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German theologian Johann Baptist Metz (died Dec 2) tried to re-craft Christian theology in light of the Holocaust and the horrors of history. His “political theology” countered the privatized theology of “bourgeois religion” which replaced faith with merely “believed-in faith.”
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The master enjoyed a visit by an English squire. They talked about numerous subjects including the weather and traded tales of fishing. The Englishman left gifts of Marmite and Stilton cheese, which the master discarded. “I wouldn’t feed this to my horse.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
Enjoyed my meeting with Prime Minister @BorisJohnson of the United Kingdom at @10DowningStreet last night. Talked about numerous subjects including @NATO and Trade.
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@RickSteves graciously acts like it was a thrill to meet me, but the pleasure was all mine. So admire the way he connects travel with global awareness, solidarity, and overcoming poverty and hunger. And support for @bread4theworld
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Been thinking all day of Johann Baptist Metz, who died yesterday. So grateful to Matt Ashley for this fine memorial. “Remembering Johann Baptist Metz” americamagazine.org/arts-cul…
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Flemish mystic Bd John Ruysbroeck taught that God is the “Living Pattern of Creation,” whose image, the “mighty force of love,” is impressed on every soul. It is the task of each person to find this image, to bring it forth from hiddenness and reflect it in daily life. d 12/21381
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Thank you for engaging in this conversation and sharing. Though it causes me to tremble for our country.
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“Thanksgiving Day”—an opportunity for the master’s servants to thank him for the blessing of their service—was originally an annual event. But the master found he got better results with random, impromptu Thanksgiving drills. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Jean Donovan was the youngest (27) and the only laywoman among the 4 N American churchwomen raped and murdered by Salvadoran military on Dec 2 1980. She had been drawn to the mission in El Salvador and stayed on even when the risks became clear. Just before her death she wrote:
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Elliot Abrams, a surviving member of the regime that proudly supported the murderous military in El Salvador and provided illegal arms to the Contra terrorists. Many decades later still standing up for Democracy (and/or oil).
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On Dec 2 1980 four N. American churchwomen in El Salvador were murdered by Salvadoran soldiers. They had been targeted as “subversives” because of their work with the poor. Yet in bearing witness to the cross they were also witnesses to the resurrection. Maryknoll Sr Ita Ford...
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...wote to her niece on her 16th birthday: “This is a terrible time in El Salvador for youth. A lot of idealism and commitment are getting snuffed out here now. The reasons why so many people are being killed are quite complicated, yet there are some clear, simple strands....
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“... One is that people have found a meaning to live, to sacrifice, struggle, and even die. And whether their life spans sixteen years, sixty or ninety, for them their life has had a purpose. In many ways, they are fortunate people. Brooklyn is not passing through the drama of...
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“...El Salvador, but some things hold true wherever one is, and at whatever age. What I’m saying is that I hope you can come to find that which gives life a deep meaning for you, something that energizes you, enthuses you, enables you to keep moving ahead.” @OrbisBooks
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A reminder that one person can make a difference.
Happy Rosa Parks Day! On this day, 64yrs ago, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to move when she was ordered to give up her seat on a city bus to a white person and was thus arrested - December 1, 1955. This moment ignited the civil rights movement...
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Bill McNichols is a great religious artist and a true holy man. So grateful for his friendship and for having published several volumes of his icons. @OrbisBooks
On #WorldAIDSDay, an essay I wrote for the @washingtonpost about the priest turned AIDS activist William Hart McNichols, who is featured in our new podcast, “Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS and the Catholic Church,” which is available now. washingtonpost.com/religion/…
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“Christian” pastor warns of an imminent “Jew coup” and says, by Christmas, military will be forced to decide which side they are on.”
Just showed this to my parents, aunt and uncle, who fled anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union and, well, you should’ve seen your faces. haaretz.com/us-news/there-wi…
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With his beatification in 2005 the church at last extended recognition to his significance as one of those seekers who, periodically, manage to reinvent the “imitation of Christ” in a manner suited to the needs of their age, and thus invite others to read the gospel in a new way.
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