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About Amy Thomas
Amy Thomas (@catholic_pilgrim79) is a Writer creator on Instagram, also filed under Beauty & Skincare and Cosmetics. The account has 6,659 followers and 3,226 published posts. Recent posts average 639 likes and 27 comments, an engagement rate of 8.45%.
Amy Thomas belongs to the nano tier, the band usually drawn between 1,000 and 10,000 followers. Amy Thomas follows 461 accounts, so the audience is roughly 14 times the size of the list followed. Amy Thomas is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files Amy Thomas under 4 categories, led by Writer and followed by Beauty & Skincare, Cosmetics and Travel Influencers.
The Instagram bio for Amy Thomas runs to 21 words across 4 lines. Emoji sit alongside the words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Amy Thomas dates from January 2023.
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3,226 Posts
Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Amy Thomas, 7 are single images, 2 are videos and 1 is a carousel. That mix leans toward single images. With 3,226 posts published, Amy Thomas's archive runs well past the 2,000 mark. Against the audience, that is roughly 2.1 followers for each post published. Amy Thomas also keeps 8 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 237 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include pilgrims, live, well, because and faith. The captions tag #catholic, #pilgrimage and #catholichistory.
As many of you know, I got pregnant out of wedlock with my oldest in my senior year of college. When I went to confirm the pregnancy at the clinic on campus, the first and only piece of advice the nurse gave me was to get rid of my baby because she would ruin my chance at a career.
No support, no compassion, nothing but the offer to kill my child.
She's sitting right next to me on my right side in this picture.
Our culture likes to pretend that women have this inherent right to choice. A choice to do what? End their child's life. People sometimes congratulate me for "choosing life" for my daughter. While I appreciate the intention behind the praise, it's a false assumption that I ever really had a choice to begin with.
Nobody has a the right to choose to end an innocent life. Nobody has that right, especially not women whose bodies are specifically designed to grow new life in their wombs.
Who does have a right, that too many neglect to see or acknowledge, are unborn children. They have a right to live and not be killed. They are dependent on their mother's body, but as any mother will tell you, even after a child is born, they are still utterly dependent on their mother's body to care for them.
There has and never will be a right to choose death for unborn babies. It is a fever dream that anti-children people have cooked up in their minds and this make-believe right has resulted in over 50,000,000 babies having their lives snuffed out--and that's just in the US.
So, today, we pray for the protection of these little ones who have no voice of their own. Speaking of voice, I usually let people who disagree with me comment on here, but not today. If you believe in abortion, today, your voice doesn't get to be heard. If you feel so inclined to comment as a "pro-choice" or "pro-abortion" advocate, I will delete your comment. So, best to not waste your time, plus I'm weary of all the evil and I don't feel like giving voice to it.
So, let us pray, Catholic Pilgrims, for an end to abortion in our country and in our world.
Live the Faith boldly and travel well this Thursday.
Live the Faith boldly and travel well, Catholic Pilgrims.
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Our Catholic history is rich, my fellow Pilgrims.
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For over a month now, I've been thinking about questions St. Augustine wrote in his book, "Confessions." Book One covers his infancy and adolescence and in those pages he asks God some questions. (Shameless plug: If you wanna hear it, listen to my podcast.)
"Answer my prayer and tell me whether my infancy followed upon some other state of life that died before it. Was it the stage of life that I spent in my mother's womb? But what came before that, O God, my Delight? Was I anywhere? Was I anybody? These are questions I just put to you, for I have no one else to answer them."
When I read this, I thought of Jeremiah 1:5: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.
So, here's my thoughts which have flowed from St. Augustine's questions. If God knew us before we were formed in the womb, does that mean He always had us in mind? Was my soul always a thought in His mind? Since God is outside of time, it can't be that just "one day" He thought, "Oh, and one soul will be Amy." This couldn't be how it goes because there are no days with God.
St. Augustine says, "And since your years never come to an end, for you they are simply 'today.'"
So, if God knew me before I existed in my mother's womb, was I just a thought? But, if I was a thought, does that explain why we seek God so much? Because we once "rested" in His mind? Is that why we are always searching for Him?
