Publisher @OrbisBooks, saint-whisperer @GiveUsThisDayLP. #TolstoysTalesofTrump. #MastersofSocialIsolation. Seeking meaning in the sacred and the absurd.
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@RobertEllsberg retweeted
My latest book, Down Deep In My Soul: An African American Catholic Theology of Preaching @OrbisBooks is ready for pre-order. The book is the first in-depth effort to present a theology of Black preaching from a Roman Catholic perspective.
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“There comes a time when you have to prove who you are,”
via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/02/07/us/da…
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"Our voices are powerful. All we have to do is use them!" Carole Feraci, the singer who confronted Nixon: "God bless the Berrigans and Daniel Ellsberg." piped.video/lXY4u1pyJuA via @YouTube
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Delighted to join the Maryknoll Srs in honoring @OrbisBooks author Diarmuid O’Murchu, Irish priest, multidisciplinary visionary, prolific author on implications of evolution for the universe and Christian faith.
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Worth a thousand words.
Turkish photographer Uğur Gallenkuş portrays opposite lives by combining photos from different parts of the world — in order to highlight how people’s lives are so drastically different despite everyone living on the same planet …
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@RobertEllsberg retweeted
Pedro Arrupe, Jesuit Superior General, died Feb 5 1991. He was instrumental in defining the modern mission of the Jesuits in terms of "faith that does justice"--his solidarity with a wounded world partly shaped by his presence in Hiroshima on 8/6/45. bit.ly/2SsHbbZ
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Currently reading it and loving it! If you want to read one spiritual book this Lent, make it this one. #SisterWendy
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“Sister Wendy and me: an epistolary friendship.” Excerpts from my new book, “Dearest Sister Wendy… A Surprising Story of Faith and Friendship,” @orbisbooks, @ChurchTimes churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2… from @churchtimes
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Mother Mary Lange, founder, Oblate Sisters of Providence, one of six African American candidates for canonization, d Feb 3 1882. My reflections in @GiveUsThisDayLP
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Alfred Delp, SJ was hanged as a traitor on Feb 2 1945 for his part in an anti-Nazi group. “The inner law of freedom sings that no death can kill us. Life is eternal.” My reflection in @GiveUsThisDayLP
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@RobertEllsberg retweeted
The Black authors all Catholics should read (2022)
americamagazine.org/arts-cul…
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St Brigid (525) abbess of Kildare, a double monastery of men and women, is traditionally depicted with a bishop’s crosier based on the story that a bishop in her community ordained her as a fellow bishop. My reflection in @GiveUsThisDayLP
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February issue of @GiveUsThisDayLP. My “Blessed Among Us” this month include Dr Paul Farmer, Mr Rogers, Sr Marie Augusta Neal, Mary Lange, martyr Alfred Delp SJ, Brother Lawrence, Michelangelo, St Brigid, and a dozen more.
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@RobertEllsberg retweeted
In this powerful work, theologian James H. Cone explores these symbols and their interconnection in the history and souls of black folk.
#blackhistorymonth #blm #blacklivesmatter✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 #socialjustice #jamescone #africanamerican #bookstagram #tbr #readersoftwitter
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Wow! Incredibly valuable document from @CJKellermanSJ showing alignment of Catholic Church teaching and principles of Critical Race Theory.
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For Thomas Merton's birthday: My reflections for the 2019 ITMS conference: "The Gate of Heaven is Everywhere," on Merton's unfolding quest for holiness, and what that means today. bit.ly/3YdtGLs (Icon: William Hart McNichols)
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