April 2012
173 posts
“For years, we dreamed of America, but now that dream is no good. There are no...”
– Pedro Morales, 18, of Jalisco, Mexico, explaining why immigration to the U.S. has stalled.
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“It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view.
The kingdom is not...”
– Oscar A. Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, in El Salvador, was assassinated on March 24, 1980, while celebrating Mass in a small chapel in a cancer hospital where he lived. He had always been close to his people, preached a prophetic gospel, denouncing the injustice in his country and supporting...
“By living deeply in the present moment we can understand the past better and...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
“God, give me the patience to rest in you. Make me lie down in green pastures;...”
“Welcome any change that comes into any phase in your life; insist that it is...”
– Emmet Fox
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“I don’t want to overemphasize my Catholicism here. But I know my religion. I...”
– Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy, who will soon sign a bill abolishing the death penalty in the state.
“If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat...”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (via xicanajewel)
