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Eastern Orthodox priests were traditionally required to wear beards to show that they were “real men.”
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Remembering the letter Henri Nouwen sent me after his death 25 yrs ago. My reflections in @The_Tablet @nouwensociety
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That Dag Hammarskjold was killed 60 years ago seems beyond dispute. Who was responsible remains to be proved. Fascinating thread
Susan Williams, who wrote "WKH" (Who Killed Hammarskjöld) in 2011, sums up several key testimonies here, including a former NSA officer based in Cyprus, who heard that night an unidentified pilot describe his shooting down of the Albertina. 20/
labourhub.org.uk/2021/09/18/…
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Dag Hammarskjold, Gen Sec of the UN, died (killed?) Sept 18 1961. “I came to a time and place where I realized that the Way leads to a triumph which is a catastrophe and to a catastrophe which is a triumph, that the price for committing one’s life would be reproach,…
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Sorry to hear that. One of the best things I have ever watched. Time to race the deadline with an epic binge.
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Feast of St Hildegard of Bingen—nun, mystic, artist, musician, healer, prophet. Video based on my text for @GiveUsThisDayLP piped.video/zF3mhF16rOY via @YouTube
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Since he began ingesting jellyfish the former master felt greater clarity and competitive edge. “Person, woman, man, camera, tv”—he was able to recite this powerful incantation without difficulty, tho he couldn’t remember exactly what it meant. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Great interview with @OrbisBooks author @jordandenari Our Catholic faith demands that we confront Islamophobia uscatholic.org/articles/2021…
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For the 2nd time in 50 years Def or military officials have taken steps to guard against possible use of nuclear weapons by an unstable or crazy president. Are we relieved to have dodged that bullet? As if any use of nuclear weapons would be other than of insane and immoral.
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58 years ago. Do we imagine there are not people who would do the same today?
Remembering the four young girls killed on Sept 15 1963 when white supremacists tossed dynamite into the Sixteenth St Baptist Church in Birmingham, following an intense summer of protests vs segregation—facing dogs and fire hoses—in what was called the Johannesburg of the South.
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My cousin won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend did and began to shrink. His gf thought it was cute to carry him in her purse but then he was too small for the doll house, getting self chased by mice, etc. until he got so tiny he disappeared and became 1 with the universe. Proof👇
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Today @MaryknollFrsBrs dedicated the installation of solar panels over its parking lots--the largest such project in #Westchester Co. #CareforCreation
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