Fr. Simon Esshaki
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Many 16-year olds on TikTok need to learn how to do some research...or at least a simple Google search.
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Instagram blocked me from posting my daily Rosary for the second time this week to “protect our community”, with no other explanation.
@instagram
, can you please tell me what’s so dangerous about a Rosary?
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Many people don’t know that all of Catholic teaching on faith and morals is rooted in Sacred Scripture.
Because of that, many Catholics are confused when they see anti-Catholic posts.
That’s the main reason why I’m on TikTok.
#DefendTheFaith
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Please pray Fr. Felix Al Shabi, a priest of our diocese who will be moving to Zakho, Iraq as he was just appointed the new bishop there!
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This is what happens when you post fake pictures trying to defame people. Thank you
@Twitter
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If you disagree with anything the Church teaches, it’s you who needs to change, not the Church.
Do your research and pray about it with an open mind and heart.
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Today, I played basketball with some young men from my church community.
Afterwards, almost every one of them asked me for confession and received absolution.
Praise God!
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If your name is actually Karen know that Jesus loves you
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“Boycott the
@Dodgers
”
- Bishop Barron
Friends, it’s hard to imagine anything more offensive than some of the behavior of the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,” which I think can only be described as an anti-Catholic hate group.
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If you’re not scared to go to a restaurant or the mall during the
#pandemic
, you shouldn’t be scared to go to church.
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A majority of Catholics do not believe in the Eucharistic presence of Jesus, and this has to change!
#CorpusChristi
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If Mary was the most important woman in the life of Jesus, why is she not yours?
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It’s very disappointing that TikTok allows videos of people defaming me and yet does not allow me to defend myself.
@tiktok_us
, please fix this.
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TikTok removed my video where I posted the vandalism that happened at St. Peter’s Chaldean Catholic Cathedral because it went against their community guidelines. After I appealed, I got a notification in less than a minute that my appeal was rejected.
@tiktok_us
, please explain.
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Baptized a baby named Cristianoronaldo today. That’s his first name. No joke.
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How should Catholics respond to the McCarrick report and other evils that have been done by clergy?
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Please join me in praying for her and for anyone who chooses to attack by their words 🙏
This is what happens when you post fake pictures trying to defame people. Thank you
@Twitter
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Jesus ate fish
The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that it is “contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer or die needlessly.” Does that include eating meat?
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I encourage everyone to watch this short film on the Catholic Church’s stance on homosexuality, which shows how everyone should be treated with love, regardless of what they believe:
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I haven’t sneezed or coughed in public since March
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Here’s one of my favorite depictions of the
#QueenshipOfMary
“The Crowning of the Virgin” by Louis-Édouard Paul Fournier
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A friendly reminder that you have a guardian angel who works 24/7 to protect you from evil.
“Angel of God, my guardian dear,
to whom God's love commits me here, ever this day be at my side,
to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen.”
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REMINDER: If you can’t go to Sunday Mass because of COVID, the third commandment still applies.
Keep holy the Lord’s Day!
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Retweet if St. Anthony has ever helped you find something you lost.
Happy
#FeastOfStAnthony
!
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Say this daily:
“Angel of God,
my guardian dear,
to whom God's love
commits me here,
ever this day,
be at my side,
to light and guard,
to rule and guide.
Amen.”
Happy Feast of the Guardian Angels!
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Imagine how much better your day would be if you read Scripture before going on social media in the morning
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More pictures of the newly remodeled St. Michael Chaldean Catholic Church in El Cajon, CA
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“One who never stops talking cannot avoid falling into sin.”
- St. Benedict
🤫
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My dad left the hospital today after a tough battle with COVID, and the staff gave him a beautiful send-off.
Thank God, and thank you to all health care workers. May God strengthen them to continue their hard work, and may he grant eternal rest to all who have passed away.
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O Sacred Heart of Jesus,
filled with infinite love,
broken by my ingratitude,
pierced by my sins,
yet loving me still;
accept the consecration
that I make to You
of all that I am
and all that I have.
Take every faculty
of my soul and body
and draw me and nearer
to you. Amen.
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Pineapple does not belong on pizza.
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This is a traditional hymn from the Chaldean liturgy to the Virgin Mary sung in Aramaic by Sister Narjis of the Chaldean Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This was at a prayer service for Lebanon led by Pope Francis.
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“Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?”
- Mark 4:40
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On Kobe’s birthday, let’s pray for him and thank God that one of the last things he did before he died was attend Mass and receive the Body of Christ 🙏
#HappyBirthdayKobe
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Out of all the men in the world, Jesus chose St. Joseph to be his earthly father.
He is an example of faithfulness, obedience, and hard work.
St. Joseph, pray for us!
