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Nov 8, birthday of Dorothy Day, on my way to VA to give another talk about her and remembering the letter I wrote her on her 79 birthday, 44 years ago. (Thanks @jonmsweeney who found it in the @MarquetteU archives.)
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“Dear Dorothy, you say that love is an exchange of gifts. I could think of nothing that could adequately express my gratitude to you [than to say] my life has been immeasurably enriched by yr life; that if it had not been for certain accidents of Providence I might have lived...
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... out my [life] unaware of the courage, wisdom, and goodness of which the human heart is capable; that it has been the great privilege of my life to share with so many others in knowing and loving you.”
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“Who should read this? Everyone.” There you have it. Brief Book Review: A Living Gospel praytellblog.com/index.php/2…
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Little Sister Magdeleine, founder of the Little Sisters of Jesus d 11/6/1989. “As you work, as you come and go..., to be a contemplative will mean simply that you try to turn to Jesus within you and enter into conversation with him, as with the one you love most in the world.”
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The doctor warned that poor drainage had rendered his much-vaunted pond water a public health hazard, but the master scoffed at this quackery. “I think I know crystal clear water when I taste it,” he insisted. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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He was on the panel of the launch for my Gandhi book; gave a fascinating overview of the different ways of dismissing G, including those who make an idol of him.
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Behold the Holy Trump Church of Christ without Christ. (Nod to Flannery O’Connor’s “Wise Blood.”) The Church you can trust because there’s nothing foreign about it and it’s based on yr own personal interpretation of the Bible. And here’s the beauty: donations are tax free!
‘To say no to President Trump would be saying no to God.’ — Trump’s faith adviser and ‘Righteous Gemstones’ character come to life Paula White is now an official White House employee
Televangelist And White House Staffer, Paula White
‘To say no to President Trump would be saying no to God.’ — Trump’s faith adviser and ‘Righteous Gemstones’ character come to life Paula White is now an official White House employee
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Rest In Peace Fr Bob Pelton— a faithful promoter of the Church in Latin America. Photographed here in San Salvador for the beatification of (now) St Oscar Romero, whose cause and legacy he championed.
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Promises made, promises kept.
The Trump administration announced that it will begin formally withdrawing the US from the Paris climate accord, the first step in a year-long process to leave the landmark agreement to reduce emissions of planet-warming gases cnn.it/2CggyNH
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Fascinating conversation with Dr Ashis Nandy, author of many books on social psychology, politics, history. His next vol based on oral histories of the violence of Partition. He had many insights about the age of Trump/Modi. (Regimes of Narcissism/Despair.)
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Ellsberg, co-conspirators share untold stories behind Pentagon Papers leak gazettenet.com/Ellsberg-hg-1…
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Some Narodniks went to the peasants preaching social reform. The master decried them as frauds and tricksters. “They want to take away everything we have!” He proclaimed himself the true voice of the people. “Did I not give you hats?” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Sadly, this was not historically true—as the percentage of canonized women makes clear. As for holiness, another matter!
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