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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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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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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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"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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@RobertEllsberg retweeted
Christianity Corrupted examines the development of oppressive Christian theologies and the normalization of white superiority and white privilege in the United States.
#jermainemarshall #christianity #religion #theology #liberationtheology #nonfiction #bookstagram
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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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What is significant: this was long after Christianity had been embraced by the Roman empire. Yet Martin adhered to the memory of Jesus' gospel of peace. "I am a soldier of Christ and it is not lawful for me to fight."
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Lucretia Mott, Quaker abolitionist and early feminist, d. Nov 11, 1880. She was one of the most vigorous opponents of the "deep sin of slavery," founding the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society--whose meeting were attacked by violent mobs. In 1840 when she and other women
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At a time when a Catholic bishop has denounced "wokeness" "intersectionality," "identity politics" and "social justice" as a form of pseudo-religion, I remember Mott's words: "It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ."
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...were excluded from an antislavery meeting in London she began devoting more energy to the feminist cause. At the Seneca Falls convention in 1848 she read aloud from a manifesto beginning, "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men *and women* are created equal."
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At a time when a Catholic bishop has denounced "wokeness" "intersectionality," "identity politics" and "social justice" as a form of pseudo-religion, I remember Mott's words: "It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ."
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See Kerry Walters: "Let Justice Be Done: Writings from American Abolitionists 1688-1865." @OrbisBooks
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See Kerry Walters: "Let Justice Be Done: Writings from American Abolitionists 1688-1865." @OrbisBooks
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Beautiful reflection from @OrbisBooks author @batear: "US bishops' Eucharist teaching draft neglects realities on the ground." ncronline.org/news/coronavir… via @NCRonline
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One of the best responses from Pax Christi USA. "Blessed is the one who stays awake" - Our response to criticism of today's movements for social justice paxchristiusa.org/2021/11/09… via @PaxChristiUSA
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My reflection on Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy. “Each day is a step we make towards eternity and we shall continue thus to step from day to day until we take the last step, which will bring us into the presence of God.” In @GiveUsThisDayLP @SistersofMercy
Read about Venerable Catherine McAuley blog.giveusthisday.org/2021/…
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