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On May 21 1991 Sr Irene McCormack was killed by Shining Path guerrillas in a town in the Peruvian highlands, where she and another sister had, for 12 months, in the absence of any priest, overseen all religious services and ministries.
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When the school master’s survey of the estate revealed exceptional levels of illiteracy, the master was furious. Illiteracy was never prevalent, he complained, before “some fool began asking people if they could read.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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An excellent take by @MassimoFaggioli on the latest from Archbishop Vigano.
For @MassimoFaggioli, Vigano's new appeal is less outlandish than his previous messages, but it is still clearly an anti-Francis theological manifesto. buff.ly/3bT115L
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Before commencing his arsenic treatments the master wondered who could help him determine the proper dosage. His manservant Mikhail had the perfect candidate.
“Stefan,” the master said, summoning his boot black, “I’d like you to do us a favor...” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Pulitzer for #TolstoysTalesofTrump. Nobel would be too much of a stretch.
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Having learned that Napoleon, to inure himself against assassins, used to ingest small amounts of arsenic, the master asked his doctor and family whether there was any reason he shouldn’t do the same. They all agreed: “What did he have to lose?”—#TolstoysTalesofTrump
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This “drive-by shooting” in which the former president, speaking to graduates of HUBCs, literally referenced the drive-by shooting of a young black man. 🤔
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The master had plans—or at least talking points—for any emergency. In the case of famine, for example: “The famine is a hoax.” “It will disappear.” “Mud pies: tasty and filling.” “Miracle potatoes are coming!” And of course: “Blame the previous master.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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I asked #SrWendy about prayer: "Prayer is each one of us facing God in Jesus, with the Holy Spirit speaking His praise within us. Since each of us is different how this comes about must be different. I think the danger of prayer books is suggesting there’s a right way to do it.
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"I find that most people seem to think there is a right way, and everybody knows it except them... Having said that, I think there are 3 levels of prayer. There’s the completely silent and wordless deep prayer, which not everybody is offered...
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"And then there’s the next layer of prayer in which we’re thinking about God or talking about Him or reading about Him. And then there’s the third layer: everything is prayer at this level, whether we peel potatoes or read a detective story or do our taxes or drive a car, etc.
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Devastating reporting: “An administration official says advising Trump is like ‘bringing fruits to the volcano’– Trump being the lava source. ‘You’re trying to appease a great force that’s impervious to reason.’”
Edward Luce spoke with dozens of officials to discover what went wrong in Donald Trump’s first real crisis — and found a president who ignored increasingly urgent intelligence warnings and dismissed anyone who claimed to know more than him on.ft.com/3cxam4D
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Finally read back through the stream of points and counterpoints about “Weird Christianity” and want to express my appreciation for @jamielmanson’s take. The vile personal response it evoked was predictable but no less reprehensible. Also good from @DanielJCamacho
I'm not suggesting that we shouldn't seek respite in beauty and architecture. But when you're in a cathedral, don't just look up at the ceiling and stained glass. Look down at the well-worn stone floor and the grooves made by the feet of countless pilgrims.ncronline.org/news/opinion/g…
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