Fr. David Paternostro, SJ
@DavidPaternostr
Texan. Jesuit. Priest. PhD in philosophy @SLU_Official. Views expressed are my own.
“‘If you knew that on one of the stars there is a flower that wants to be tended by you, the whole sky would be different for you.’ [...] This flower exists; the Lord is there on that star of ours, and the whole sky is different because we are expected.” #MorningBXVI
The disciples want to learn how to pray like Jesus, and so He teaches them the Our Father. If you want the prayer life of Jesus, go to God as your Father #HomilyTweet
✅ Chocolates ✅ Tissues ✅ Purple Stole ✅ Texas flag throw pillow New office confession space is ready to go! (The New Orleans wall calendar will be hung up later)
“A bridge too far,..”. Figurative speech is a human thing that God can use. It’s built into our development as embodied language creatures. One could think he made us this way on purpose so he could speak to us: “I am the Way”.
The Cyclops has only been portrayed well once in a live-action film
First look at Daniel Diemer as Tyson on ‘PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS’ Season 2.
In fairness to my students, I also wildly underestimate how much prep time I’ll need for my classes
I'm not the only one who feels like students wildly underestimate how much prep time goes into a class, am I?
Perhaps not a hot take, but maybe only a niche one: I think Visiting the Imprisoned also extends to visiting mothers who have small or medically complex children. So many women are prevented by their circumstances from going out to get social needs met
Move-in status: office bookshelves are…basically organized. Other decor still to be situated
Hulk Hogan, Ozzy Osbourne, AND Chuck Mangione all in two days?! Feels so not-good
The evening of my dissertation defense, my community had a celebration and printed out a copy of “Thomas Aquinas Confounding Averroës” (the original hangs in the SLU Museum of Art). Today, I decided to tape it to my door, so that all who enter will know that I am a Thomist
This is actually a constant in Augustine (& Catholic morality in general) - An oppressor *cannot* make you responsible for his sin.
Reading City of God and there's a really interesting section where Augustine writes that if a woman took a vow of chastity but was assaulted, it doesn't break her vow because the activity was against her will. It speaks to a profoundly compassionate view at a time when
My mom remembered my saying that in Finland, they give you a sword as part of your doctoral regalia so that you can defend truth with all due vigor. Guess what was waiting for me in my new office?
Paul VI observing the Moon from the Vatican Observatory on the night of the Moon Landing in 1969
A fitting antiphon for my first Mass in a new city
University of Tulsa students have started a petition to save their Honors College and have asked me to share with my followers here. If you are inclined to support these students in their goal to recover what was lost, you can sign here: change.org/Protect_UTulsa…