Publisher @OrbisBooks, saint-whisperer @GiveUsThisDayLP. #TolstoysTalesofTrump. #MastersofSocialIsolation. Seeking meaning in the sacred and the absurd.
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Since Vigano began spouting QAnon nonsense and revealing his preference for Trump over Pope Francis, it has become evident that his anti-Francis animus had nothing to do with the McCarrick affair. The pope was wise not to take the bait.
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The art of breaking was easy for the master. He had broken companies and vaster—his word, hearts, laws (civil and sacred) and it wasn’t a disaster. But now he faced the odds of losing. And it felt like (say it!) a disaster. #TolstoysTalesofTrump (cf Eliz Bishop “One Art”)
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Never known as a man of faith, the master now made a solemn vow: If his prayers were answered he might endow a monastery to offer God perpetual praise, or he could make a sacrifice of the first person he saw when he opened his eyes. Whichever God preferred. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Really looking forward to this.
This Thanksgiving weekend, join Commonweal contributor @Paul_R_Elie & our friends @DayGuild @RobertEllsberg @ColleenDulle @nytdavidbrooks for a celebration of "The Living Legacy of Dorothy Day."
Learn more & register at buff.ly/3nWObd9
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The master was grasping at straws: What if he donated the estate to science? What if he burned it down? What if he declared himself a god? What if...what if? And if worse came to worst: Would they let him keep his hairdresser? #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Continuing "a beloved annual tradition," the president pardons a Thanksgiving turkey. Surely the first of many pardons of friends and family in the days to come. Meanwhile, the admin rushes to kill as many federal prisoners as possible before the clock runs out.
How ironic that now, as the Vatican will find a partner in Biden on such issues as climate change and immigration, there is likely to be a much greater rift with elements of the American hierarchy (who embraced Trump).
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For those who read Italian, a fine essay on #DorothyDay in @oss_romano to mark the 40th anniversary of her death in 1980. A saint for our time. bit.ly/2UTMHnG @DayGuild @GiuliGaleotti
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John LaFarge Jr., SJ d Nov 24 1963. A longtime editor at @americamag he was for many decades one of the leading Catholic champions of "interracial justice." In 1938 Pope Pius XI asked him to draft an encyclical on the subject: "Say what you would say if you were pope."
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Some of the master’s advisors reported that the Island of Elba had a lively night life and boasted excellent facilities for golf and sport fishing. And it was from there that Napoleon had launched his promising comeback. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Rushing to my local ecclesiastical newsstand!🚴♂️
#24novembre #anticipazione Un denso ritratto di Dorothy Day, a quarant'anni dalla morte, apre #QuattroPagine in uscita oggi pomeriggio con il quotidiano - @JacaBook @RobertEllsberg @GiuliGaleotti
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Was it possible that his lawyer was not a real lawyer—or even worse, that he had actually been planted by his enemies? The master could not easily dismiss such questions. Perhaps he should have been his own lawyer. How hard could it be? #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The master’s attorney wished to be known as his “Legal Defense Czar.” The master did not object, as long as the actual Czar didn’t find out. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The master’s attorney said there were multiple pathways to victory. To be sure, some of them—such as declaring the estate an independent kingdom—relied on novel legal theories. “Do you have any basis for claiming Italian citizenship?” he wondered. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Very powerful.
Inspired by the acclaimed book by Ta-Nehisi Coates, the timely HBO Original special event #BetweenTheWorldAndMe is now streaming on @hbomax.
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Eberhard Arnold, founder of the Bruderhof, d 65 years ago, Nov 22 1935. He and his companions in post-War Germany asked what it would it mean to live today by the Sermon on the Mount, to live by the spirit of the Beatitudes? @Plough
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