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Feb 28, Martyrs of the Plague of Alexandria. With gratitude to all health providers, the first to put themselves at risk in treating victims of coronavirus. And especially Dr Li Wenliang, who was detained by Chinese police for raising alarm about the virus and who later died.
In 261, with a terrible plague in Alexandria, the dead and dying were cast into the streets. Christians, who had been in hiding from persecution, emerged to care for the sick and bury the dead. For many this involved laying down their own lives. Recognized as martyrs of charity.
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I will be there! And for those who can’t make it, the film is due to appear on PBS on March 6 watch for local listings.
New Dorothy Day documentary: Wednesday, March 4, 6:30 PM, Hayden 100. Across from parking garage. @MC_CMSA @kevin_ahern @ManhattanEdu @riverdalepress @CatholicNewsSvc @Catholic_NY @NY_Arch @shannonraz
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The master put his manservant Mikhail in charge of monitoring the epidemic on his estate. This had the advantage, should Mikhail’s efforts fail, of his being able to say that he didn’t really know him. Which had the advantage of being true. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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“What can we say about kings and princes who not only lower and despise some of their subjects but think this is the only way they themselves can feel important and try their best so that the groups they have lowered and despised will be held down and despised?”—Luis de Leon 1591
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An outbreak of contagion was causing panic on the estate. The master reassured his peasants and staff that there was nothing to fear but fear itself. At the same time he urged them all to breathe as little as possible. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Two @OrbisBooks title I recommend for Lent: “Love Prevails,” Jean Bosco Rutagengwa’s heartbreaking and inspiring story of faith and survival during the Rwandan genocide, and editor @jonmsweeney’s “Jesus Wasn’t Killed by the Jews”
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Following an unfortunate side effect of his new “miracle hair growth” ointment, the master refused to leave his bedroom for a fortnight, thus escaping mocking voices that seemed to whisper, “The master has donkey ears.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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In a cave in a distant land the master heard there was a hermit who knew the secret of spinning straw into gold. The master promised him his first-born’s first-born if he would instruct his wife in this art. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Annual meetings of the council of masters were not all feasts and drinking games. In a ceremony that might last several days the masters would affirm their sacred bond. Whoever first broke the circle would submit to an ordeal of “truth or dare.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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After Jean Vanier died last year I wrote a piece about him for my daily “Blessed Among Us” column for @GiveUsThisDayLP. It will be hard to see that in print in May. washingtonpost.com/religion/…
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“Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is the American president’s spiritual home: an inferno of systemic cruelty.” via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2020/02/21/opini…
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“"Hope arouses as nothing else can arouse a passion for the possible.” Artist Corita Kent. cnn.com/style/article/corita… via @CNNStyle
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Employing 1000 master artisans, the master built a great monument that would one day serve as the tomb for his beloved second wife. It was billed as the 8th wonder of the world, but after their divorce he had it sold for scrap. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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By their third meeting, the District Commissioner and the master had declared their brotherhood. They had a tailor make them matching suits. Tattoos followed. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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