Seamus Enright

In Ps. 128:6 today: 'Peace be upon israel.' Peace be. Peace be to the survivor-victims of sexual trauma. Peace be to all who have experienced trauma from being disappeared. Peace be to those who feel unsafe. Peace be to all who grieve. Peace be is my prayer today.

Good morning, beloved.

Your words are more potent than you realize.

Use them wisely.

Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.

There is a tenderness at the heart of the universe that will not give up on you. The gospel brings that truth back to us again and again.

In Ps.132:9 today: 'let your faithful shout out with joy!' Joy comes on the wings of God, with connections that help us live more consciously. When joy leaves, we can make ourselves open to joy's return. Despite the harm and hurt, God, renew us with joy. Joy is my work today.

A purple flower stretches upward, growing from a crack in the sidewalk concrete

Like a stubborn bloom
Living in cracks of concrete
You cannot kill hope.

#poetry #Haiku

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In Ps.142:6: 'Deliver me from my oppressors.' For the prophets compassion & justice are one. Justice is one of the faces of God. According to the USAID counter, 88 die every hour because this was cut off. Deliver us, O God, into the increase of justice. Deliver is my work today.

Good morning, beloved.

Love changes everything.

Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.

In Ps.1:1: 'Harmony & well-being rest on those who do not walk the path of the bad-hearted, the ones who do not stand with those who stir up disharmony, those who will not sit in a circle where others are spoken of with scorn & disrespect (FNV). Well-being is my work today.

yeah, I’m realizing I need to plan meetings with our food ministry folks, like, two weeks ago actually

In Ps. 4:4 today: 'Tremble with anger, but do not let it turn into rage. When you lay down to sleep, be still, speak gently to your heart, and remain at peace (FNV).' I'm grateful for a Methodist grandmother who quoted often: 'be angry but do not sin.' Gently is my work today.

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Sweet is the day of sacred rest Authoritative information about the hymn text Sweet is the day of sacred rest, with lyrics, MIDI files, audio recordings, and piano resources.

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In Ps.9:18: 'the poor won't be forgotten forever, the hope of those who suffer won't be lost for all time.' The oligarchy is more visible. The cruelty of our times is evident. We know suffering produces endurance. Endurance will become character & hope. Hope is my work today.

An image of a list of the 27 grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 20 of them in whole or in part, condensed into the list below: 1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. 2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation … 3. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people. 4. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; … obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners … 5. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice … 6. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices … 7. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. 8. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. 9. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. 10. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution … giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: 11. For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: 12. For protecting them … from punishment for any Murders which they should commit … 13. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: 14. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: 15. For depriving us … of the benefits of Trial by Jury: 16. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: 17. For … abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: 18. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. 19. He has … destroyed the lives of our people. 20. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us …

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.

Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.
#NoKings

In Ps. 10:17 today: 'You have heard the desperate cry of the humble. You will make their hearts strong & bend your ear to their prayers (FNV).' God makes hearts strong for nonviolent resistance to injustice & hearts strong to face our truth. Strong-heartedness is my work today.

Back of protest sign: reads “I’m here BECAUSE I love my country” with footnote “unpaid protestor”

Back of protest sign reads: “Fighting for Free”

Front of protest sign reads: “No faux king way” with a crossed-out crown a drawing of a cat

Front of protest sign reads “Welcome the…stranger, immigrant, refugee, neighbor” with crossed-out crown.

Ready for tomorrow

I quoted lyrics as chapter intros for my Master’s thesis.

Don’t seethe, organize; don’t despair, connect.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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In Ps.14:5 today: 'for the One Above Us All stands with the good hearted of every generation, (FNV).' The great opportunity of this moment is to stand with the oppressed of every kind. Speak truth among the misinformed. Be a point of light. 'Stands with' is my work today.

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YouTube video by SiouxsieBansheesVEVO Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Passenger

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No One is OK Right Now You don't need to pretend that you are

No one is OK right now.

At least, no one with working empathy and a knowledge of History who’s paying attention.

It is an emotional impossibility to be living in days like the ones we’re in and to be fully unaffected.

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In Ps. 21:4 today: 'He asked you for life; you gave it to him.' God is love. Love is life giving. Generous. Full of grace. Even in our autumns newness is at work. Love does not lie, divide, and harm. Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Love-of- neighbor-life is my work today.

Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

In Ps. 22:11 today: 'Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.' God is as near as our breath. The divine wind breathes into us the breath of life. We don't need troops in Chicago. We need godly compassion. Take a deep breath. Near is my work today.

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