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Wonderful excerpt from Jim Forest’s new memoir of his friendship with Thich Nhat Hahn; “Eyes of Compassion.” @orbisbooks When America Met Thich Nhat Hanh tricycle.org/magazine/thich-… via @tricyclemag
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After her conversion in 1927 Dorothy Day got a job cooking for a community of Marist Brothers. "Fr. McKenna, who was my confessor, said to me, 'It's a good thing that you're not good looking, otherwise Fr. Gurgon wouldn't have considered you.'"
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In the #Metaverse it will be possible to connect with other people to storm the Capitol and overturn elections without ever having to leave yr couch!
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Sorry, not much to say about Sts. Simon and Jude.
Read about Saints Simon and Jude blog.giveusthisday.org/?p=15…
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Desert father St. Sisoes was asked for the meaning of pilgrimage: "Keep silent; and wherever you go say, ‘I am at peace with all men.’ That is pilgrimage.” Regarding the need to control one’s speech: “How can we guard the heart if our tongue leaves the door of the fortress open?”
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Soul searching by authors who discover that their books are not on a list of titles to be banned from schools in Texas. 👀 texastribune.org/2021/10/26/… via @TexasTribune
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The master’s endorsement of a book did not imply he had read it—merely that the author had a reputation for hard-hitting vigor, devotion to family and the triumph of despotism, and that nothing in his book could cause a young master to feel uncomfortable. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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“The intellect solves problems and it can do intricate mathematics and work out what’s out there in the universe …. and so on. But if you are intelligent, you don’t destroy your only home, that isn’t intelligent. We seem to have lost wisdom.”—Jane Goodall washingtonpost.com/climate-s…
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What are the chances that the US bishops will follow Pope Francis in addressing an existential threat to human survival? | National Catholic Reporter ncronline.org/news/earthbeat…
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