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True, this could become a further excuse for homilists to think they don't really need to prepare.
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Yet Ernesto Cardenal would eventually resign from the FSLN. A reminder that any “triumph” in history is only an approximation of God’s reign. bit.ly/3A95gY6
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9/11 evokes memories of unbearable sorrow, selfless sacrifice, and messages of love. But there is a shadow to the story: how it turned us into torturers. via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2021/09/12/us/po…
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“It is not possible for one to be wealthy and just at the same time. Do you pay such honor to your excrements as to receive them into a silver chamber pot when another man made in the image of God is perishing in the cold?”—St John Chrysostom @GiveUsThisDayLP
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Completes series of reflections by @Pontifex on the synoptic gospels. @OrbisBooks
@Pontifex explores the Gospel of Luke at a time when we need to hear Jesus' words amidst the many challenges to justice in our world. @OrbisBooks @CatholicsRead
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“Then He said, ‘Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.’And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind…
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and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.”—1 Kings 19:1-2
Wait for the silence. What do you hear? #September11th
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Why is Biden prosecuting Assange for telling the truth about Afghanistan? | Opinion newsweek.com/why-biden-prose…
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When it comes to violence nobody ever seems to ask “but what of the cost?” Yet proponents of non-violence are called naive and unrealistic. Even when violence turns out to be fantastically unsuccessful.
My latest piece: It's about 9/11 and its aftermath.
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"The United States wasted two precious decades in fruitless military activity at the very moment when humanity faces its gravest collective threats: species death and ecocide."
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The former master belonged to a Fantasy Warfare league in which legendary generals and warlords were pitted against each other. For instance, how would Robert E. Lee + the army of N. Virginia fare against a master strategist like Hannibal + his elephants? #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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My foreword to the new book by #HenriNouwen, COMMUNITY, is excerpted in the Aug-Sept issue of the Catholic Worker—where my relationship with Henri began 44 yrs ago. orbisbooks.com/community.htm…
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On a special date in Sept the former master planned to entertain his guests by staging a “no holds barred” contest between his two strongest bodyguards. As well as joining him for an extra scoop of ice cream the survivor had a chance of winning his freedom. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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