Category: politics
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Long Suffering
I heard an intercession for the “Long Suffering People of Palestine” in Church and I was like… “eh”. I hear from white American Christians that when we are in the Holy Land often it is the Muslims who treat us better than the Israelis. I think there may be a bit of payback there, for…
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And to the Left
The story discusses the complexities of political propaganda witnessed first-hand by the author during 9/11-related protests. It insinuates Marxist manipulation hidden in the peace movement and paranoia inducing circumstances, impacting the author’s trust in political activities. He questions the American Left’s support for Palestinians, the American Right’s support for Israel, and explores possible interests lurking…
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Fasting, Abstinence, and Liberation
WHAT DID YOU GIVE UP FOR LENT? Don’t tell me – you’re not supposed to tell folks. But what was it? Do you think of it as a struggle or a punishment to do so? Are you making a sacrifice for God? Or are you doing something to make up for your sins? What is…
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An Integralism of Liberation
Wherein we discuss Aquinas, Ignatius, freedom, a real integralism, and truth. YOU MAY REMEMBER The parable of the foolish (rich) man, which came up in the readings recently in the US: And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which…
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IntegraLeft
CATHOLIC TWITTER HAS BEEN going over (rehashing?) what seems to be an old argument this week: To be honest, I don’t know. This argument is going on in a column on my Tweetdeck called “I’m learning” into which I throw everyone that’s arguing about politics so that I can learn more about a Catholic approach…
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Waking from the American Dream
THINGS LEARNED AS A CHILD: when flag passes in a parade, or when it is brought into the room/stadium/meeting in a formal manner, when singing the Star Spangled Banner, or when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance: stand up, take off your hat with your right hand, and, with the same hand, cover your heart with…
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Day 108: On the Gospel Side
THERE WAS VERY LITTLE POLITICAL CHOICE in my household growing up: one was either Democrat or one was silent. My stepfather was brave enough, once or twice a year, to pick fights on this issue. I don’t think he ever actually voted Republican, but I think it was something. to fight over, in those adult…
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Trumpovationism
After the martyrdom of the Czar and his family, the Orthodox Church in what was becoming the Soviet Union wrestled for a while with various ideas about what was needed. In the Byzantine idea of polity, the Church and the State had always worked “in symphony” even though the idea usually manifested as State Control…
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Ps 145 Blowback
Nolite confidere in principibus, in filiis hominum, in quibus non est salus. Exibit spiritus ejus, et revertetur in terram suam; in illa die peribunt omnes cogitationes eorum. Put not your trust in princes, in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth:…
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Even Ahab Repents
✙ JMJ The Readings for Tuesday in the 11th Week of Ordinary Time (B2) 1 Kings 21:17-29 Matthew 5:43-48 Nonne vidisti humiliatum Achab coram me? quia igitur humiliatus est mei causa, non inducam malum in diebus ejus, sed in diebus filii sui inferam malum domui ejus. “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me?…
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