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Two of her books from @OrbisBook. She noted that forgiveness is never in the past tense--it has to be renewed. "Each day has to be a renewal of our decision to forgive, because we face the jagged edges of our world every single day." Yet Paradise begins that day.
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#MastersofSocialIsolation #15. Some of the early desert ascetics practiced a form of extreme social distancing. St. Simeon Styletes maintained a solitary witness atop a stylos (Greek), or pillar.
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Originally, hoping to achieve the blessed happiness outlined in the Beatitudes he had entered a monastery. But he was afflicted by crowds of pilgrims who sought his blessing or hoped he could cure their illnesses. His solution: a pillar 9-ft tall, six in diameter on top.
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He replaced this in time with new pillars of ever-ascending height, the final one: 50 feet. Simeon could be seen standing in prayer. Crowds traveled to witness this spectacle. Simeon would offer exhortations to charity and justice.
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At one point a bishop, suspecting vainglory, exhorted him to quit his tower and descend. But when Simeon showed that he was willing humbly to obey, he urged him to carry on with his singular witness. Simeon died on his perch on September 2, 459.
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“The recollection of an injury is itself wrong. It adds to anger, nurtures our sins and hates what is good. It is a rusty arrow, and poison for the soul. It puts all virtue to flight.”—St Francis of Paola (1507)
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The master was looking very strongly into a lot of things. One idea: To get the top business leader (“a really big guy in the field”) and a top scientist (“a real genius type”) together at the estate and let them fight to find out who was the greatest. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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A terrible time for our warehouse to be shut down, but watch this terrific interview with author @ctrlamb about his new @OrbisBooks title, “The Outsider” and order the Ebook edition, now available.
For our latest #CRCChats, @GibsonWrites talks w/ @ctrlamb @The_Tablet about his new new book, The Outsider @OrbisBooks. piped.video/watch?v=bzKPmMZD…
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My father turns 89 this week. In this video he describes the ongoing threat of the nuclear Doomsday Machine--a mechanism we maintain, tho it threatens not just 100-200K deaths but 100s of millions if not all life on earth. theanalysis.news/interviews/…
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The master began each day by assessing the strenghs and vulnerabilities of his enemies. It was a habit he had established from birth and he was surprised to learn that everyone did not do this. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
I watched a portion of low rated (very) Morning Psycho (Joe) this Morning in order to see what Nancy Pelosi had to say, & what moves she was planning to further hurt our Country. Actually, other than her usual complaining that I’m a terrible person, she wasn’t bad. Still praying!
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A great love story from my friend, editor of my first book, and @orbisbook publishing mentor, Mike Leach. "Having the time of my life" ncronline.org/news/spiritual… via @ncronline
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Make that 7 @OrbisBooks finalists. Apologies for missing @DanHoranOFM, “Catholicity & Emerging Personhood.”
Delighted to find 6 @OrbisBooks titles named finalists for the Assoc of Catholic Publishers Book Awards: Ilia Delio’s memoir “Birth of a Dancing Star”; Christine Schenk’s bio of Sr Teresa Kane, “To Speak the Truth in Love”; my own “A Living Gospel”;
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The future was written before it occurred. It has not changed. It will not change—until the toddler is disarmed and removed from his throne.
Because of his character defect that left him bereft of basic psychological capacities, human beings, like facts and reality itself, don't really matter to Trump. He can't comprehend them, even if he tried--but he doesn't.
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