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Servant of God Thea Bowman died on March 30, 1990. Here is a video based on my reflection for
@GiveUsThisDayLP Blessed Among Us: Sister Thea Bowman piped.video/rDmgMElJEAY via @YouTube
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After the murder of Fr. Rutilio Grande, Oscar Romero considered suspending all Masses in the archdiocese in favor of a single Mass in the Cathedral. He worried whether God would be more glorified by many masses, but remembered that the glory of God is the living human being.
Cardinal Sarah writes that "the gift of grace is reduced" in a Mass concelebrated by a number of priests
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In a 7/5/71 oval office conversation Nixon muses on the fact that "Jews are born spies." eg., Ellsberg, the Rosenbergs, "there's a strange malignancy that seems to creep among them." He notes a curious fact: "There are damn few Negro spies."Why? Listen: 👇bit.ly/31xjD90
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Martin Luther King Jr marching in Memphis on the week he died. This was the equivalent to his Palm Sunday.
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As my father approaches 90: “Hope is not a feeling or an expectation,” he explains. “It’s a form of acting. I choose to act as if we had a choice to change this behavior, and to change the world for the better and avoid catastrophe.” thenation.com/article/world/…
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And yet, despite all the ways throughout history the church has betrayed the spirit of Christ, the seeds of the gospel still manage to land on good soil from time to time. #Saints
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Maybe there is a publisher who would like to publish #TolstoysTalesofTrump.
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Puts it all in perspective.
It’s outrageous that GA’s voter suppression bill makes it illegal to give food & water to voters waiting in line. But read on, b/c it gets much worse...
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Robert Ellsberg, “Saint-Watcher,” to Deliver 14th Annual Commonweal Lecture, April 7 fairfield.edu/news/archive/2…
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Is there such a thing as “obsessive deficit disorder,” where your reaction to every situation is, “ok, whatever”?
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Robert Ellsberg, “Saint-Watcher,” to Deliver 14th Annual Commonweal Lecture, April 7 fairfield.edu/news/archive/2…
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Working on my Commonweal Lecture for April 7 via zoom from Fairfield University. My topic: "Walking with the Saints: My Writing Life." Register here: fairfield.edu/news/archive/2…
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