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The master’s family was puzzled by his friendship with Mr Kim, a ruthless warlord from the east. “He’s tough, smart, and has a great personality.” Though not sharing a common language, they exchanged beautiful letters, wrote poems, and enjoyed long walks. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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With a group of friends she moved to a working-class city near Paris, a stronghold of the Communist Party, where they became "missionaries without a boat"--not crossing the sea but the borders of faith to bear witness to the gospel in friendship and solidarity.
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Her spirituality was based on her Prayer of the Agenda: an awareness of the presence of God in all the ordinary activities of life. "Each tiny act is an extraordinary event in which heaven is given to us, in which we are able to give heaven to others."
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"Whatever we do "is just the outer shell of an amazing inner reality...Is the doorbell ringing? Quick, open the door! It's God coming to love us....Is someone asking us to do something? Here you are! It's God coming to love us. ..Let's let him!" --Ven Madeleine Delbrel
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"But when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' usurping a place which is not his (let the reader understand) then those who are in Judaea must take to the hills...For those days will bring distress such as never has been seen since the beginning of the world."--Mark 13:14, 19
"I ask that You give the president supernatural discernment to know who is trustworthy and who is not."
Pastor Andrew Brunson prayed for President Trump before the President's speech at #ValueVoterSummit.
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"When the Roman Emperor Caligula came to power in the year 39 C.E. he declared himself a god and ordered that statues in his image be placed in every house of worship within his realm–including the Temple." bit.ly/32fevF1
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St. Callistus (d 222) followed an unusual path to the papacy. A runaway slave, he was apprehended and spent many years in the Sardinian mines. After his release he found a position with Pope St. Zephyrinus, becoming his trusted adviser and in 217 his successor.
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His election was opposed by a rival candidate, a priest of Rome named Hippolytus, who represented a rigorist vision of the church, and who came to bitterly resent Callistus' merciful approach to sinners. Callistus welcomed adulterers back to communion following public penance...
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He allowed priests to marry and ordained twice and even thrice-married men to the clergy. He recognized marriage between free women and slaves--a violation of Roman law. Hippolytus could not abide Callistus' model of the church as the loving home for saints and sinners.
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The master liked to entertain guests with displays of tableaux vivant, striking poses that reproduced famous paintings or scenes from history. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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St John Henry Newman: “Even supposing a man of unholy life were suffered to enter heaven he would not be happy there...Heaven is not heaven except to the holy.”
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The master admired writers and was proud to count himself in their number. He himself had “written” a “book” (with help from his nephew) recounting the life and loves of a rich nobleman and his climb to success—despite the efforts of many losers and haters.#TolstoysTalesofTrump
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John Henry Newman (1801-90) canonized today—a confirmation of his saying, “Everything in its time.” In his life he helped restore credibility and respect for Catholicism in England. Yet he evoked suspicion in fellow churchmen at home and in Rome for his “liberal” views.
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His conversion from Anglicanism was prompted by his study of the “development of doctrine”—unwelcome by those who claimed that the church was unchanging in its teaching. He advocated “consulting the laity in matters of faith,” defended the rights of conscience, sep church/state.
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If such values were honored at Vatican II they were not so in the 19th cen. He was considered liberal at a time when what passed for conservatism was close-minded and extreme. In his own mind he was a true conservative—rooted in tradition while open to new questions.
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