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Long thoughts

It takes a long timeto think long thoughts;Much longer to distill theminto words anyone can hear. dw

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Every form of discrimination

The equality of [humans] rests essentially on their dignity as persons and the rights that flow from it: Every form of social or cultural discrimination in fundamental personal rights on the grounds of sex, race, color, social conditions, language, or religion must be curbed and eradicated as incompatible with God’s design. Vaticana, Libreria Editrice. Catechism of the Catholic Church . United…

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We are Bosnia

We are Bosnia Music from my other site…for those times and ours, too. A desperate prayer. Grace and peace to all of us… dw

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In Common

Created in the image of the one God and equally endowed with rational souls, all [people] have the same nature and the same origin. Redeemed by the sacrifice of Christ, all are called to participate in the same divine beatitude: all therefore enjoy an equal dignity. Vaticana, Libreria Editrice. Catechism of the Catholic Church . United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Kindle Edition.…

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Those people

This same duty extends to those who think or act differently from us. The teaching of Christ goes so far as to require the forgiveness of offenses. He extends the commandment of love, which is that of the New Law, to all enemies. Liberation in the spirit of the Gospel is incompatible with hatred of one’s enemy as a person, but not with hatred of the evil that he does as an enemy. Vaticana,…

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Even more urgent

The duty of making oneself a neighbor to others and actively serving them becomes even more urgent when it involves the disadvantaged, in whatever area this may be. “As you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.” Vaticana, Libreria Editrice. Catechism of the Catholic Church . United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Kindle Edition. Paragraph 1932 You can’t…

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Easter During COVID-19

[Revisited, irreverently reverent] Oh God, this is the best Easter ever – no church! I can’t bear the thought of going to church on Easter. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday…I’m all for it. I can happily be miserable. But Easter…can’t bear it. Everyone miserable trying to muster a match for Easter expectations: Smiling song leaders sweating bullets because they needed one more rehearsal and…

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Limits of legislation

Respect for the human person proceeds by way of respect for the principle that “everyone should look upon his neighbor (without any exception) as ‘another self,’ above all bearing in mind [their] life and the means necessary for living it with dignity.” No legislation could by itself do away with the fears, prejudices, and attitudes of pride and selfishness which obstruct the establishment of…

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Moral Legitimacy

Respect for the human person entails respect for the rights that flow from [their] dignity as a creature. These rights are prior to society and must be recognized by it. They are the basis of the moral legitimacy of every authority: by flouting them, or refusing to recognize them in its positive legislation, a society undermines its own moral legitimacy. If it does not respect them, authority can…

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Social Dignity

Social justice can be obtained only in respecting the transcendent dignity of [people]. The person represents the ultimate end of society, which is ordered to [them]: What is at stake is the dignity of the human person, whose defense and promotion have been entrusted to us by the Creator, and to whom the men and women at every moment of history are strictly and responsibly in debt. John Paul II.…

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Society and Justice

Society ensures social justice when it provides the conditions that allow associations or individuals to obtain what is their due, according to their nature and their vocation. Social justice is linked to the common good and the exercise of authority. Vaticana, Libreria Editrice. Catechism of the Catholic Church . United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Kindle Edition. Paragraph 1928 Is…

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Recognize your Dignity

“Christian, recognize your dignity and, now that you share in God’s own nature, do not return to your former base condition by sinning. Remember who is your head and of whose body you are a member. Never forget that you have been rescued from the power of darkness and brought into the light of the Kingdom of God.” Vaticana, Libreria Editrice. Catechism of the Catholic Church . United States…

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Search and rescue

So that this call should resound throughout the world, Christ sent forth the apostles he had chosen, commissioning them to proclaim the gospel: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.”4 Strengthened…

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To Know and Love God

God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created [man and woman] to make [them] share in his own blessed life. For this reason, at every time and in every place, God draws close to [them]. He calls [them] to seek him, to know him, to love him with all [their] strength. He calls together all [people], scattered and divided by sin, into the unity of his…

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The first words

“FATHER…this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”1 “God our Savior desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”2 “There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved”3 the name of JESUS.1 Jn 17:3.  2 1 Tim 2:3-4.  3 Acts 4:12. Catechism of the Catholic Church – very first words Some…

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Mary-ing

Christmas is a lot of Martha-ingNot much Mary-ingI’d like to choose the good partAlongside MaryA Mary Christmas seems fitting dw 38 Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who was also seated at the Lord’s feet, and was listening to His word. 40 But Martha was distracted with all her…

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The whole truth

If love is not in the truth I tell I’m not telling the whole truth. dw