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Henri Nouwen died 24 yrs ago on Sept 21 1996 in Amsterdam, surrounded by his siblings and 90-yr-old father. He was on his way to Russia to film a documentary about his favorite painting, Rembrandt’s “Return of the Prodigal Son.” I realized today that he was my age now, 64.
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Henri’s whole life was in many ways a restless search for his true home. He came the closest in his last 10 years in the L’Arche community in Toronto. Living with handicapped adults, his themes of peacemaking, community, ministry, and prayer became concrete and real.
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Before his death he visited me to deliver the ms for what turned out to be his final book, “Adam”--an expression of his personal creed thru the story of a particular handicapped man who had taught him what it means to be Beloved of God.
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10 yrs before, when I told him about my new job at Orbis he wondered whether I had the “human gifts” for this type of work. I was mystified. But he was right. I had a lot to learn. (See here my reflections.) americamagazine.org/issue/58…
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Before he died he wrote an over-the-top endorsement for my book “All Saints.” I then included him in the book. He is not the kind of “saint” who makes us want to be like him—but the restless seeker who opens a path to holiness for all who struggle amidst doubts and uncertainties.
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“Dear Lord, I will remain restless, tense and dissatisfied until I can be totally at peace in your house. There is no certainty that my life will be any easier in the years ahead, or that my heart will be any calmer. But there is the certainty that you are waiting for me ...
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The master was proud to live under an Absolute Monarchy but he sometimes wondered what kind of campaign slogan he would use if he had to stand for election. He came upon: God, Guns and Oil. Plus of course the restoration of serfdom. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
"There will be no oil, there will be no God, there will be no guns." —Trump in NC last night on what he thinks is the Biden campaign's platform
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Seems almost wistful that the Confederates lost the Civil War—all because they didn’t have cell phones at Gettysburg
The new Patriot’s Bible distributed on the estate told the story of how the Son of God, born to poor but honest peasants, rose to become the Roman Emperor, providing record employment numbers, counseling obedience to all masters, and crucifying his enemies. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Sept 18/61 Dag Hammarskjöld, Sec Gen of the UN, died in the Congo when his plane crashed (shot down?). The rare global leader who found in public service religious vocation. In his posthumous work, Markings, “the story of my negotiations with God and myself,” he left clues about
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Rather than increase rations across the estate, which would only foster laziness, the master proposed instead a special prize—a sack of millet and a special holiday—for the peasant who could produce the largest cabbage. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Link here for my father's affidavit in the Assange extradition case: Daniel Ellsberg Tells UK Court That US Seeks Both 'Revenge' Against Julian Assange and to 'Crush' Future Whistleblowers - go.shr.lc/2RAO3lw via @commondreams
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Account of my dad's testimony in the Assange extradition hearings: "When Dan is 108 and on his death bed he will still be able to outwit James Lewis QC while reading Moby Dick and playing the ukelele." Assange Hearing Day 11: craigmurray.org.uk/archives/… - via:@CraigMurrayOrg
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FD of St. Hildegard of Bingen: abbes, mystic, prophet, composer, and artist. In her symbolic illustrations she depicted human beings and the cosmos as emanations of God's love, "living sparks" or rays of God's splendor, "just as the rays of the sun proceed from the sun itself."
Here is the 8th and latest video based on my reflections on saints. Thanks to @SheenCenter and @GiveUsThisDayLP BLESSED AMONG US: ST HILDEGARD OF BINGEN piped.video/zF3mhF16rOY via @YouTube
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‘Fifth girl’ injured in 1963 Klan church bombing asks Alabama governor for restitution washingtonpost.com/history/2…
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After renouncing his soul the master had at once found himself relieved of the burden of shame or remorse; there was no more need to apologize or tell the truth or carry the painful weight of empathy. Why had he not done this sooner? #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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