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The Holy Innocents remembered today died unwittingly in the place of Christ—killed by the same interests that would conspire in his death and for same reasons: to stifle from birth any hope that the world might be changed. They represent all who die in that dream.
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On this feast of the Holy Innocents, consider the 200,000 Guatemalans killed since the US-engineered military coup in 1954, or the 75,000 killed in El Salvador as a result of military aid to death-squad-affiliated juntas. Today’s refugees are a product of that history.
.....Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador are doing nothing for the United States but taking our money. Word is that a new Caravan is forming in Honduras and they are doing nothing about it. We will be cutting off all aid to these 3 countries - taking advantage of U.S. for years!
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“I’m not a critic. I’m an appreciator,” she said in 1999. “I think great art opens us not just to the truth as an artist sees it, but to our own truth . . . You’re being invited to enter into the reality of what it means to be human.” Sister Wendy Beckett washingtonpost.com/local/obi…
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William Hunt’s painting of the Flight into Egypt makes it clear what was at stake. The Holy Family are joined by the Holy Innocents—the infants killed by Herod’s soldiers in the place of baby Jesus.
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Many people knew Sister Wendy Beckett through her BBC art series. But that was really a sideline from her true vocation as a contemplative. She took it up as an opportunity to talk about God to a largely secular audience. Rather than an art historian like Kenneth Clarke...
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she was more like the anchoress Julian of Norwich, who saw the universe as a hazelnut in the hand of God. Living as a hermit on the grounds of the Carmelite monastery in Quidenham, she rose each night at 2 and spent the whole night in prayer. She read several books a day
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Her letters ranged from Merton, her love for Pope Francis, her favorite saints, icons, the sorrows of the world, and her desire that everyone might know and experience God’s love. In turn, she accepted my daily drudge, held it in God’s light, and returned it as a blessing.
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Hmm. mimuspolyglottos.blogspot.co… Still a great quote. And love St Teresa.
Thank you, Jim. And for reminding me of the bookstore on 8th St over forty years ago when I first heard the Roches’ first album and thought it was the sound of angels.
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Sister Wendy Beckett, Nun Who Became a BBC Star, Dies at 88 via @NYTimes nyti.ms/2RlnZfC?smid=nytcore…
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May all the saints and angels welcome Sister Wendy Beckett, who died today, Dec 26. She taught us to recognize the sacred in every work of art and thereby helped us see and honor the Creator’s work in all of existence.
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Brannon’s school for “gladiators” in the culture wars. washingtonpost.com/world/eur…
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Love that image! (Kelly Latimore}. Jose, Maria, and baby Jesus, fleeing violence to seek refuge in another land. orbisbooks.com/a-stranger-an…
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