St. Augustine asks, "Was I anywhere?" But, if we were in God's mind, in Heaven, is that why we can have brief glimpses of Heaven here on earth? It's like our soul knows it already and can remember it?
I find these questions fascinating and when sharing them with my husband, he said, "Wow. St. Augustine really has you thinking."
He does and I love to wonder at these kinds of things. But, most of all, I think it's incredible that we can even wonder at them at all, Catholic Pilgrims.
Live the Faith boldly and travel well this Monday.
*Mission San Juan Baptista
He says, "To you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy, with all those everywhere who call upon the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ."
It was the "called to be holy" part that caught my eye.
St. Paul doesn't say we can live however we want while calling ourselves a Christian.
He, also, doesn't say that we are straight up holy once we become a Christian.
He says we are called to be and, that means, there is some participation on our part where we must cooperate with the graces given to us by God and be obedient to Christ's teachings and the teachings of His Church.
God calls us to holiness, but we do have to desire it. If we think that we are just "good to go" because we call ourselves a Christian, it will be difficult to desire holiness.
I know that I once didn't even desire it because 1. nobody ever talked to me about it. and 2. I thought calling myself a Christian meant I had an assured ticket to Heaven.
Consequently, I didn't try to live any differently. In fact, unless you asked me, you wouldn't have known I was a Christian based on how I lived.
To be holy means that we want to live out the virtues--courage, prudence, justice, fortitude, piety, etc,-- for love of God and for love of others. We want to orient our lives to look more like Christ's and make choices that don't follow the easy way.
We are called to holiness, Catholic Pilgrims. God will work with our desire to answer that call if we ask Him.
Have a blessed Sunday.
*Church is Mission San Juan Baptista in CA
There are just some scores that when you hear them, you know immediately the movie and the feeling it gives you.
My top five music scores:
5. Forrest Gump Suite--Ah, when that beautiful piano starts, it's just magic. The composer did such a good job of capturing Forrest's innocence in the music.
4. Field of Dreams Score--The haunting French horn at the beginning with the chimes gives me chills every time.
3. Back to the Future--It goes from sounding like marching orders to totally full of hope and promise. It's a very strong, confident score.
2. Goonies--Oh, how I love the opening to this movie. Fast-paced and sounding like a kid adventure. It has some great trumpet parts.
1. To Kill a Mockingbird--I have the entire soundtrack and I love every second of it. The composer for this movie just nailed all the feelings of childhood and mystery. The movie is excellent, but the score sends it to the next level. "Maycomb was a tired old town, even in 1932 when I first knew it."
How about you, Catholic Pilgrims? Which scores are perfect in your opinion?
Have a blessed day!
I watched an interview with her where the interviewer was asking her about the experience and I could tell that she was utterly destroyed by it.
I remember praying, "Dear God, this girl needs repentance and forgiveness more than she needs air."
Recently, she was back in the news because she got "rebaptized" as a kind of reset.
Wishing I could speak to her, I said, "I get what you are trying to do, my dear, but this isn't the answer. You need to repent and walk away from the lifestyle you lead."
Many people want to "rebaptize" themselves in order to 1. remember the experience since they were first baptized as a baby and 2. try to cleanse themselves.
While I understand those desires, we can't "rebaptize" ourselves. The work that God does when we are baptized is complete. We must cooperate with the graces we receive, especially as we get older (and it's also why we need Confirmation), but the baptismal gifts, graces, and seal were completed by God and we don't need to ask Him to redo His work. (Unless we had an invalid baptism)
How we are made clean after baptism is through the Sacrament of Confession. The "cleaning" that the young woman desires comes through a contrite heart and a repentance of sin, confessing mortal sins in Confession.
This is why it is so tragic that people grow up without these life-giving Sacraments; they are such necessary helps from God.
This poor young woman "rebaptized" herself, professed that she still believes in her own brand of Christianity, which, sadly, contradicts many teachings of Christ, and plans to lessen her "work."
