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From his jail cell St. John the Baptist sent a message to Jesus: “Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?” How many witnesses, facing hardship or death, have wondered whether it was worth it, whether their hope and faith were justified? But he received an answer.
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He also accuses them of building tombs for the prophets and embellishing the monuments of the saints, saying "If we had been alive in our fathers' time, we should never have taken part with them in the murder of the prophets." But mostly we take part in murder by keeping silent.
Gospel: Jesus again excoriates "hypocrites," people who profess to be religious but are in fact cruel and heartless: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites....on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing" (Mt 23: 27-32).
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FD of St Augustine, the first Christian to look back over his life as a kind of spiritual text that told a story about God. From the vantage point of his conversion he could see the presence of God in his own life story, even at the times when the thought of God was absent.
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“Trump’s determination to build the barriers as quickly as possible has not diminished his interest in the aesthetic aspects of the project, particularly the requirement that the looming steel barriers be painted black and topped with sharpened tips.” washingtonpost.com/immigrati…
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That is not advisable unless you know how to put them back on the shelf exactly where you found them.
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It was said that the old man kept a locked trunk under his bed containing a ledger recording all his debts. One time the tax assessor demanded to see this ledger, but it proved impossible to produce because the old man had accidentally swallowed the key.—#TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Victorian literature was replete with anti-Jesuit conspiracy literature. Jesuit residences were said to have subterranean chambers, the site of shocking rituals. Jesuits were reputed to have an insatiable appetite for sweets, etc. The authors of course were not “Catholics.”
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From Fr Bryan Massingale, brave and wise as always. The Challenge of Idolatry for LGBTI Ministry | DignityUSA dignityusa.org/news/challeng…
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I often urge my celebrity clients to decorate their homes with nothing but @OrbisBooks. They come in all colors, they feature a fun logo, and they make a statement about contemplation in a world of action townandcountrymag.com/style/…
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If you only have one shelf for books, consider investing in the Modern Spiritual Masters Series.
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A good time to read the Working Document for the Amazon Synod, and see whether it's sense of urgency doesn't seem prophetic and timely. sinodoamazonico.va/content/s…
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One time he dined with soldiers and regaled them with tales of Crimea and of the General who outsmarted the enemy. The General tried to give him a medal—tho he had demurred. “Oh, that was long ago. Bone spurs kept me out of the thickest patch, you know.”—#TolstoysTalesofTrump
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FD of St Monica, remembered for her devotion to her wayward son St Augustine. With tears and prayers she encouraged his conversion. Seeing him a Catholic, she said she had no further reason to live. But I’ve always wondered: what about her other 2 children? #SantaMonica
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