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Today's gospel (Mk 6:53-56): Where Jesus travels, a new creation sweeps over the land: the sick are healed, even by touching the hem of his cloak. In his presence darkness recedes, health prevails, dry land emerges from the flood, the original wholeness of Creation is restored.
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An unlettered cowherd, he received the miraculous gift of translating scripture into verse in a dream. Afterward, he became a monk.
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Kacey Mulgraves lived out my nightmare in which I go up to receive my Grammy (Oscar/Tony Award/Nobel Prize) and realize I am not wearing any pants. All in all, I think she adopted the right attitude—just pretend this was a deliberate fashion choice. Well played, Kacey!
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A joke wrapped in ignorance inside an Abomination of Desolation (as St Mark would say, let the reader understand).
Well, it happened again. Amy Klobuchar announced that she is running for President, talking proudly of fighting global warming while standing in a virtual blizzard of snow, ice and freezing temperatures. Bad timing. By the end of her speech she looked like a Snowman(woman)!
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Not sure intended as an “attack” on Pope, but by simply restating items from Catechism it supports narrative that Francis is sowing confusion, ie, failing in his primary mission, that he needs some kind of auxiliary—esp: that he should have retained the service of Mueller at CDF!
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If one said the correlative, One can’t be pro-Trump and pro-life, that would quickly separate the sheep from the goats.
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They spent the whole night praising God. St Gregory comments: “As John says, ‘God is love,’ and she justly overcame him by the greater strength of her love.” It was their last meeting. Scholastica died 3 days later. In a vision Benedict saw her spirit rise to heaven like a dove.
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St Scholastica was the twin sister of St Benedict, father of Western monasticism. They would meet each year midway between their monasteries to talk of spiritual matters. One year, as dusk fell, Scholastica begged B to stay, but he said it was impossible to deviate from the rules
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This is certainly true. Also, sadly (when zealously proclaimed), to the shedding of other people’s blood.
Why we need a Truth and Reconciliation commission in this country. washingtonpost.com/history/2…
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13. “Nature is rude and incomprehensible at first, Be not discouraged, keep on, there are divine things well envelop’d, I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell.” — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
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For those who wonder—I’m not saying the cardinal’s manifesto contradicts Sermon on the Mount. I’m questioning those who believe the Gospel is improved when translated into a bloodless compendium of abstract truths. As Pope Francis says, ours is not a lab faith but a journey faith
Because some people wish Jesus had skipped the Sermon in the Mount and cut directly to the Catechism and the Code of Canon Law. catholicnewsagency.com/news/…
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“Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use thumbs.”—When St Francis discovered Twitter.
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Because some people wish Jesus had skipped the Sermon in the Mount and cut directly to the Catechism and the Code of Canon Law. catholicnewsagency.com/news/…
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Just to be clear, so if, say, Trump invaded the Sudetenland, that would be crossing a red line into globalism?
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The Rise of the Catholic Right sojo.net/magazine/march-2019… via @sojourners
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