaven...
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Liturgy director:
"Yeah, we're gonna need a LOT of incense to see it on the livestream, so..."
Me: "I WAS BORN FOR THIS"
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One of the best moments of my life and my priesthood so far - calling one of my best friends to the altar as she professed her First Vows in the enclosure of Carmel
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