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Grand Juries – Ferguson – Staten Island
You don’t need to do more than simply mention these words and everybody knows what they refer to – and the deep emotions they evoke. So I’ll just share mine: Confusion; Frustration; Anger; Hurt; Helplessness.
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Pope Francis in Turkey
#459739648 / gettyimages.com “Fanaticism and fundamentalism, as well as irrational fears, which foster misunderstanding and discrimination, need to be countered by the solidarity of all believers,” the pope said in televised remarks in Ankara, Turkey. Worth hearing and heeding in every church, temple and synagogue every Sabbath…. (KS) “The pope smiled and waved before entering the Hagia Sophia museum, which dates to the sixth century. The church was converted into a mosque after the 1453 Ottoman conquest, and made a museum in 1935. From prayer, Christian and Muslim, to museum… not a happy progression! Religion worships a living God, not preserved artifacts. (KS)
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GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD, FOR HE IS GOOD, FOR HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER PSALM 107
GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD… Thanksgiving Thursday, Black Friday, Giving Tuesday, every day – Especially those days when I don’t feel like it – That’s when I most need to be able to say thanks For gratitude itself is a gift. FOR YOU ARE GOOD… All the time – But don’t play hide and seek with your goodness. Sometimes I’m a little too weary to search Let me rejoice, FOR YOUR LOVE ENDURES FOREVER… Let forever begin this very moment. Thanks.
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Wall Street Breakfast Invocation Thanksgiving Tuesday November 25, 2014
As we gather this morning on this eve’s eve of Thanksgiving let us give thanks to God for God is good and his love is everlasting. Bless the beginning of this day with thoughts and prayers of gratitude for family, friend and colleagues. Bless the rest of this day and this week with the deeds toward one another that reflect that spirit of gratitude. Bless our gathering in the prestigious and hallowed place – The New York Stock Exchange. We thank you for our host Tom Farley and his colleagues both here in New York and in Atlanta and all our guests and benefactors whose presence and support is greatly…
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Listen to JustLove This Week to Hear About the Spirit of Christmas
On JustLove, listen in as Msgr. Sullivan speaks with Edward Hadas, Economics Editor of Reuters Breakingviews about the spirit of Christmas presents. Learn more about St. Nicholas and a commercial Christmas.