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Artist Georges Rouault d Feb 13 1958. “My only ambition is to be able one day to paint Christ so movingly that those who see Him will be converted.”
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“We should stop praying the Lord’s Prayer until we can see that we are tied to the same living tether not only with our fellow countrymen but with everybody on the planet.” —Muriel Lester, peacemaker, 1883-1968. (note: and with the planet itself.)
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Congratulations to the editing team of Michael Leach, Doris Goodnough, and @jamestkeane for their @OrbisBooks title, "The Way of Forgiveness"--named one of the top spirituality books of the year from "Spirituality & Practice" spiritualityandpractice.com/…
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Those studying #QueridaAmazonia should be sure to read the very powerful final document from the Synod: "We propose to define ecological sin as an action or omission against God, against one's neighbor, the community and the environment. It is sin against future generations..."
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Tho Francis chose not to endorse the recommendation of the Synod on ordaining married men, he gave significant weight to the Final Document, which made the case. The subject, in other words, is not going away. See Par 111 sinodoamazonico.va/content/s…
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The release of "Beloved Amazonia" comes, appropriately, on the anniversary of the death of Sr. Dorothy Stang, martyr of the Amazon. Below, a short video about her witness.
The new video from @SheenCenter and @GiveUsThisDayLP based on my daily reflections on saints, is incredibly timely: Sr Dorothy Stang, martyr of the Amazon. piped.video/cF5J02mOinI
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In the event of peasant unrest, the master knew he might have to sacrifice one of his children. But which one? In the meantime, they all competed for his reassuring thumbs up. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Drawing a finger across his neck Mr Kim told the master that where he came from they knew how to handle disloyal staff and family members. Tho impressed, the master wondered whether the estate was ready for such extreme measures. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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A great handbook on how to translate a commitment to social justice into effective action. Reflects long experience working in churches and faith-based communities around issues of social justice @OrbisBooks
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The wall is being paid for with "redemption [money] from illegal aliens."
"For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God." (Job 19)
"You do know who's paying for the wall, don't you? Redemption from illegal aliens. The redemption money is paying for the wall" -- Trump is out here just making stuff up
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Feast of St Caedmon (d 680), a simple cowherd in Northumbria, who had a dream in which he was given the gift of translating scripture into verse. Upon waking he was able to amaze his fellows by recounting the story of Creation. He was presented to Abbess Hilda of Whitby who...
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persuaded him to become a monk. As he grew in knowledge of the faith, so did he grow in his poetic gifts. Historian St Bede gives great attention to this cowherd/monk/poet, who in translating sacred history in his native tongue was on a par with any missionary bishop.
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The master did not like servants who knew too much. On the other hand they were more reliable than servants who knew too little. Thus, he was perpetually at war ‘twixt will and will not. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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So many tales were told of the master that were they all written down and collected they might well exceed the capacity of the crypt he had constructed for this purpose. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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