He operates on a feudal (mob) model of patronage. (The Godfather: “Someday, and that day may never come, I may ask you to do some service.”) Or to Comey: “Remember we had that thing?” Lately he’s been reminding Brett Kavanaugh.
The master loved all Xmas traditions—including those he had initiated: that he enjoy relief from all taxes; that widows and orphans stop complaining; and that strangers should go back where they came from. Christmas was now “bigger and better than ever.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
Servant of God Catherine de Hueck Doherty d Dec 14 1985. A Russian baronness and emigreé, she came believe that the Revolution reflected the failure of Christians to follow Christ’s teaching of radical love. Young Thomas Merton joined her Friendship House in Harlem.
“The hunger for God can only be satisfied by a love that is face to face, person to person. Only in the eyes of another can we find the Icon of Christ. We must make the other person aware we love him. If we do, he will know that God loves him. He will never hunger again.”
FD of St John of the Cross. For his efforts w/ Teresa of Avila to reform the Carmelite order he was kidnapped by his monastic brothers, confined to a dungeon for months, fed bread and water, and regularly beaten. Yet he made a miraculous escape in the dark of night. (Eichenberg)
After departing the Catholic Church because of “institutionalized corruption” he finds that since he joined the church of Fox News he is “closer to god than ever.” Makes sense if the main attribute of God is “majesty” and you celebrate Christmas “24/7” without reference to Jesus.
The conservative political commentator said he wants to “get to know that guy [God] that knows how many hairs are on my head” and “created the majesty, the majestic universe we live in and gave me life.”