On the eve of Easter, 3/31/45, Mother Maria Skobtsova, Orthodox nun, died in the gas chamber of Ravensbruck. She served the hungry and homeless of Paris, and finally, after the Nazi occupation, the Jews. “I am your message, Lord. Throw me like a blazing torch into the night.”
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“At the Last Judgment I shall not be asked whether I was successful in my ascetic exercises...Instead I shall be asked, Did I feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick and prisoners.”—Mother Maria of Paris
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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"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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