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A beautiful letter from Pope Francis. @MikeOLoughlin has written a very important book.
Pope Francis has written a letter to my friend @MikeOLoughlin, an openly gay man, praising his book on the Catholics ministering to gay men and others during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 80s. Another important step in the Pope's outreach to #LGBTQ people. nyti.ms/30k6dzI
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My book •The Saints Guide to Happiness• was translated into 7 languages. The Korean edition was the most successful!
The Saints' Guide to Happiness: Everyday Wisdom from the Lives of the Saints" by Robert Ellsberg was first published in 2005 to give an answer to our questions on happiness.
m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/art… @RobertEllsberg
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Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago, d. 25 years ago, Nov 14 1996. Among his achievements--chair of the commission that drafted the pastoral letter on nuclear weapons; articulating the "seamless garment" ethic of life; launching a "common ground" initiative...
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to overcome division in the church. The latter provoked opposition from his fellow cardinals, including later disgraced Cardinal Law, who said there can be no "common ground" with error. But perhaps his lasting gift was his own witness as he faced death from pancreatic cancer.
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He shared his ordeal, including fears during lonely nights when he found himself weeping. If we regard death as an enemy, he said, it brings anxiety and fear. But "if we see it as a friend, our attitude is different." As a person of faith, he chose to see death as a friend.
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"As a bishop I have tried 2 shape a moral message about the unique value of human life. As my life slowly ebbs away, as my temporal destiny becomes clearer...I'm not anxious but reconfirmed in my conviction about the wonder of human life, a gift that flows from the being of God."
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Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life.” Ezekiel 37:4-5
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This reflection in @GUTD was surely written months ago, but it’s appearance today could not be more timely. The importunate widow as a figure for God’s relentless pursuit of justice. @USCCB
Read today's reflection Prayer, Protest, and the Pursuit of Justice blog.giveusthisday.org/2021/…
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Very powerful statement from @TRINITYPREZ. Agenda of @USCCB meeting this week must be adjusted to address the scandal posed by this speech, and the demoralization of Catholics who have taken seriously church teaching on social justice.
I signed the statement and had a few more things to say about the scandalous speech of Archbishop Gomez betraying the commitments of countless lay Catholics who do the work of the Church in pursuing social justice discover.trinitydc.edu/presi…
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@OrbisBooks will be at #aarsbl21 next week. Look for us at booth 623 with new titles by @Prof_Keller @DeanKBD @DrDeLaTorre @reineayiti @jordandenari, Lisa Allen, Marcia Bunge, Jermaine Marshall, and more.
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FD of St Martin of Tours (397). Well remembered for the incident in which he divided his cloak with a shivering beggar, later dreamed that Christ was wearing that cloak and resolved to be a Christian. Less remembered that he simultaneously resolved that he could not be a soldier.
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See Kerry Walters: "Let Justice Be Done: Writings from American Abolitionists 1688-1865." @OrbisBooks
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