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May 13, the anniversary of Julian of Norwich’s first mystical revelation, is the traditional date of her commemoration. I posted this reflection last March, as we entered the pandemic shut-down, as part of a series on #MastersofSocialIsolation. A message of compassion and hope.
#MastersofSocialIsolation (4) Julian of Norwich, a 14th-cen English mystic, spent half her life as an anchoress, enclosed in a cell attached to her local church. From a small window she could receive food and offer spiritual advice, while from another she could view the altar.
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A free webinar to mark the 50th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers, June 13. Will feature my dad @DanielEllsberg, Noam Chomsky, others.
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Wisdom from Rabbi Arthur Waskow. Roots of Turmoil in Jerusalem shar.es/aoPf3M
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St ignatius of Laconi, a Franciscan (1781), a gifted beggar, always avoided a cruel moneylender, who then complained of this ostracism. His superior ordered him to beg from the man, but when he returned his sack was dripping with blood. “That is the blood of the poor,” he said.
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I will be offering a program on the Beatitudes, and how figures like Dorothy Day, Romero, Franz Jagerstattter, and other holy companions can help us understand what it means to be among the poor in spirit, the meek, the pure of heart, the merciful, peacemakers in our world today.
I look forward to joining @RevJohnDear for a program on "The Beatitudes and the Saints" on May 22. Deadline to register, May 17 at beatitudescenter.org
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May 10, Feast day of St Damien de Veuster d, 4/15/1899, who volunteered to serve as a priest on the leper colony on the Hawaiian island of Molokai, where he eventually succumbed to the illness.
Here is the latest video based on my reflections on the saints. I think the best so far. Thanks to @SheenCenter and @GiveUsThisDayLP Blessed Among Us: St. Damien of Molokai piped.video/aodvBaFDsfM via @YouTube
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For his 100th birthday (and #MothersDay), here is Dan Berrigan on his mother. "It occurred to me long after my mother's death...that such a woman might safely have been entrusted with the fate of the world...
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#MothersDay. What we all share in common with the saints. (Dan Berrigan, Mother Teresa, Thomas Merton, Oscar Romero, and their moms.)
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Yes, and if Sophie had survived to die on the same day as Dan Berrigan, she would have been alive five years ago.