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Every Sunday the master would dine at the home of one of his adult children. These were invariably extravagant affairs, with fireworks and dancing bears. He had said that eventually he would leave his estate to the one who loved him the most. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Angered by his wife’s pressure on him to play tennis and her constant exhortations to “be best” the master said he could replace her with a hundred other women in an hour. “Watch, I’ll show you how easy it is,” he said. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
I encourage everyone who chooses to be negative & question my work at the @WhiteHouse to take time and contribute something good & productive in their own communities. #BeBest
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Erik Prince is brother of Betsy Devos, Sec of Education. He supported an espionage campaign against the teachers union. Are we ok with this? via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2020/03/07/us/po…
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Nixon’s Plumbers operated out of the White House. Trump admin outsources these services. via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2020/03/07/us/po…
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Throughout we sense the struggle of a woman to claim her own identity and vocation amid the various competing claims imposed by society. Perpetua: “For this cause came we willingly unto this, that our liberty might not be obscured. For this cause have we devoted our lives.”
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Before “the day of their victory” Felicity gives birth, rejoicing that her child is born in safety and so she comes now “from blood to blood, from the midwife to the gladiator, to wash after her travail in a second baptism.”
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When stripped in the arena the crowd shudders “seeing one a tender girl, the other her breasts yet dropping from late childbearing.” The 2 young women, formerly mistress and servant, now sisters in Christ, turn to one another before the jeering crowd and exchange a kiss.
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The Feast of Sts Perpetua and Felicity is a memorial to all women who have claimed their identity, spoken their truth, refused to stay in their place, endured scorn for being “nasty,” mean, and unlikeable. They were warned; it was explained to them; nevertheless, they persisted.
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In most stories of women martyrs there is a strong focus on virginity. The Passion of Sts Perpetua and Felicity (203) focuses instead on the power of two mothers—one with a nursing babe, the other 8 mos pregnant—to fully serve as “other Christs” in their female bodies. (Lentz👇)
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When the master went missing his family found him at the research lab sitting among the scientists lecturing them about some kind of pond water. Everyone was astonished by his lack of knowledge. He told his wife “Didn’t you know I must be about my business?” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The master’s wife decided to surprise her husband by designing a Tennis Pavillion on the Estate. (The surprise would be compounded when he learned she had selected the exact location currently occupied by his Miracle Pond Water Distillary.) #TolstoysTalesofTrump
I am excited to share the progress of the Tennis Pavillion at @WhiteHouse. Thank you to the talented team for their hard work and dedication.
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"Beloved Amazonia" now available in Kindle ed from @OrbisBooks: amzn.to/3cAt37P. Aside from Pope Francis's "Querida Amazonia," includes Final Doc and Working Doc from the Synod, Intro by @ctrlamb and commentary by @jesuitczerny. @Pontifex @americamag @Crux @NCRonline
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Wonderful news! @HeidiSchlumpf consistently delivers insightful analysis and graceful writing. Well done, @NCRonline !
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"Reading Jackson, absorbing the clarity of his moral vision, should be required. It’s fuel for the miles yet to be run. “Keeping Hope Alive” is the place to begin".Jesse Jackson’s sermons, now collected, stir the soul chicagotribune.com/entertain…
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