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Left: Antisemitic caricature from an English royal tax record in 1233.
Right: An image from a GOP mailer from this week.
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Though the master was born in St Petersburg, sadly, he found himself hating both the city and the governorate even more than he should. Not only were there beggars in the streets but the governor had lost his mind and claimed he owed taxes. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
So sad to see that New York City and State are falling apart. All they want to do is investigate to make me hate them even more than I should. Governor Cuomo has lost control, and lost his mind. Very bad for the homeless and all!
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The master considered the life of his peasants. They worked outdoors, had no cares, and seemed to know the secret of happiness. He sometimes thought of trading places with them, or donning a disguise to wander the earth as a simple pilgrim .#TolstoysTalesofTrump
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FD of St Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, slain by the king’s men in 1170. One-time friends, King Henry II grew exasperated by Becket’s independence. “What a set of idle cowards I keep in my kingdom who allow me to be mocked so shamefully by a low-born clerk,” he said.
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4 knights set out for Canterbury and killed Becket. Henry said they had misunderstood him, but the knights explained: “He doesn't give you questions, he doesn't give you orders. He speaks in a code. And I understand the code, because I've been around him for a decade.”
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Once at the Frankfurt Book Fair a Slovenian publisher asked if I knew anything about @JamesMartinSJ. I said I knew everything about him and proceeded to tell his whole life story and each of his books in turn. “You must really love him,” she said. True. Happy birthday, Fr Jim.
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As often as possible the master escaped to his “winter palace” on the Black Sea. There he could relax, alone with his thoughts, far from the peasants and their incessant clamoring about medicine and bread. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Unlike traditional martyrs who died bearing witness to Christ, the Holy Innocents died unwittingly in the place of Christ. Killed by the same interests that would later conspire in his death, and for the same reasons: to stifle from birth any hope that the world might be changed.
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Bd Sara Salkahazi, a Sister of Social Service in Hungary, was shot on Dec 27 1944 along with some of the Jews she had hidden in a hostel in Budapest. She had taken a vow offering her life to spare her Sisters should persecution arrive.
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Great event!
Many thanks to @TheRevAl & @NationalAction for hosting a book launch & book signing for #KeepingHopeAlive. It was a fantastic event with @NYCMayor, Dr. @oberyhendricks, Rev. Yeary, @RobertEllsberg, many politicians, ministers and my daughter! Thank you. @RPCoalition @SantitaJ
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Mayor @BilldeBlasio was among those who joined @TheRevAl to help launch @RevJJackson’s new book in Harlem. @Gracejisunkim @OrbisBooks “Keeping Hope Alive”
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