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“If Hitler just wanted to make Germany great and have things run well, OK, that’s fine.” ...uh, what?
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This depiction of the Last Judgment shows how our salvation is related to the Works of Mercy: Feeding the hungry, visiting the sick, the prisoner...
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St. Josephine Bakhita, kidnapped as a child in Sudan and sold into slavery, finally owned by an Italian family who brought her back to Italy. Upon hearing the gospel she divined God's will that she be free. When she refused her mistress's plan to take her back to Sudan...
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Bd. Jacoba of Settesoli: a widow in Rome wished to follow St. Francis, but he advised her to remain with her children: "A perfect life can be lived anywhere." He gave her a lamb that followed her about, and later summoned her to bring a shroud as he lay dying.
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Today's gospel: beheading of John the Baptist. This grotesque story reveals much about the psychology of a tyrant. While holding the lives of others in his hands, he is constantly attuned to any threat to his power--wary of displaying weakness that could encourage enemies.
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Here, a "strong man," Herod, who is more worried about the consequences of violating a besotted oath than he is about the sin of murder. No wonder he is troubled by reports of Jesus, wondering whether his victim has returned to haunt him.
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Speaking today at the national convention of the American Psychoanalytic Association about my father's book, "The Doomsday Machine." Not much about neurosis, but a LOT about madness. If you're a psychoanalyst, see you there!
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Fr Arrupe was assigned to Japan in 1936. He remained throughout the war in his community just outside Hiroshima. Hence, his presence on August 6 1945.
Feast of St Paul Miki and companions. And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
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"The 2018 Olof Palme Prize goes to Daniel Ellsberg for his profound
humanism and exceptional moral courage." palmefonden.se/2018-daniel-e…
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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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Before he became a target of the Mueller probe, Roger Stone played a supporting role (perhaps unwitting) in a White House plot to kill ("incapacitate") my father. (He has always been a hilarious prankster. tahlequahdailypress.com/opin… | Roger Stone has deep roots in Watergate scandal
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“Two intelligence officers even reported that they have been warned to avoid giving the President intelligence assessments that contradict stances he has taken in public.” bit.ly/2MM0CHD?utm_source=tw…
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