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Reviews of the master’s State of the Estate speech were mostly positive, though it was a stretch to claim credit for liberating the serfs. He said the estate was “respected” again. He gave a pheasant to a lucky peasant and reunited a cow with her lost calf. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Memorial of Pedro Arrupe, the great superior general of the Jesuits who died on Feb 5 1991. His belief that the gospel requires effective solidarity with a suffering world had roots in his early years as a priest. Assigned to Japan, he was present in Hiroshima on August 6 1945.
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(Icon by William Hart McNichols). “Today our prime educational objective must be to form men-for-others; men who will live not for themselves but for God and his Christ—for the God-man who lived and died for all the world...
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... men who cannot even conceive of love of God which does not include love for the least of their neighbors; men completely convinced that love of God which does not issue in justice for men is a farce.” @OrbisBooks
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Shout out to the @DaughterStPaul on this memorial of their founder Ven Thecla Merlo. “Our congregation will always be young because it will make use of every new means to do good.” (Even Twitter!)
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In a soaring “state of the estate” speech the master promised the peasants an annual holiday, he boasted of his success in evading unfair taxes and ignoring onerous health and safety rules. Some said this was the day he truly became the master. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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But evens out when you see your own OP volume on sale on eBay for $300 and for a moment have the sensation that you are sitting on a goldmine.
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Rush Limbaugh on the pope, wherein he concedes that he is not Catholic, though he's "been tempted a number of times to delve into it.” cnn.com/2013/12/03/opinion/e…
So glad to attend the launch at @americamag for the new bio of @JamesMartinSJ by. @jonmsweeney. Looks great, but the index in my copy is defective. Many important names are missing
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In his annual “state of the estate” address to his staff and peasants, the master awarded himself an A+, citing his removal of the ugly gaslights and installation of gold commodes. He was not so generous toward his manicurist. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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“The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy, and second, the chronic terror among the rich, lest we get it.”--Fr. Edward Dowling, SJ
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Excited to be signing up a biography by @DawnofMercy of Fr. Dowling, best known for playing an important role in bringing AA to international prominence, but also a strong advocate for social justice and Catholic Action.
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So often had the master’s servants heard his joke about the lazy peasant and the hungry bear that they spontaneously burst into laughter as soon as he began, and they knew to continue until his manservant Mikhail gave them the all-clear. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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