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"The first job of the Christian…is to grow in faith in God, in his power, in the conviction that we are all held in the hollow of his hand." #DorothyDay #ShareGodsLove

Ok honestly I got a little verklempt reading this:

deadline.com/2025/11/pope...

Ordinary Goodness The protagonists of Pope Leo's favorite movies are ordinary people who, against all evidence, still believe in the possibility of goodness.

"In each, goodness appears fragile, naïve, almost out of place—and yet precisely for that reason, revolutionary."
My take on ordinary goodness in Pope Leo's four favorite films | Commonweal www.commonwealmagazine.org/ordinary-goo...

YouTube video by Matthias Goerne - Topic Litanei, D. 343

Schubert: Wanderers Nachtlied:

Litanei

Matthias Goerne
Helmut Deutsch

youtu.be/l2LDLMJamWU?...

BNF lat 10837, fol. 34v

This is the feast–in all the churches!–of Willibrord, Apostle to the Frisians, d. 739. 🕯️ First up: the Calendar of Willibrord, BNF lat 10837, an early-8c manuscript written on the Continent, probably at Echternach, mainly in Insular majuscule. #medievalsky 🧵

portail.biblissima.fr/en/ark:/4309...

Flight into Egypt with extra-cute baby J. By Francisco de Zurbaran, whose day is today.

East & West ends of Catharinakathedraal in #Utrecht. Built in the late 15thC returned to Catholic ownership in 1815 & gradually reconstructed in a 'High Victorian Gothic Revival' style. Under the altar are relics of St Willibrord, Yorkshire monk evangelist of the low countries.

St. Willibrord a Bishop who Begged the Pope to Preach in Non-Christian Nations! Patron Saint of Convulsions; Epilepsy; Netherlands - Saint of November 7 Catholic Church, Catholic News World, Vatican, Pope Francis, Breaking, Pope News, c na, Catholic Headlines,

St. Willibrord a Bishop who Begged the Pope to Preach in Non-Christian Nations! Patron Saint of Convulsions; Epilepsy; Netherlands - #FeastDay Saint of November 7
www.catholicnewsworld.com/2025/11/st-w...

Tonight, in a massive rebuke of Trump, Democrats have so far won:

- the governors of VA and NJ
- three Supreme Court seats in PA
- two statewide public service commission seats in GA
- a statewide ballot measure in CA to fight Trump's election-rigging
- and a Democratic Socialist won for NYC Mayor

BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.

“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”

This was painted in the 1420/1430s in a workshop in Bruges. The level of detail was very much unmatched and Jan van Eyck truly was one of the greatest painters ever.

Our bluebell woodland

Shivelight and shadowtackle

Fast changing shafts of sunlight piercing or filtering through foliage and the canopy of a wood

The words were created by the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins in 1888

A Faithful Response to the Wounded Knee Decision - Diocese of Rapid City

It is a horror that our nation would re-reward medals for the atrocity of genocide at wounded knee.

Grateful that the #Catholic response aligns with Jesus' message. Let's reject the choice every celebration of violence and desecreation of the sacred.

www.rapidcitydiocese.org/wounded-knee...

I don't think we understand just how bad the decline of the Internet is to knowledge.

3 years ago, I could perform a very basic search in any engine and get an absurd number of relevant links, research articles, etc.

Today, I can perform the same search and find absolutely nothing.

It is worth mentioning that in a recent legal case Google divulged that they make more money from obfuscating search results than delivering them. That’s a large part of why search results are both monopolised snd appalling at currently. They sell more ads if you rage click or trawl through results

Vandaag bestaat Amsterdam 750 jaar.

Laat het een stad zijn:
- Vastberaden: tot ruimte voor meerstemmigheid
- Heldhaftig: in verzet wat mensen kleineert
- Barmhartig: in haar oordeel en in haar daden
Dat Amsterdam meer en meer een plaats wordt waar alle mensen vrij en in vrede samen kunnen leven.

In Magna Carta Address, Pope Leo Calls for a Church That Washes Feet, Not Wields Power “Let us dream of a Church that heals, not judges,” Pope Leo pleads in a sweeping homily that laid out the blueprint for his papacy.

In what may be the defining homily of his pontificate, Pope Leo made clear today the Church he wants to lead — one grounded in radical humility, unity, and service to humanity.

CNN editor-in-chief Mark Thompson, following a While House meeting, sought to soften the news network's coverage of President Trump's demolition of the East Wing, claiming viewers aren't that interested in the story, according to the Status newsletter.

Politieke strijd in het begin van de 17e eeuw ⚔️
Allegorie op de religieuze verdeeldheid 💫
Onder een dreigende lucht zitten op een boerenwagen katholieke en remonstrantse geestelijken. Zij willen elk een andere kant op 🧐
Schildering toegeschreven aan Esaias van de Velde, ca. 1625
#catharijne

Big Universe and God - Vatican Observatory The universe is so large. No Creator God would ever make such a nonsensically large universe, right?

The universe is so large. No Creator God would ever make such a nonsensically large universe, right?

Working on my Sunday homily. Like the tax collector portrayed in the gospel, we find ourselves challenged in this day and age. To be a bit more gentle, to be less judgmental, to be kind and forgiving-knowing that we've been forgiven. We worship a God who touches us with mercy; can we do any less?

An Urgent Exhortation 'Dilexi te' is a forceful call to confront injustices of poverty and inequality—a strong dose of moral clarity at a moment of wanton greed.

Amid news of a $300 million WH ballroom, a widening wealth gap, & millions of dollars going to weaponry for ICE, Pope Leo's call to care for the poor provides a dose of moral clarity: the editors of @commonweal.bsky.social on an urgent exhortation
www.commonwealmagazine.org/leo-dilexi-t...

One of the better photographs depicting modernity, I'd say:

Leonardus Marius (1588-1652), geestelijk vader van Amsterdamse begijnen, kloppen én van Vondel 🙏
Geliefd pastoor van het Begijnhof 💒
Zijn begrafenis, op 22 oktober 1652 in de Oude Kerk, leidt tot een volkstoeloop💫
Schrijver van diverse gebedenboekjes waaronder deze Maria-getijden uit 1651. 👸

Pour out your love on our friends, and on all whom we know; may they carry with them the gentleness of #Christ.

~ Lord, bless your people!

#Vespers #EveningPrayer #Prayer #PrayeroftheChurch #JesusChrist #GoodShepherd

Silence is not an option. Not when families are suffering, rights are stripped, and billionaires buy our politicians. #NoKings

St Luke, Evangelist, done by Lucas Van Leyden, c. 1508 (Art Institute Chicago)

Today 18 Oct is the Feast of St Luke.

Lord #JesusChrist,
meek and humble of heart,
you offer to those who follow you
a yoke that is good to bear,
a burden that is light.
Accept, we beg you,
our prayer and work of this day,
and grant us the rest we need
that we may be ever more willing to serve you.

#Compline #NightPrayer #Prayer

God has no body but yours
No hands, no feet on earth but yours
No plague of frogs to condemn tyrannical rule but yours

- St. Teresa of Avila

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When Teresa of Avila was asked what she did in prayer, she replied, ‘I just allow myself to be loved.’

— Anthony de Mello, Sadhana, a Way to God
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