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The challenge that @GretaThunberg raises is whether the human species is capable of a kind of moral/spiritual evolution. Can we adapt to the challenge of the environment (we have helped to create) in a way that is appropriate to the threat facing our world and future generations?
Climate activist @GretaThunberg shares why we must act now to fight climate change.
Watch Greta's full TED Talk here: t.ted.com/wV64Ptk
We Need Action, Not Hope, on Fighting Climate Change
16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg explains why, in August 2018, she walked out of school and organized a strike to raise awareness of global warming.
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Because it is so much more important that nobody doubt yr grammar than doubt yr decency. (And that’s an apostrophe, son, not a hyphen.)
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After contributing to the health inspector’s charity, the master asked for a favor: that he not test the pond water whose medicinal properties he was touting. Noting his manservant’s skeptical expression, he shouted: “What! That was a PERFECT conversation!”--#TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Most of the critics who jumped on this story had no interest in learning what it was really about. A professor at Union explains: Why I Created a Chapel Service Where People Confess to Plants sojo.net/articles/why-i-crea… via @sojourners
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St. Vincent de Paul (d 9/27 1660) was the definition of a worldly priest, chaplain to one of the wealthiest families in Paris. In mid-life, however, he underwent a transformation, dedicating his priesthood to service of the poor.
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With St. Louise de Marillac, a wealthy widow, he founded the Daughters of Charity: "Their convent is the sickroom, their chapel the parish church, their cloister the streets of the city." As he instructed: "The poor are your masters and you are their servants."
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St. Therese Coudurc, Founder of the Religious of the Cenacle, d Sept 26 1885. Before dying she received a vision in which the word "Goodness" was stamped in gold letters on every creature.
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Day did not “stand” for either Communism or Nazism. It does not appear that you wish to know her better before “detesting” her so there is no point in prolonging our exchange.
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Consider: Judge rules that a US citizen does not have a right to challenge his placement on a US drone “kill list”—or even to confirm that he is on such a list. Gov argues this might allow him to avoid being killed. washingtonpost.com/local/leg…
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May I offer a suggestion: if you tend to divide the world into those who agree with you and a list of “those-who-should-be-blasted-as-scum” then the catechism you are teaching little kids is not the gospel of Jesus.
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Someone needs to tell poor Robert that there will continue to be rainbows as long as there is rain. But there may not be anyone to see them. And that will not be God’s fault.
I risk renewing your detestation for Dorothy Day but I must assure you that any source purporting to quote letters she wrote to Castro is not reliable. I don’t doubt your good faith but will leave it to you to cite your reference.
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