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On Aug 1 1943, 11 Polish nuns in Nowogrodek were seized by the Gestapo and shot before an open grave. They had prayed that their lives would be taken in the place of 120 factory workers who were arrested. Their prayer was answered. These martyrs were beatified in 2000.
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Sons of St Ignatius in the Modern Spiritual Masters Series @OrbisBooks bit.ly/2Othl6V. Pedro Arrupe, Karl Rahner, Alfred Delp, Jon Sobrino.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, @JamesMartinSJ, Daniel Berrigan, Anthony de Mello. #AMDG @americamag #Jesuits
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July 31, Feast of St Ignatius of Loyola. Here is a video about him based on my reflection in @GiveUsThisDayLP Thanks to @SheenCenter piped.video/HDI-IXzXmUU via @YouTube
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“When does silence become complicity? What will it take for us all to say, with one voice, that we have had enough? The question is less about the president’s sense of decency, but of ours.”
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A very significant thread. (Aside: sad to say there are bishops who would sooner criticize Pope Francis than President Trump.)
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St Leopold Mandic, a Croatian Capuchin priest, was only 4-1/2 feet tall, with a stutter that kept him from the pulpit. He prayed for mission work but was assigned to hear confessions—10-15 hours a day. He prayed as if in each conversion the soul of a whole people was at stake.
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So although I am not literally calling myself a “first responder” in a very special sense this day is also about me.
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Note Bartholomew's reaction: “Pope Francis made this grand, fraternal and historic gesture [of giving the Orthodox fragments of the relics of St. Peter.] I was deeply moved. It was a brave and bold initiative of Pope Francis.”
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Fun Bible facts: Elijah was not a king but a prophet who confronted King Ahab (who "did more that was wrong in the eyes of the Lord than all his predecessors") and his wife Jezebel when they worshiped Baal. Lesson: Don't mess with Elijah.
....even to new heights of success and glory, but not with King Elijah and that crew. When the leaders of Baltimore want to see the City rise again, I am in a very beautiful oval shaped office waiting for your call!
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William Wilberforce d July 29 1833. A member of Parliament, devout Christian, he believed slavery was the greatest moral blight on the English conscience. He campaigned tirelessly to abolish the slave trade and eventually to free 700K slaves in the British empire in 1833.
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“Trump is a racist. Say that out loud. Say it with the profundity that it deserves. That to me is the beginning and the ending of the rationale I need to stand steadfast in my resistance.” Opinion | The Rot You Smell Is a Racist Potus - The New York Times nytimes.com/2019/07/28/opini…
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July 29 1890 death of Vincent Van Gogh. The Dutch painter failed in his original efforts to pursue a career in ministry before turning to art—his means of expressing compassion and solidarity with suffering humanity and to convey a vision of the holiness of existence.
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Our partners in capital punishment: Saudi Arabia, which favors beheading (sometimes the beheaded body is crucified); Iran, which favors hanging (sometimes from a crane); and China, with a bullet to the back of the head.
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