1/15 🧵
Come with me. Let’s go back and walk with Saint Paul.
Not the Paul of grand sermons or bold missionary fire.
But the tired Paul. The wounded one.
The one who’s had enough, and still keeps going.

Today’s reading—2 Corinthians 11:18, 21–30—is for the weary. 2/15
Paul is writing to a church he loves. But they’re drifting—pulled in by smooth-talking men who call themselves “super-apostles.” Flashy, confident, powerful.

And Paul? He looks like nothing compared to them. Just a man who suffers.

1/22 🧵
A Christian recently asked: “Do you believe that depression and other mental health issues are forms of demonic oppression?” That’s a serious question—and many souls are listening. So let’s walk through this together, pastorally and truthfully.

https://twitter.com/sola_chad/status/1934604500532097374

2/22
First, yes—demonic oppression is real. The Church has always taught this. Evil spirits can afflict the body, the mind, and even surroundings. But not every wound or illness comes from a demon. That’s not how the Church has ever treated these matters.

1/20 🧵
Can a Christian lose their salvation? Many today—especially in online Protestant spaces—say no. “Once saved, always saved.” But is that what the Bible teaches? Is that what the early Church believed? This question is not academic. It concerns eternal destiny. 2/20
Many modern Protestants follow a version of “once saved, always saved,” meaning that once someone is truly saved, they can never lose that salvation—no matter what they do. Others teach something similar under different language, like “eternal security.”

1/17 🧵
Today, June 13, is the memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua. Most know him as the “finder of lost things.” But he was far more: a fiery preacher, a brilliant theologian, a man of deep poverty and profound love. Let me tell you the story—from the beginning. 2/17
He wasn’t born in Padua. He was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in the year 1195. His baptismal name was Fernando. His family was wealthy and noble. His father, Martinho, was a knight. His mother, Maria, was devout. And from her, he learned his first love for Jesus.

1/20 🧵
A sincere Protestant asked:
“Is the Tribulation in the book of Revelation a literal 7 years, or is it symbolic?”
It’s a good question.
People long to know what’s coming.
So let’s talk honestly—about Revelation, Christian hope, and the end of the world.

https://twitter.com/sola_chad/status/1932215003953672648

2/20
First, be comforted: the historic Church has never dogmatized a single timeline for the “Tribulation.”
The Church has left room for mystery.
We do not build doctrine on speculation.
We build it on the risen Christ.

1/18 🧵
A Protestant recently posted:
“How did Catholics get tricked into thinking Mary was assumed into Heaven?”
Not asked in sincerity, I think—but the question opens a door. Because the Assumption of Mary is not a Roman invention. It’s older. Deeper. And not uniquely Western.

https://twitter.com/sola_chad/status/1931120184346976276

2/18
Let’s be clear:
The Assumption of Mary means that, at the end of her earthly life, the Blessed Virgin was taken—body and soul—into heavenly glory. Not that she floated away like a myth. But that her body did not see corruption. She was received, not buried.

1/16 🧵
Today, the Church honors one of the most powerful modern stories of faith:
St. Charles Lwanga and his Companions, martyrs of Uganda.
Their names echo through East Africa like a psalm.
But who were they? Why did they die? And why does it matter today? 2/16
The year was 1886. Uganda was still young in its encounter with the Christian Gospel.
Just a few decades earlier, missionaries from the Anglican and Catholic Churches had arrived, preaching Christ crucified and risen.

1/18 🧵
A Protestant asked: “If baptism saves, why was Paul glad he hadn’t baptized anyone in Corinth?” (1 Cor 1:14)
It’s a fair question. And it gives us a chance to talk about what baptism really is—and why the historic Church has always called it new birth.

https://twitter.com/indianabrunner/status/1929604251610959958

2/18
Let’s start here: when we say “baptism saves,” we’re not talking about magic water or empty rituals.
We’re talking about what Christ does through the sacrament.
Not what we do. Not what the priest does.
What God does.

1/20 🧵
Today is the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It may not trend. It may not headline. But in the Church’s calendar, it is a feast of revolutionary grace. Let’s walk into it together. 2/20
After the Annunciation, Mary “set out and went as quickly as she could” to the hill country (Luke 1:39). A newly pregnant teenager, bearing the Messiah, races to serve her older cousin Elizabeth, who is six months pregnant with John the Baptist.

1/21 🧵
What is Predestination? And what has the historic Christian faith actually taught? A pastoral look at one of the most misunderstood doctrines in Christianity. Let’s take a walk—Scripture, the Church Fathers, and the apostolic witness.

https://twitter.com/sola_chad/status/1925204948825895357

2/21
A Protestant Christian recently claimed, “Every argument against predestination is emotionally based.” But is that true? Or are there deeper, older, richer truths that the Church has always known? Let’s begin with a simple question: What is predestination?

