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Maura O’Halloran d 10/22/1982. How a Catholic woman came to be honored as a Buddhist saint says something about the convergent paths of holiness and their capacity to meet in a spirit of compassionate awareness. (Icon: Wm Hart McNichols)
In 1979, Maura O’Halloran, a young woman from Ireland, applied for entry to a traditional Zen monastery in Tokyo—one of the few western women accepted in this very male world. After only 6 months her Roshi proclaimed with astonishment that she had achieved enlightenment.
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Grateful to the #ThomasMertonSociety of Palo Alto for posting this video of my recent lecture on "John Howard Griffin's BLACK LIKE ME in the Era of #BlackLivesMatter." vimeo.com/470399355
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St Laura Montoya, the first saint of Colombia, d 10/21/1949. She devoted herself to the native inhabitants of the jungle—“to become an Indian with the Indians” in the service of Christ.
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When the words “Down with the Master” were scrawled on a wall the master summoned all the resources of the estate—graphologists, dogs, psychics—to unmask the perpetrator(s). “An attack on me is an attack on the estate, on God, on our heritage.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The master reminded his sons that tyranny isn’t free. Never more than one generation from extinction, itmust be fought for and protected lest one day “we will spend our sunset years telling our children what it was like when masters ruled the estate.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Definitely betting everything on Ellsberg to show in the third race at Warwick Farm. adelaidenow.com.au/sport/sup…
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Powerful (and timely) reflection by Ron Rolheiser on the "Prince of Lies." ronrolheiser.com/en/#.X42uZt…
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FD of Bd Jerzy Popiełuszko, chaplain to the Polish solidarity movement, killed by security police on 10/19/84. "To serve God is to speak about evil as a sickness which should be brought to light so that it can be cured. To serve God is to condemn evil in all its manifestations."
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One complex theory held that the master was a pretender whose elder twin, separated at birth, was held in a dungeon behind an iron mask awaiting the day he would assume his rightful place on the estate. Many of the peasants prayed daily for his deliverance. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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As a boy the master’s nanny used to tell him, “You is smart. You is kind. You is important.” He wondered if she knew he was the one who had reported her for stealing table scraps and whether she still thought of him. He missed her famous chocolate pie. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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“Just as your hand, held before the eye, can hide the tallest mountain, so this small earthly life keeps us from seeing the vast radiance that fills the core of the universe.”—Rabbi Nachman of Breslau
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Happy to interview @OrbisBooks author @MorehouseMystiq (Robert Michael Franklin) about his new book: “Moral Leadership.” facebook.com/orbisbooks/vide…
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orbisbooks.com/moral-leaders… Good time for a reminder about what moral leadership means and why it makes a difference.
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The peasants vied to deliver the most sincere expression of thanksgiving to the master. The winner: “True Goodness, Selflessness, and Love of the Estate n her People SHINES Forth from our Master, God’s Courageous Warrior, and fills our Joyful Hearts!” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
True Goodness,Righteousness,Selflessness,Love of Country n her People SHINES Forth from Our President n Blesses The World.Our Hearts are uplifted in a Joyful Smile when we see him,hear him or think of Our President Gods Courageous Warrior n a example to all
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