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My new publisher’s letter: orbisbooks.com (Below, the final beautiful book by the late Denis Edwards.)
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“A thoughtful account of what makes a truly faithful life, reminding us that God is always at work within each of us. Ellsberg describes the process of holiness, that gradual movement into alignment with God’s will, with incredible perception and wisdom."--@jimwallis @Sojourners
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My new book from @OrbisBooks. How reading the gospel written in holy lives helps us read God's story in our own lives. Includes essays on #DorothyDay, #ThomasMerton, #FlanneryOConnor, #HenriNouwen et al. 30% off until Sept 1 with Code AUT20 bit.ly/2M6pUUc #Saints
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Through the story of St Philip (FD today) and his baptism of an Ethiopian eunoch, Africa is represented in the infancy of the church.
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“In this beautiful book, Robert Ellsberg shares the gift of the saints, not perfect people, but real human beings who sought to follow Jesus despite their own flaws, their crappy moods, their moments of doubt and disbelief; in other words, people like us."--@helenprejean
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Available now at 30% discount until 9/1/19 with Code AUT20. bit.ly/2M6pUUc @OrbisBooks
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Latest by #PopeFrancis from @OrbisBooks. bit.ly/2KqIbJr "Go Forth: Toward a Community of Missionary Disciples."
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"In many cases, Roman Catholic priests and superiors put obedience to themselves in place of obedience to God." --Margaret Anna Cusack, Founder, Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, d June 5, 1899.
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“A tremendous and compulsively readable book. One of the best books on the saints I’ve ever read.”—@JamesMartinSJ
Available now @OrbisBooks bit.ly/2Zd0rKx 30% discount the Sept 1 with Code AUT20.
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Happy to launch my new book—reflections on how to read “God’s story” written in holy lives, and in that light how to read our own journey of faith. Includes reflections on #ThomasMerton, #DorothyDay, #FlanneryOConnor, #HenriNouwen, #PopeFrancis, and more. #saints
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Today marks the 100th anniversary of passage of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. Remembering the courage of women like Lucy Burns, repeatedly arrested, beaten, force-fed while on hunger strike. (She shared a cell with #DorothyDay in the Occoquan workhouse.)
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Words of Pope John XXIII dictated to Cardinal Cigognani on May 28, 1963, shortly before his death. Cited in Peter Hebblethwaite, "Pope John XXIII: Shepherd of the Modern World."
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#Maryknoll Sr Janet Carroll, remembered as a Valiant Woman who so wanted things to be right and took seriously her call to be a co-creator with God. Now, doubtless, rearranging the furniture in heaven. RIP
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Remarkable. He had no reason to assume anyone was filming this, or that he would even survive.
Tomorrow marks the 30th Anniversary of something most Chinese don’t know happened. The government has erased it from the record. The rest of us should remember.
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“He has found his pearl of great price — the political welfare of Trump — and has sold everything else to buy it.”
“Most Christians are familiar with Jonathan Edwards’s sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” In Graham, we are seeing God in the hands of an angry political toady.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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