1/15 🧵
A Protestant recently said: “Jesus isn’t a piece of bread.” And he’s right—He’s not a thing. But historic Christians have always believed: in the Eucharist, He is truly present—not symbolically, not vaguely, but sacramentally. Let’s walk through it.

https://twitter.com/chad4328/status/1924833460671090886

2/15
First, let’s be clear: this is not a “Roman Catholic” invention. The early Church, long before schisms or councils, believed in the Real Presence—East and West, martyrs and mystics, bishops and laypeople alike.

1/17 🧵
Some say, “Babies were never baptized in the Bible.” It’s a fair concern. But the deeper question is: Why did the earliest Christians baptize infants? What did they believe was happening in baptism that made them hand it on to children so young?

https://twitter.com/realbrysongray/status/1924877467640021086

2/17
First: what did the apostles think baptism was?

They said, “Be baptized… for the forgiveness of your sins.” —Acts 2:38
They said it saves you —1 Peter 3:21
They said it makes you “a new creation.” —2 Corinthians 5:17

Why would we withhold that from anyone?

1/16 🧵
With Pope Leo XIV’s election, people ask: what does “Augustinian” mean? We’ll explore both: the Order of Saint Augustine (his religious family) and Augustinianism (the theological tradition). Most today know only Thomistic Catholicism. Let’s widen the lens. 2/16
Most Catholic apologetics sounds Thomistic: structured, logical, Aristotelian. Thomism seeks clarity by applying philosophical reason to faith. There’s nothing wrong with that. But there is also Augustinianism, which approaches theology very differently.

1/15 🧵
Hell is real. Eternal. And closer than most people dare to imagine.
What I witnessed today among Christian accounts online wasn’t just troubling—it was dangerous. This thread is a warning. Souls are being lost because of how we treat each other. 2/15
I’ve seen Christians rebuking each other harshly, using profanity, mocking appearances, and bullying—all under the guise of defending the faith. This isn’t zeal; it’s sin. It’s not correction; it’s cruelty.

1/15 🧵
Friends, there’s been a lot of talk today about the seal of confession. About laws. About what governments think priests should or shouldn’t say. So I want to tell you the story of a man who would rather die than violate the confessional.
His name was St. John Nepomucene. 2/15
He was born around 1345 in Nepomuk, in today’s Czech Republic. His parents weren’t rich. But when John was gravely ill as a child, they made a vow: if he survived, they would give him to God.
He recovered. And they kept their promise.

1/16 🧵
Washington State passed a law forcing clergy to report child abuse—even if it’s revealed in confession. There’s no exemption. Which means: the state is now coming for the seal of confession. So let’s speak plainly.

https://twitter.com/hemantmehta/status/1918467938111373796

2/16
The seal of confession is absolute. No priest may break it under any circumstances. Not for jail. Not for fear. Not even under subpoena. Breaking it means automatic excommunication. There is no wiggle room.

1/17 🧵
Let me tell you about a girl who changed the Church.

Not by power.
Not by violence.
Not by wealth.

By truth, by fasting, and by the fire of the Holy Spirit.

Today is the memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena—Virgin, Mystic, Doctor of the Church.

Come walk with me. 2/17
Catherine was born in 1347 in Siena, Italy. Her father was a wool dyer. Her mother, a strong & practical woman. She was one of at least 25 children—yes, 25.

She was a twin, but her sister died shortly after birth. From then on, Catherine said she belonged to no one but God.

1/16 🧵
Yesterday was Divine Mercy Sunday.
And so today, I want to share the story of the woman at the heart of it all:
Saint Faustina.
A simple, poor Polish girl who would carry a message of mercy to a broken world. 2/16
Helena Kowalska was born in 1905 to a poor but devout family.
She was the third of ten children.
There was no luxury in her home—only hard work, prayer, and a simple trust that God would provide.

1/14 🧵
Someone said: God does not have a mother—He is eternal.
And that’s true.
God has no beginning. He was not made, not created. Before anything existed, God simply is: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

https://twitter.com/nathanieljolly/status/1916285580146626591

2/14
But the wonder of our faith is this:
The eternal Word of God, who has no beginning, freely chose to enter His creation.
He became man without ceasing to be God.

1/18 🧵
A sickness is spreading in Christian spaces.
A counterfeit faith teaches that women are inferior, voiceless, disposable.
It dresses itself in Scripture and tradition.
Let’s be very clear:
This is not Christianity.
It never was. 2/18
This new counterfeit hides behind “Catholic” and “Orthodox” language.
It mocks women.
It calls defenders of women “simps.”
It turns Eve’s rib into a weapon.
It despises the dignity Christ gave—and still gives.

1/16 🧵
After I asked people to pray—and not speak harshly—following Pope Francis’ death, some pushed back.
“But I’m just speaking the truth,” they said.
So let’s talk about that.
Because yes, even speaking the truth can be a very serious sin.

https://twitter.com/d_boyer69/status/1915194643785945393

2/16
We live in a time when truth is treated like a weapon.
And we’re told: if it’s true, it must be said—now, publicly, and sharply.
But the Christian tradition says otherwise.
Because truth divorced from charity…
is not Christian truth at all.