1/11 This @CJKellermanSJ book is, hands down, one of the best theological works I have read. This isn’t another text vainly cheerleading for a cause- it’s a deep examination of painful truths worthy of the @JesuitsGlobal’s reputation for scholarship.
Anniversary of the death of Dr Paul Farmer, Feb 21 2022–a transformative figure, one of the most remarkable people I have known. My reflections in @GiveUsThisDayLP
There's a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons –
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes —…
When it comes, the Landscape listens –
Shadows – hold their breath –
When it goes, 'tis like the Distance
On the look of Death –
—Emily Dickinson
Feast of the legendary St Julian the Hospitaller. His name was taken by the Church of St Julian in Norwich, from which the anchoress Julian of Norwich, it is believed, derives her name. My reflection from @GiveUsThisDayLP
“There is some of us would rather die for our faith than take a bath for it.”— Flannery O’Connor on Lourdes. And yet she did grudgingly make the pilgrimage. #OurLadyOfLourdes
Muriel Lester, peacemaker, d Feb 11 2023. My reflections jn @GiveUsThisDayLP “We should stop praying the Lord’s Prayer until we can see that we are tied to the same living tether not only with our fellow countrymen but with everybody on the planet.”
"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