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The Oscar-winning film "Everything, Everywhere..." posits a multiverse consisting of different universes set in motion by our differing choices or the choices made by others. I thought of Dorothy Day whose life course was changed by the refusal of Forster Batterham to marry her.
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For five years after her conversion, and her decision to separate from him, she tried everything she could to change his mind. bit.ly/3mQq1ps When that door finally closed a new door opened with her meeting Peter Maurin and the start of the Catholic Worker. All that...
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she accomplished afterward came through the frustration of her heart's desire--a universe set in motion because of Forster's decision. Had he married her, an alternative universe would have been set in motion--who knows whether happier for her or the world? But she would not...
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How a Decade of Pope Francis Has Changed the Church newyorker.com/news/daily-com… via @NewYorker
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10 years ago Pope Francis first appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s and asked the People of God to pray for him. His agenda has offered a point of reference for our @OrbisBooks program. Now offering 25% discount on all his book. orbisbooks.com/collections/r…
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“The Reagan administration labeled a film ‘propaganda.’ It won an Oscar.” *If You Love this Planet”—based on a lecture by Dr. Helen Caldecott. Fascinating article. Link to the 25 min film here: nfb.ca/film/if_you_love_this…
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Rev James Reeb, Civil Rights martyr, died in Selma, AL March 11 1965. My reflections in @GiveUsThisDayLP
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She “belonged to the few who, in the face of the crimes of national socialism, had the courage to listen to the voice of her conscience and rebel against the dictatorship and the genocide of the Jews. She is a heroine of freedom and humanity.” via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/03/10/world…
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I enjoyed this--David Swanson captures some truths. "Things to Learn from Daniel Ellsberg." worldbeyondwar.org/things-to…
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Very nice piece by my dad's old friend Sy Hersch. Yet if he has ever played the Beatles or Billy Joel on the piano that is news to me. MY FIFTY YEARS WITH DAN ELLSBERG open.substack.com/pub/seymou…
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New #audiobook alert: "A Living Gospel: Reading God's Story in Holy Lives" by @RobertEllsberg. This book shares the gift of the saints—not perfect people, floating in prayer, but human beings who sought to follow Jesus despite their flaws; people like us. piped.video/27_wMlbHqYo
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Lessons from a Whistleblower : UMass Amherst umass.edu/gateway/article/le…
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The new @OrbisBooks Spring 2023 catalog is out: view.flipdocs.com/?ID=100273… with new titles by Henri Nouwen, James Finley, David Steindl-Rast, Pope Francis, Jon Sobrino, and more: the wisdom of James Cone, Malcolm X, Howard Thurman, Teilhard de Chardin, …
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Jean-Pierre de Caussade, Jesuit, who wrote of “the sacrament of the present moment,” died March 6 1751. My reflection today in @GiveUsThisDayLP He inspired the title of my book “A Living Gospel” @OrbisBooks
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