week 16/25

Paul Revere’s Ride…250 Years…And Today

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Yesterday was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s Ride warning of the British Army approaching. He was forty years old. The Sons of Liberty put lights in Boston’s Old North Church: one if by land, two if by sea.

Yesterday, projected on the front of the Old North Church was the following warning:

One if by land, Two if by D.C.

There were two lights.

When I first wrote this post, I asked who will warn us this time?

We have that answer.

However, who have we ignored the warnings of?

  • My list is not all-inclusive:
  • 1. Hillary Clinton
  • 2. Kamala Harris
  • 3. Michelle Obama
  • 4. Brian Tyler Cohen
  • 5. Joe Biden
  • 6. Jamie Raskin
  • 7. Harry Dunn
  • 8. Aquillino Gonell
  • 9. Michael Fannone
  • 10. Daniel Hodges
  • 11. Liz Cheney
  • 12. Adam Kinzinger
  • 13. John Lewis
  • 14. Melanie Stansbury
  • 15. Mark Elias
  • And so many others.

There are two lights in the church window.

Resist.

Feast Day of St. Kateri Tekakwitha (in Canada)

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This is the feast day of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. She died on this day in 1680 at twenty-four years of age. Since that time, miracles have known to have occurred through her intercession. In two more days, is the anniversary of my own conversion.

The photo above is at her tomb where her earthly remains rest at the St. Francis Xavier Mission Church in Kahnawake, Quebec. This is at the National Canadian Shrine of St. Kateri Tekakwitha.

I’m looking forward to the celebration of her feast day in the US in July, and my visit to this shrine and her tomb in June, partly for intensive research, but also hopefully to attend mass while we’re there.

St. Kateri, pray for us.

Election Connection – DEI Edition

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What DEI is. And what it isn’t.

It is: a reminder that this world is not monolithic. It is diverse, and our workplaces and museums and schools should reflect that.

It isn’t: a club to bludgeon. It isn’t taking your job or your space on the wall.

The Merriam-Webster definition is:

1: a set of values and related policies and practices focused on establishing a group culture of equitable and inclusive treatment and on attracting and retaining a diverse group of participants, including people who have historically been excluded or discriminated against [1]

Everyone should feel and be welcomed.

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Bring Them Home

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It’s the first night of Passover. The matzo is broken, the chicken is eaten, the food is away. The kitchen is cleaned and families are still missing their people; still held hostage after over 500 days.

But we have hope

We have faith

We have our Collective

and together today as Moses said then, “Let. My. People. Go.”

I wrote this on the first night of Passover, which was Saturday. That was also the night that someone tried to burn the Pennsylvania Governor’s house down, and as we’ve heard since had planned to beat the Governor with a sledgehammer. That is not what this is about; sadly, we will have many more instances of antisemitism to speak out.