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#MartyroftheAmazon. On Oct 11 1976 Joao Bosco Burnier, a Jesuit priest in Brazil, was shot by police in a small village in Mato Grosso, where he had gone with his prophetic bishop, Dom Pedro Casaldaliga, to protest the arrest and torture of two peasant women.
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Burnier had spent most of his career in uncongenial assignments before being assigned to Mato Grosso, a lawless frontier carved out of the Amazon, where peasants and Indians were mercilessly exploited by rich cattle barons. There he rediscovered the meaning of his priesthood.
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His job was to defend human dignity and justice and to make it clear that God was not indifferent to the poor. "We must adapt ourselves to the culture of the Indian in order to transmit the gospel, or to discover within the life of the Indians the gospel values."
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As he lay dying in Dom Pedro's, he offered his sufferings for the poor and the Indians. "I've finished my course. Dom Pedro, we've come to the end of the job together."
For those who wonder what the #AmazonSynod is about.
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Feast day of St John XXIII. here is a video from @SheenCenter based on my reflections for @GiveUsThisDayLP. Blessed Among Us: St. John XXIII piped.video/Cj5jAPna00U via @YouTube
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Though, to his regret, bone spurs had kept him out of Crimea, the master enjoyed dining with soldiers and trading stories of valor. Finding, on the whole, that he actually knew more than most generals, it only made sense that he should be richly decorated. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The master was adept at belittling his enemies with nicknames like "Liddle’ Leo Leovitch" or "Pathetic Pyoter Petrovich." When one of them in turn tried to mock his little hands he removed his gloves so all could see the truth. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The birthday of Alban Butler (1710-73), an English priest whose “Lives of the Saints” is the inspiration for all who follow his path. Rather than emphasize the saints as miracle workers or heavenly patrons, he stressed their example as the gospel “clothed as it were in a body.”
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The master’s younger son reminded him of himself in his youth: an athlete, with the lithe agility of a jungle cat. But perhaps lacking the same head for business. He often took his father’s place at country fairs and charity balls. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The master’s eldest son, who shared his name, wished only to please his father—but it was never enough. He was happier alone in the woods hunting bears than managing a provincial estate. If only he could show the old man that he knew how to make a big deal!. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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This is one of a series of "patriotic" allegories by Jon McNaughton. Trump displays one of them in the White House.
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Thread on human dignity in our times.
Thread on human dignity in our times 1/ Today I was on my way to work and the car in front of me bore a license plate that was for Veterans. This is a picture of what the plate looked like, but NOT the exact plate. Anyway, we were stopped so I had a moment to notice that there 1/
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For years she had put up with his philandering, begging him to make a confession and to be the best example for his children. But he deplored signs of weakness. “I am who I am,” he said. “I do what I like and because I’m the master they all let me.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The occasion was the signing of the “Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018." At least not for MAGA.
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One time the master walked out of a council meeting, announcing that he might better spend his time fishing. In the woods he met a hermit who showed him how to bait his hook with a worm. A happy memory, which he commissioned a great artist to commemorate. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The Maryknoll Srs were founded 1920. Mollie described their ideal features: “I would have her distinguished by Christ-like charity, a limpid simplicity of soul, heroic generosity, selflessness, unfailing loyalty, prudent zeal, gracious courtesy, an adaptable disposition...
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...solid piety, and the saving grace of a kindly humor.” At the time of her death in 1955 there were 1100 MK Srs serving on four continents. @OrbisBooks “There is nothing more astonishing than life, just as it is, nothing more miraculous than growth and change and development...
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...And as happens so often when we stop to regard God’s work, there is nothing to do but wonder and thank Him, realizing how little we planned, how little we achieved, and yet how much has been done.”—Mother Mary Rogers
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