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From the time my kids were babies I taught them that they had to pay 💰 for every bottle of milk, every graham cracker and bowl of curds. Only to see those life lessons dashed when they got to preschool and discovered they could get a free lunch! 😱
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Want to understand Religious Socialism? Read the book from @OrbisBooks and watch my interview with the author @FranQuigley. @ReligSocialism. @AOC @ebruenig. One On One Interview | Orbis Books piped.video/wMzTOamixpI via @YouTube
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St Therese.
Today we celebrate the Feast of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux 🌹
Watch this reflection in our series based on the book "Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses" by @RobertEllsberg with @GiveUsThisDayLP
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One of the pope's favorite expressions is "time is more powerful than space." It is an understanding of planting seeds rather than occupying space and dictating changes. That was also Dorothy Day's approach.
Thread: Pope Francis has done more for #LGBTQ people than any pope. But he does so step by step. Two years ago today I met with him to speak about LGBT Catholics, and he asked me to continue my ministry. Often, however, people don’t notice these small steps, which add up to...
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Tonight! Who was #DorothyDay? What is her message for today? Sharing memories and reflections after 45 years. saintjudepgh.org/discover-th…
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Kidnapping, assassination, etc. Yes, the kind of things that forced the judge in my father's case to dismiss all charges against him.
Biden should drop his appeal to extradite Julian Assange and dismiss all charges against him, on the new disclosures that Assange has been subjected to the same governmental crimes that led to the dismissal of my own prosecution half a century ago. 1/ news.yahoo.com/kidnapping-as…
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Peacemaker Sr Ardeth Platte died Sept 30 2020. “I will continue doing direct action for the rest of my life. If I can walk, you’ll find me out there.” My reflections in @GiveUsThisDayLP
Read about Ardeth Platte blog.giveusthisday.org/2021/…
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FD of St Jerome, whose two passions were scholarship and controversy: “I never spared heretics and have always done my utmost that the enemies of the Church should be also my enemies.” As Butlers’ Lives notes: “It seems that sometimes he unwarrantably assumed that those…
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who differed from himself were necessarily the Church’s enemies.” (Art: Leonardo). The zeal of some on #CatholicTwitter often brings him to mind. But props for translating the entire Bible from He res and Greek into Latin while living in a cave!
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My interview with the brilliant Diarmuid O'Murchu, author of “Doing Theology in an Evolutionary Way.” From @OrbisBooks One On One Interview | Orbis Books piped.video/jm9jESu0NTI via @YouTube
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The former master’s family employed a servant known as the “Music Man” to perform his favorite show tunes, including “I Knew a Fool from Istanbul” to pull him from the brink of rage. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
Trump’s handlers designated a White House official known as the “Music Man” to play him his favorite show tunes, including “Memory” from “Cats,” to pull him from the brink of rage, Grisham writes in her new memoir. @katierogers has the details.
nytimes.com/2021/09/28/us/po…
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Blessings on the passing of Joseph Prabhu, a great soul. Last month he wrote me, quoting Marcus Borg: "To be on a journey is to be in movement. Moving from place to place –there is change in such a life. . . A journey is a process that involves our whole being. . . .
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I'll be sharing reflections and memories of #DorothyDay online this Thursday at 7pm EST. saintjudepgh.org/discover-th…
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