The war ended on the feast of the Assumption of Mary, to whom the cathedral was dedicated. Ill from radiation, he spent his life praying in a hut near the cathedral ruins. "Never again plan war! Grant that Nagasaki may be the last atomic wilderness in the history of the world."

Today is the birthday of Dr. Takashi Nagai, who survived the bombing of Nagasaki and spent the rest of his life in prayer, trying to understand the mystery of the event that killed his wife and 80K others. He believed his city, the seat of Japanese Catholicism, had been chosen...

A beautiful story. An asylum seeker spent years in U.S. detention — until a couple took him in washingtonpost.com/national/…

When the government burglarized my father's psychiatrist's office. (To this day many people believe HE was a psychiatrist--why else would he have a psychiatrist's office?)

Trying to imagine those words in the mouth of Jesus. Can’t be done.

Contemplating all that is to come.

Why Trump Reigns as King Cyrus via @NYTimes nyti.ms/2GMgOcE?smid=nytcore…

“The Wall is the Wall, it has never changed or evolved from the first day I conceived of it.” Let any who say there was a time when the Wall was not, or that it is subject to change, or deny that the Wall was eternally conceived even before walls were invented shall be ANATHEMA!

And while we are indulging in nostalgia: grilled cheese sandwiches NEVER get better and NEVER change. It was ALWAYS that way and will ALWAYS be that way. Sorry, but it’s a fact.

And don’t forget good old-fashioned towers.

Feast of #Jesuit St John Francis Regis. When certain aristocrats didn’t care for his spending so much attention on those at the margins he replied: “So much the better: we are doubly blest if we relieve a poor brother at the expense of our dignity.” (Icon: Wm Hart McNichols)

An invisible wall would cost next to nothing while providing an effective defense again mimes. Makes sense to me!

Many great books. These are two from @OrbisBooks “John Main: Essential Writings,” and “Fully Alive.” Enjoy!