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Bobby Kennedy was killed June 6 1968. Two months earlier, in Indianapolis, he shared with a crowd the news that Martin Luther King had just been shot and killed in Memphis. piped.video/A2kWIa8wSC0 via @YouTube
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“Those who have “taken a knee,” undaunted by accusations that they are unpatriotic, have stood for something. And Dorothy, for one, would certainly have knelt with them—in a prayer for justice and reconciliation; in penance for the legacy of slavery and injustice. God help us.”
When Dorothy Day took a knee americamagazine.org/faith/20…
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The master believed strongly that the key to a successful estate and a happy home was “total domination.” He had learned this from his father and also from somewhere in the Bible. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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I've been happy to let others name so many @OrbisBooks authors: #JamesCone, Bryan Massingale, @DeanKBD, @RevJJackson #TheaBowman, Diana Hayes, Shawn Copeland, Cyprian Davis, Andrew Prevot, Vincent Lloyd, @KatieMGrimes, Delores Williams, H Thurman: @OlgaMSegura coming! Many more!
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“The only reason for racism's persistence is that white people continue to benefit from it.”The assumptions of white privilege and what we can do about it ncronline.org/news/opinion/a… via @ncronline
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My new blog post relates the global pandemic to the moral virus that has infected our country in the Trump era, and asks whether US Catholic leaders have also caught the virus. "The Virus and Our Response" sacredheartuniversity.typepa…
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Salman Rushdie: I’ve seen dictators rise and fall. Beware, America. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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There was no truth to the rumor that the master had cowered under his bed during a thunderstorm, when in fact he had been searching for a lost coin. “And when I found it I roused the whole household to share my rejoicing.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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“What has been done at Thessalonica is unparalleled in the memory of man...You are human and temptation has overtaken you. Overcome it. I counsel, I beseech, I implore you to penance. The devil wished to wrest from you the crown of piety ... Drive him from you while you can.”
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She turned to her husband and said, “Sir, the fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
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Whenever an oath was called for, the master liked to swear by “a very good book”—a German manual on veterinarary science—that had long been in the family. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Wow! Congratulations both to @NCRonline and @cwwhite212. A great match!
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