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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I don’t think you can do “detachment”. Spiritually, I think you just find a greater attachment (God) and your other attachments to anything that is not Gid just fall away. And when you notice they’ve fallen away, you’re more surprised than anyone else. This happens by continualy choosing God.👋😎

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

You are dreaming that you are playing football. You are aggressive, hurt, frustrated and angry. You realize that you are dreaming, living in illusion and decide to wake up. Yo do wake up and out of the illusion . THAT is humility You chose to wake up and play a different game a different reality👋😎

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Humility is to Christianity as Enlightenment is to Buddhism

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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

This is a snip from the new episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social featuring Jen Sawyer, Editor-in-Chief of our media ministry @busted-halo.bsky.social. Jen speaks with @deaconmike.bsky.social and Deacon Mike Berstene about Busted Halo's new series "Voices From the Back Pew":

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell. Thomas Merton

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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

On Holy Thursday, @dnd2.bsky.social, @thetechydeacon.com, @deaconmike.bsky.social and @deacondrew.bsky.social recorded a special episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social in which they reflected on their Lenten journeys and chatted about the role of #deacons during #HolyWeek. Listen here:

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What Do Deacons Do During the Sacred Triduum?

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Very interesting. Pope Leo’s former boss👇😎

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Trump cares only about getting richer and being liked by the cool kids (1%). Period. He’s turned everything else over to the Right’s Project 2025 fever dream of destroying the past 70 years of government. Everything else is a distraction for these two things. Everything.

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Like addicts or alcoholics, when enough of the American people experience enough pain, they will change. Apparently, an ocean of information is not enough. All we have left is pain. Embrace the suck!👋😎

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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

#Trappist Fr. Isaac Slater provides a definition of "judging" in this snip from an episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social. He is author of the @litpress.bsky.social book “Do Not Judge Anyone: Desert Wisdom for a Polarized World.” Please listen to the full episode at: open.spotify.com/episode/2xSS...

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

👇😎Compassion?! Yes, please!

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Great book! Much for meditation👋😎

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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

This is the 19th death of a person in custody of ICE since Trump turned it into a poorly-trained personal army of terror.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Indeed. The Lord did not command that we beat swords into ploughshares so that gaslighting grifters could farm rage.

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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

No one should mourn the old clerical system of the Catholic Church in the United States, but that system at least prevented the insane zealotry that we see today. The problem is that today prominent representatives of that clerical system are supporting that zealotry.

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Can’t we just say no one should be shot for their political views? Do we have to canonize the guy too? I’m looking at you, Bishops Barron and Dolan😳

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

What I’m meditating on currently: When they sow the wind, they will reap the whirlwind; (Hosea 8:7) And Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its sheath, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. (MT 26:52) And Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear.” (MK4:23) 👋😎

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

The “old guys” are up😎👍🏻

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Isaac Hecker has 3 new sons!😎

Paulist Affiliate Deacons renew promises at Passionist Retreat House in NYC. Deacon Tom Casey renewed via Zoom from Maryland😎

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Three new Paulist Affiliate Deacons make first promise at Passionist Retreat House in NYC!😎

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Paulists Deacon Affiliates and wives on retreat at the Passionist Retreat House in NYC👋😎

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

One of “ the good guys”👇😎

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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

A brand new episode of our podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped this morning! Today, @pmrtv.bsky.social, @deacondrew.bsky.social, @dnd2.bsky.social, and Deacon Tom speak with Paulist Deacon Chris Malano, a Paulist seminarian who is slated to be ordained a priest on May 17:

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Serve the People Well - Deacon Chris Malano, C.S.P.

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Enlarge to distinguish Stars from Galaxies

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Pope Francis Remembered. Be uplifted👇😎

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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

"Well done, thou good and faithful servant" (Mt 25:21).

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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

We invite you to join us online this evening, Saturday, April 26, for the 2025 Spirit of Hecker Awards. Please discover all of the details here:

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The 2025 Spirit of Hecker Awards

In this special online program, we honor our partners in mission who are lighting a path of hope!

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

"The FDA is suspending a quality control program for testing milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division... Another disruption to food safety programs after the termination and departure of 20,000 HHS employees..." www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts

The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Trump and DOGE want to slash the FDIC's workforce by 20%, leaving fewer watchdogs on the beat to police Wall Street misconduct. Remember: the FDIC was created during the Depression to protect people's deposit accounts. Gutting it could lead to another financial meltdown.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

“If we Christians lived the Gospel, non believers would be more amazed than if we did miracles.” This is all Pope Francis did. This was all he asked of us. This is why he was loved. This is why he was opposed. 😎

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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

In the last two episodes of our podcast "Deacons Pod" (@deaconspod.bsky.social), Deacon Dennis Dolan (@dnd2.bsky.social) has defended the role of #empathy in our society and culture. Here's a snip of that defense of empathy in the episode "Having Hope When Optimism Dims":

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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Today's new @deaconspod.bsky.social episode also has our first podcast crossover: The inclusion of @heidischlumpf.bsky.social's powerful interview with @drclarkm1.bsky.social on "The Francis Effect" about the devastating impact of the U.S. funding cuts for USAID and @catholicrelief.bsky.social:

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Having Hope When Optimism Dims

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Paulist Fathers @paulistfathers.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

A brand new episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped this morning! Today, @dnd2.bsky.social and @deacondrew.bsky.social discuss Sunday's Gospel passage about Jesus and "the woman taken in adultery" and the troubling issues raised by recent actions of the U.S. federal government:

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Having Hope When Optimism Dims

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Lean into Lent! Another benefit of pursuing painful self knowledge ( bearing your cross!) is that you have more compassion for other imperfect humans. You find you’re so busy judging yourself that you don’t judge others fulfilling another commandment😎

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Lean into Lent! Humility is ultimately a grace given by God. But we can dispose ourself to receive it: Pray for it. Practice giving grace and giving way to others. Pay attn to your own sins and failures. Painful self knowledge prevents delusion abt ourselves. When embraced we find the truth😎

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Deacon Dennis @dnd2.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Lean into Lent! Sr Mary Margaret Funk, OSB is a nun/ monk . She worked for years in inter religious dialogue with monks from Asian traditions including the Dali Lama. These monks asked her,”What in the Christian Tradition would be comparable to Enlightenment?” Sr Meg said, “Humility”, Wow!😎

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