Not great, but maybe this is all a step in the right direction, I pray. What she needs now, and what we all need, is to humbly come to Jesus and ask to be made clean, just like the leper in today's reading. We need to come with contrite hearts, obedient wills, and a desire to never sin again.
When we do that, Jesus will say, "I do will it. Be made clean."
Live the Faith boldly and travel well, Catholic Pilgrims.
The day was so beautiful, the weather a perfect 75. As I was sitting on the beach, I wondered at how, on such a gorgeous day, there could be anything bad happening in the world.
How with sunshine, blue skies, crashing waves, warmth, and fresh air could anyone not just be bursting with gratitude for life?
It’s a funny thing with me: I think you can only be sad on a rainy days and melancholy on gray, cold days.
Of course this is all idyllic thinking, as not everything is perfect everywhere all over the world. People have struggles, times can be hard, life can feel bleak for so many.
That’s why I think it’s so important to treasure those gifts from God that keep us from despair—Our Faith in Jesus, family, friends, nature, light, beauty, and truth.
Whenever we feel anxious or weary by life, these are the things that can sustain us, Catholic Pilgrims.
Live the Faith boldly and travel well this Wednesday.
No matter what was talked about on the news, my grandparents never seemed agitated or upset. My grandpa would get a bit of news, inform himself, and then turn it off.
Then, in the mornings when I would get up to the smell of coffee and bacon, I'd find my grandma reading the newspaper. The big picture window would be open and the day would feel fresh and she'd be on the couch reading the newspaper cover-to-cover.
As soon as she saw me, she'd smile and hop up to make me breakfast. Nothing that she read seemed to bother her. Sure, I'd hear the adults talk about local or national news at times, but it never seemed to overwhelm their lives.
We live in a world where it is hard to turn off the noise of the world. When my grandpa had his fill, he just turned off the tube and he was done. My grandma put aside the newspaper when present things were in front of her--me, my siblings, or my cousins.
Our lives were not meant to be bombarded with the bad on a 24/7 loop. Our lives were not meant to know every tragedy, every problem. We simply cannot handle it all. It makes us anxious, irritable, fretful, and full of anger. It causes hopelessness and feelings of being out of control, because there isn't a whole lot we can do to solve the problems. Local problems--probably. National problems--not really. Foreign problems--doubtful.
Yesterday, my family had a beautiful day together. I taught OCIA, my husband went to men's group, my son to his CCD class. Then we went to Mass with my daughter and her boyfriend up in a little mountain town. We came home, relaxed, had a wonderful Sunday meal, and to end the day, we prayed a candlelight Rosary together.
To keep our sanity, Catholic Pilgrims, we must turn off the noise and spend some time away from it all. Jesus tells Peter and Andrew to "come after me" and this message is for us, as well.
Have a blessed Monday.
Amy Thomas's engagement
Amy Thomas's engagement rate on Instagram is 8.45%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 12 followers. An average post collects 639 likes and 27 comments, close to 24 likes for each comment.
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Amy Thomas (@catholic_pilgrim79) is a Writer creator on Instagram, also filed under Beauty & Skincare and Cosmetics. Amy Thomas is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for Amy Thomas runs to 21 words across 4 lines.
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Amy Thomas has 6,659 followers on Instagram (6.7K). Amy Thomas follows 461 accounts, so the audience is roughly 14 times the size of the list followed. With 3,226 posts published, Amy Thomas's archive runs well past the 2,000 mark.
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Amy Thomas's engagement rate on Instagram is 8.45%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 12 followers. An average post collects 639 likes and 27 comments, close to 24 likes for each comment.
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Flinque files Amy Thomas under 4 categories, led by Writer and followed by Beauty & Skincare, Cosmetics and Travel Influencers. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Amy Thomas, 7 are single images, 2 are videos and 1 is a carousel. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Amy Thomas repeatedly use the words pilgrims, live, well, because and faith. Amy Thomas's captions carry hashtags such as #catholic, #pilgrimage and #catholichistory. Amy Thomas writes those captions mainly in English. Amy Thomas keeps 8 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.
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