Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…
As Christians and Jews, following the example of the faith of Abraham, we are called to be a blessing to the world (cf. Gen. 12:2 ff.). This is the common task awaiting us. It is therefore necessary for us, Christians and Jews, to be first a blessing to one another (L'Osservatore Romano, August 17, 1993).~John Paul II
I am conscious of having been ruled by buffoons, taught by idiots, preached at by hypcrites, preyed upon by charlatans in the guise of advertisers and other professional persuaders, as well as by verbose demagogues and ideologues of many opinions, all false. ~Malcolm Muggeridge
Group think? Lou said, "not on my watch." ~Lu Zhengxiang, 陸徵祥
You cannot defend our civilization by expending blood and treasure in an effort to defend an alien barbarism. Either we relearn this lesson to our cost or we are decadent and shall be destroyed.~Ghost of a Flea
So much for his spiel about 'democracy' and 'transparency of governing'.
What kind of people defends murder?


δεινν ο πολλο, κακοργους ταν χωσι προσττας. Euripedes, Orestes

In every war, the first casualty is truth. In a civil war, the truth is assassinated twice, once by each camp.


Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Remembering Father Mychal Judge, First 9/11 Casualty » GetReligion

Remembering Father Mychal Judge, First 9/11 Casualty » GetReligion
Excerpt:

But this story on NPR, about the first recorded casualty of the terror attacks that day (meaning he was given the first death certificate for people who died in the attacks), is worth a read. We’re introduced to Mychal Judge — a gregarious and irreverent man, a priest with personal struggles.

Much of the story is just friends reflecting. I think this is a very effective way to tell us about him. Here’s on example:

His friend and fellow friar Michael Duffy remembers an episode when they were both young Franciscan priests in East Rutherford, N.J. Judge heard that a man had locked himself in the attic of his home and was threatening to shoot his wife and baby...

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