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I thought @jamellebouie.net would appreciate these photos I just had developed from my study abroad trip to Cuba in 2004. Statue is of my 3x great grandfather, Bartolomé Masó (pres. of Cuba 1897-1898). The bridge is El Puente de Bacunayagua. I believe the shot with the flag is in Matanzas
My reflection on today's readings in light of Paul Kingsnorth's new book, Against the Machine
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Women want him; men want to be him.
The Never Ending Tour of the Gospel
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We love labeling people. Maybe we shouldn't do that so much.
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I wrote poem for Our Lady of Sorrows
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Do we still reject a crucified Messiah? Some people want a superhero rather than a suffering servant.
My reflection on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
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Talk about Valhalla for someone who lives in Westchester, NY inevitably calls to mind that weird little diner alongside the Bronx River Parkway.
So comforting that even the LOTH has an ISBN
Trying to remove the beam from my eye, day by day.
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Jesus: the greatest ER Doctor of all time. A reflection on today’s Gospel featuring The Pitt.
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The amount of lentil soup I consume is more than any man is probably capable of matching. It therefore shows up in my dreams, too.
Ulster County, New York
George Harrison, Martin Buber, and Jesus
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John the Baptist - not just a prequel
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Emmanuel Levinas and self knowledge
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“the United States is not made up of well-adjusted adults; it’s made up of Americans.” Haha
“The night of the year is approaching. What have we done with our talent? All nature prompts and reproves us. How early in the year it begins to be late! The year is full of warnings of its shortness, as is life.”
Henry David Thoreau
Journal entry on August 18, 1853
favorite movies beginning with each letter of my name
A - Apocalypse Now
N - No Country for Old Men
T - The Third Man
H - Heat
O - O Brother Where Art Thou
N - North by Northwest
Y - Yojimbo
It looks like the president holding a normal sized bottle.
70s cocktail parties sound awesome. ELO blaring in the background, everyone looking tacky but great because tackiness was tribal. I’m sad it resulted in a lack of language, though.
Today’s Gospel made me think of Bonhoeffer
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Anything other than a private taxi service in Rome is “beneath my dignity”
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This made my day. After Mass the deacon reported to me that a parishioner had said to him that given the feast of St. Lawrence, she knew I would use the Roman Canon.