#HappyFathersDay
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“Save yourselves from this crooked generation.”
- Peter, the first Pope (Acts 2:40)
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Describe your favorite saint story as boring as possible
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“Keep striving until the fire of heresy is put out, before it consumes the Church.”
- St. Basil the Great
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It’s okay for Christians to participate in Halloween, as long as you do it the right way:
Celebrate the saints!
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“There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.”
- Archbishop Fulton Sheen
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#Advent
is here, and while the Chaldean Church is in full unity with the Catholic Church, it has a different way of approaching this liturgical season, by centering it around the different annunciation stories at the beginning of the Gospels.
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We’re going to Iraq!
One of the events we’re going for is the installation of a Chaldean Catholic bishop in Mosul for the first time since the ISIS invasion - a huge step for the future of Iraqi Christians.
Please keep us all in your prayers!
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Today Pope Francis made our Patriarch the first voting cardinal in the history of the Chaldean Church.
Congratulations to Cardinal Sako and our whole Church!
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Nuovo video from
#BeirutExplosions
Prayers for
#Lebanon
as a blast left widespread injuries and damages earlier today!
#beirutexplosion
#Beirut
#Libano
#Liban
#Prayers
#PrayForLebanon
#BeirutBlast
#explosion
#بيروت
#Today
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God bless this brave priest who just went out to pray for peace in the middle of the riots in San Diego 🙏
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Instead of gossiping:
“When you hear evil of any one, cast any doubt you fairly can upon the accusation...Do your best kindly to check the scandal-bearer, and if you know anything favourable to the person criticised, take pains to mention it.”
- St. Francis de Sales
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#Bautha
is a 3-day fasting period, which commemorates the fasting and penance of the Ninevites, which they did in response to the preaching of the prophet Jonah. We fast and pray for God’s mercy to be on us and the whole world.
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If your life of sin is more consistent and stronger than your prayer life, how can you expect to grow in virtue and holiness?
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Why is St. Joseph of Cupertino the patron saint of students and of those who take exams?
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The Chaldean Catholic Church in Vegas was vandalized and partly burned. Pray for them and do what you can to help
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Hear the voice of Fr. Ragheed Ganni, a
#ChaldeanCatholic
martyr who was killed in 2007 along with 3 subdeacons.
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A prayer to say when you’re overly concerned with the actions of others:
“Jesus, help me mind my own business.”
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6 months into my sister’s pregnancy she had her son Jonah.
New York has made it legal to kill a baby that age.
Inside or outside the womb, it’s the same baby with the same beating heart and the same right to life.
Pray for all women to
#ChooseLife
#ReproductiveHealthAct
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Today Fr. Francis Sher died at the age of 94. When I went to Iraq in 2019 I visited his village, Shaqlawa, and Bishop Emanuel Shaleta, who was a student of Fr. Francis in the seminary, asked him to share some advice for us young priests. He said that the four most important
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Featuring some new traditional Chaldean priest garb with my brothers
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“You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
- John 13:7
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I can't stop watching this.
Egyptian Christians yelling the creed to show the terrorists and world that nothing can take away their faith.
“Be firm inside, steadfast in your faith, then nothing from outside will shake you.” - His Holiness Pope Shenouda III
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Here’s a quick story about me, my guardian angel, and someone who needed Anointing of the Sick:
(Thread)
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St. Ignatius of Loyola was wounded in battle and unable to get out of bed.
During his quarantine, he started reading the lives of the saints and was inspired to become one.
Thank God there was no Twitter back then.
#QuarantinedSaints
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Fun fact:
It’s actually more traditional to receive on the hands in the Chaldean Catholic Church.
Here’s an excerpt from an ancient Chaldean liturgical hymn, sung during Communion on feasts:
“Strengthen, O Lord, the hands that extend and receive the Host that forgives sins…”
.
@AbbyJohnson
and other Catholic pro-life leaders call for Communion only on tongue in powerful video
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“We pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.”
- Pope Pius XII
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It was a dream come true to celebrate Mass in Telkaif, the village where my ancestors lived in Northern Iraq.
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When no one could knock me down with a throw, the bishop took matters into his own hands 😂
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Less talking, more doing. Be like St. Joseph, who doesn’t have one quote in the whole Bible, just his actions of being faithful to the will of God.
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Every Sunday we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus, and so we don’t fast.
Here’s some more on why we don’t fast on Sundays:
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“During this new year I resolve to begin a new life. I do not know what will happen to me during this year. But I abandon myself entirely to you, my God. And my aspirations and all my affections will be for you.”
- St. Gemma Galgani
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St. John Vianney’s heart was so on fire for the Lord and his Church that it remained incorruptible. I was blessed to be able to see in person.
Happy Feast of St. John Vianney, the patron saint of priests!
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