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Feast of St Mary Magdalene. What if the church had been founded on the rock of faith of a woman who did not abandon Jesus when he was being killed, who went to his tomb to anoint his tortured body, who was the first to see the risen Lord, and the first to proclaim this good news?
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Dime con quién andas, y te diré quién eres.
Tell me whom you walk with and I’ll tell you who you are.
We need to wake up to the incredibly serious implications of the President of the United States actively promoting the far right racist and Islamophobe Katie Hopkins.
For those (particularly US people) who are meeting her for the first time, some things you need to know (thread)
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“As you can see, I did nothing to lead people on, nor was I particularly happy with their chant. Just a very big and patriotic crowd. They love Rome.” —Pontius Pilate
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Pope Leo XIII (d July 20 1903) inaugurated the modern era of Catholic social teaching. “I want to see the church so far forward that my successor will not be able to turn back.” (He was succeeded by Pope Pius X.)
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"I do not believe--and I know this is a horrible thing to say--but I do not believe that the president loves America. He doesn't love you. And he doesn't love me. He wasn't brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up through love of this country." Rudy Giuiliani
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Should have been Servite priest (of course).
Fr. Lawrence Jenco, a Service priest and director of Catholic Relief Services in Lebanon was taken hostage in Beirut and held for 564 days in captivity--days of unrelenting boredom interspersed with bursts of terror. Died July 19, 1996.
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Fr. Lawrence Jenco, a Service priest and director of Catholic Relief Services in Lebanon was taken hostage in Beirut and held for 564 days in captivity--days of unrelenting boredom interspersed with bursts of terror. Died July 19, 1996.
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The night before his release he prayed for the strength to forgive his captors: "God, give me a new heart and a new spirit. You have asked me to love unconditionally. May I forgive as you have asked me to forgive,. Then you will be my God and I will be your son." #Forgiveness
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On July 19 1692 Rebecca Nurse and four other women accused of witchcraft were hanged in Salem. The storm of accusations had raged all year--first alighting on persons of suspect character, but eventually on beloved figures like Nurse, excommunicated and "abandoned to the devil."
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Last May at a rally in FL Trump bemoaned fact we can’t use weapons against immigrants at border. How to stop them? Someone says “Shoot them.” Trump stops, smiles and says “Only in the Panhandle can you get away with that.” Crowd has a good laugh. cnn.com/2019/05/09/politics/…
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