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Snowmen are terrible at petty theft.
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I was honored to address the new class of @mklaymissioners in their sending ceremony—leaving for Bolivia, Brazil, El Salvador, Tanzania, Kenya and US/ Mexico border. So inspiring to see them answer this call: “Here I am. Send me!”
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One year ago. Since then the number of spirits has only increased.
The master did not know the names of everyone he’d sacrificed on his path to the estate. But he recognized their faces. Sometimes their spirits surprised him as he sat at banquet. They startled him, but not enough to spoil his appetite. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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She befriended her Uber passenger. Then she took a big pay cut to take care of him. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…
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This month’s publisher’s letter for @OrbisBooks. See orbisbooks.com for the full letter. Featured titles by Ron Rolheiser, Thomas Groome, and Pope Francis.
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"Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed that easily." I somewhat regret my role in popularizing this saying of Dorothy Day, which has become the most oft-quoted thing she supposedly said. Some years ago @JamesMartinSJ asked me to comment: bit.ly/3DGVf5f
"Evidence of Dorothy Day's 'everyday' sainthood heads to Rome." The diocesan phase of the canonization process concluded with a Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
religionnews.com/2021/12/09/… via @RNS
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One of the first pages of Dorothy Day's FBI file. Later it warns she should be arrested in the event of a national emergency.
You can read the whole thing here: archive.org/details/DorothyD…
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My take on Gaudete meets Guadalupe Sunday! catholicwomenpreach.org/prea…
@ChicagoCTU, Orbis author @OrbisBooks @RobertEllsberg , alum @santamariabronx @SpellmanBX, @LatinoTheology @HTIOpenPlaza @HTIprogram @achtus_us
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So is this how Republicans prepare for the birth of the Prince of Peace. By arming their families with guns -- even their kids -- and asking for ammunition as a Christmas gift. It makes you wonder who Republicans like this really worship: God or guns.
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Fr. Donald Cozzens, a former seminary rector who wrote boldly about the need for reform in the church, including in seminaries and the priesthood, in the wake of the abuse crisis, has died. Don faced widespread criticism for his honesty. He was a great priest, writer and friend..
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Sad to report the passing of Rev. Donald Cozzens, a wise and holy priest. In his 2013 @OrbisBooks “Notes from the Underground: The Spiritual Journal of a Secular Priest” he described his growing sensation of living in an underground church, remote from the renewal of Vat II, …
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a church reverting to clericalism and stress on obedience, that suppressed the freedom of adult faith. He expected to live out his days in this underground state. By coincidence his book was published the actual month of the election of Pope Francis, and immediately seemed dated.
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Thomas Merton died 53 years ago (at age 53) on Dec 10 1968. In this lecture, “The Home Where I Have Never Been,” I compared the journeys of Merton and Henri Nouwen, and the way their anticipation of death shaped their spirituality. piped.video/kMY88Y27lYI
A deeply moving reminiscence of Thomas Merton and Henri Nouwen by @RobertEllsberg. Grateful for these three extraordinary men of faith and for @YaleDivSchool and @nouwensociety. Robert’s reflections were met with a standing ovation. This is a gift to all of us.
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One year ago. He still walks among us.
The master had instituted a popular game, whereby, at the sound of an alarm, everyone on the estate would stop to gather and quaff a tasty beverage—which might or *might not* be laced with arsenic. In the excitement of the moment, almost no one even cared. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Mass offered this morning in thanksgiving for Karl Barth and Thomas Merton, who both died on this day in 1968. As always thanks to @RobertEllsberg for his saintly summaries.
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Mass offered this morning in thanksgiving for Karl Barth and Thomas Merton, who both died on this day in 1968. As always thanks to @RobertEllsberg for his saintly summaries.
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In the paperback edition he added a new preface acknowledging this new and hopeful turn. Pope Francis went on to embrace exactly the spirit he had prayed for. “Francis has inspired in me a hope that is stronger than my doubts,” he wrote. May he Rest In Peace.
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