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Catholic peacemaker (co-founder of @PaxChristiUSA) Eileen Egan d 10/7 2000. “My life has had a single strain: to see Jesus in every human being, to realize that each one is inviolable and sacred in the eyes of God and then to translate that into everything I do.”
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John Woolman (d 10/7 1772), a Quaker tailor from NJ, spent his life in a continuous effort to heed the dictates of Christ in all areas of his life—above all to do all in his power to oppose the evil of slavery. He traveled on foot throughout New England to spread this cause.
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There was nothing the master liked more than setting out to survey his estate. Sometimes the peasants would invite him in to share some black bread and tea. Wary of germs, he preferred to bring his own meal. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The old man liked to regale guests with tales of the battle fought on his estate. “Many brave French and Russian soldiers died in these woods. They called it the Forest of Blood.” Nihilists disputed this, but he said “How would they know? Were they here?”—#TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Annalena Tonelli, a health activist who fought TB in Africa, defied hardships and terrorism washingtonpost.com/health/an…
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Being illiterate, Alexei could not read the note by which the master had discharged him from further service. It was just as well, for the old man had forgotten that that very evening he was to entertain a regiment of Cossacks.—#TolstoysTalesofTrump
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To join @helenprejean on this river was a great privilege. The story of the amazing things that can happen when you respond to Jesus’ call to take one more step, and then another. That call can come in unexpected forms—e.g. a request from a death row prisoner seeking a pen pal.
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Thank you! Accompanying @helenprejean on this river was a great joy.
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One time his servant Alexei found the master seated before a mirror striking various poses. “If I were going to order you off the estate,” he said, “which of these expressions would be most terrifying?” Was it one of his jests? Alexei didn’t dare to ask.—#TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Annalena Tonelli, called “the Mother Teresa of Somalia,” was shot by unknown gunmen on Oct 5 2003. She worked largely on her own, in radical poverty, “without a name, without the security of a religious congregation,” serving the poor and sick in the name of Jesus.
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Honored to be reviewed by @GibsonWrites “A Living Gospel.” We don’t need our saints to be perfect americamagazine.org/arts-cul…
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With the change in seasons or when the Revenue Collector drew nigh the master liked to retreat to his simple dacha on the Black Sea— his “Winter Palace,” as he liked to call it. The decor and his chef’s famous blini brought happy memories of his childhood.—#TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Would like to read this!
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