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Jean-Pierre de Caussade, SJ, d 3/5/1752, was the author of “Abandonment to Divine Providence,” a favorite of #DorothyDay, wherein he speaks of the “Sacrament of the present moment.” He also inspired the title of my book.
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When the duties of his estate mounted, the master thought wistfully of the summer he had spent as a ball boy in the gymnasium. What if he had defied his father and stayed in that post? Today he might be head trainer or general manager. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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I’m going to pretend that this letter was written personally to me. Will frame it along with her mantra: “Dream big and fight hard.”
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"All love is a rehearsal for death." Remembering the revolutionary priest and poet, Ernesto Cardenal americamagazine.org/politics…
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“She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.” Thanks to @SenWarren for living up to those words, and for waging an inspiring campaign.
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Niemoeller died March 5, 1984. In his last years he was a vigorous campaigner against nuclear weapons.
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Pastor Martin Niemoeller was arrested in 1937 and spent the next 8 years in concentration camps as Hitler’s “personal prisoner.” That might have given him an alibi for the Nazi crimes of those years. But he believed there was no excuse for failing to speak out from the beginning.
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Like many powerful men, the master hesitated to express his feelings. That is where “Papa Misha” helped. While wearing this mask he could speak to his wife and children about his deepest fears and longings in a way that didn’t scare them. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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From Michael Higgins, Vanier’s biographer, on the recent revelations about the founder of L’Arche.
The revelations of #JeanVanier's abuse have shocked the Catholic world. But to start healing, we're all called to "cleanse the waters of perception."
buff.ly/2PvMqVD
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Thanks for reminding me of this—particularly meaningful in this 50th anniversary year of @OrbisBooks
Robert's reflection at Miguel D'Escoto's funeral at Maryknoll was also beautiful. Like Cardenal's, D'Escoto's sanctions against him practicing his priesthood were lifted by Pope Francis before his death.
maryknollmagazine.org/2017/1…
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Elaborating on my tweets from yesterday: Remembering the revolutionary priest and poet, Ernesto Cardenal americamagazine.org/politics…
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In his youth the master had entertained such dreams as designing model villages for the elderly. But then a companion from his academy days told him about a house called “The Rising Sun.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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From early childhood the master had kept a meticulous diary, chronicling his every feat of greatness and rating every meal he had ever consumed. He vowed that one day he would make this available to his biographers. Today was that day. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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A personal note: At the Catholic Worker in 1976 I wrote Cardenal to thank him for a contribution, and in return received a note urging me to “go up to Maryknoll and meet my friend Miguel D’Escoto," founder of Orbis Books. Thus, pointing me toward my destiny. Thank you, Ernesto!
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Ernesto Cardenal—Nicaraguan poet, mystic, revolutionary—died 3/1 at 95. A former Trappist novice under Thomas Merton, he left Gethsemani for reasons of health, was ordained, founded a contemplative community of artisans and peasants in the Nicaraguan archipelago of Solentiname.
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During Mass he recorded conversations about the gospels that were later published as The Gospel in Solentiname. In the context of the Somoza dictatorship, the peasants had no trouble recognizing the political and subversive message of the gospels. Later published @OrbisBooks.
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Somoza destroyed the community, but later Cardenal was named Minister of Culture in the new Sandinista government—one of 4 priests (including his brother, Jesuit Fr. Fernando Cardenal, and Maryknoll Fr. Miguel D’Escoto, founder of Orbis Books).
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He saw this service as an expression of his priestly ministry—a form of “efficacious charity” on the social level. But the Pope disagreed. When the 4 priests refused to quit their gov posts they were deprived of priestly faculties.
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