Feast of St Mary MacKillop, Australia’s first Saint, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. Because of her determination to keep her order independent from control by local bishops she had to endure a relentless campaign of harassment and vilification.
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For some time she was even excommunicated by one bishop, though in the end she won support for from the Vatican. She referred to such ordeals as “presents from God.” Innocent suffering, she believed, was an opportunity to shoulder the cross and so to grow closer to God.
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Those who caused this suffering were thus “instruments in the hands of God,” indeed, her “most powerful benefactors.” Nevertheless, she acknowledged that “God’s presents were often hard to understand.” She died Aug 5 1909.
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
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