Billroy Was Here
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Formerly fully in support of Republican party, now more closely aligned with the American Solidarity Party and Christian Democracy
Despite popular opinion, the United States and Western Europe are both quite free
August 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Despite popular opinion, the United States and Western Europe are both quite free
I just realized that I may have been doing things wrong in these arguments about my being a Christian. Folks keep requesting undisputable proof, but, to quote Hebrews 11:1, Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
August 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I just realized that I may have been doing things wrong in these arguments about my being a Christian. Folks keep requesting undisputable proof, but, to quote Hebrews 11:1, Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
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Through hope's prism, even the darkest days scatter light. Be a hopemonger - trade in light, deal generously in optimism and flood the grey with colour. Read more:
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Become a Hopemonger: Trading in the Currency of Possibility
Through hope’s prism, even the darkest days scatter light. I believe that. If you are feeling clouded by doubt and uncertainty, then there is a powerful role we can all step into: the hopemon…
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July 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Through hope's prism, even the darkest days scatter light. Be a hopemonger - trade in light, deal generously in optimism and flood the grey with colour. Read more:
johndabell.com/2025/07/26/b...
johndabell.com/2025/07/26/b...
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"Francis periodically retreated to a place of solitude and silence...He invited just a few companions from among the many friends who appreciated his spiritual life, so that they could keep people from disturbing him and lovingly keep watch over his quiet times." #Celano #SaintFrancisOfAssisi
July 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"Francis periodically retreated to a place of solitude and silence...He invited just a few companions from among the many friends who appreciated his spiritual life, so that they could keep people from disturbing him and lovingly keep watch over his quiet times." #Celano #SaintFrancisOfAssisi
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"We well know that evil has its way of revenge: If it is not stopped it is in danger of spreading, of suffocating the whole world." #PopeFrancis #Hope
July 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"We well know that evil has its way of revenge: If it is not stopped it is in danger of spreading, of suffocating the whole world." #PopeFrancis #Hope
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Consistently refuse to give in - your future self is counting on your persistence. And so is your dog!
July 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Consistently refuse to give in - your future self is counting on your persistence. And so is your dog!
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Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski condemns Turnip's internment camp. #ICEDetentions
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
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Miami archbishop slams Everglades immigrant detention site as 'unbecoming' and 'corrosive'
Archbishop Thomas Wenski criticized the remote location of the detention site called "Alligator Alcatraz" and the rhetoric surrounding it.
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July 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski condemns Turnip's internment camp. #ICEDetentions
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
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The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded
than the shouting of a ruler among fools.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war,
but one bungler destroys much good.
—Ecclesiastes 9
than the shouting of a ruler among fools.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war,
but one bungler destroys much good.
—Ecclesiastes 9
July 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded
than the shouting of a ruler among fools.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war,
but one bungler destroys much good.
—Ecclesiastes 9
than the shouting of a ruler among fools.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war,
but one bungler destroys much good.
—Ecclesiastes 9
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Pope Leo: “Politics can unite instead of divide, if it doesn’t settle with the propaganda that feeds on building enemies. Politics should work towards the difficult and necessary art of constructive dialogue, which searches for the common good.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope: Humanity can always come together, even in times of division - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV sends a video message to participants in an Italian charity event, and insists on the importance of promoting dialogue and peace in a ...
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July 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Pope Leo: “Politics can unite instead of divide, if it doesn’t settle with the propaganda that feeds on building enemies. Politics should work towards the difficult and necessary art of constructive dialogue, which searches for the common good.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
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"Political leaders...who interpret their role not with the humility of one who has been called upon to weave a fabric of coexistence but with arrogance, cannot lead their people toward peace, justice, and prosperity. They generally drive them toward the abyss, toward ruin." #PopeFrancis #Hope
July 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Political leaders...who interpret their role not with the humility of one who has been called upon to weave a fabric of coexistence but with arrogance, cannot lead their people toward peace, justice, and prosperity. They generally drive them toward the abyss, toward ruin." #PopeFrancis #Hope
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Wash yourselves.
Remove your evil deeds
from before my eyes.
Cease to do evil.
Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Rescue the oppressed.
Defend the orphan.
Plead for the widow.
—Isaiah 1
Remove your evil deeds
from before my eyes.
Cease to do evil.
Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Rescue the oppressed.
Defend the orphan.
Plead for the widow.
—Isaiah 1
July 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Wash yourselves.
Remove your evil deeds
from before my eyes.
Cease to do evil.
Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Rescue the oppressed.
Defend the orphan.
Plead for the widow.
—Isaiah 1
Remove your evil deeds
from before my eyes.
Cease to do evil.
Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Rescue the oppressed.
Defend the orphan.
Plead for the widow.
—Isaiah 1
Share a movie you can quote from start to finish
July 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Share a movie you can quote from start to finish
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Job for today: be an ambassador of possibility and advocate for the idea that progress is always possible even if it’s just one small step at a time.
July 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Job for today: be an ambassador of possibility and advocate for the idea that progress is always possible even if it’s just one small step at a time.
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"All holy and gracious God, give us wisdom to know you, intelligence to understand you, diligence to seek you, patience to wait for you, eyes to behold you, a heart to meditate upon you, and a life to proclaim you. Amen." #SaintBenedict #PrayTogether
July 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"All holy and gracious God, give us wisdom to know you, intelligence to understand you, diligence to seek you, patience to wait for you, eyes to behold you, a heart to meditate upon you, and a life to proclaim you. Amen." #SaintBenedict #PrayTogether
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Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute.
Speak out.
Judge righteously.
Defend the rights of the poor and needy.
—Proverbs 31:8-9
Speak out.
Judge righteously.
Defend the rights of the poor and needy.
—Proverbs 31:8-9
July 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute.
Speak out.
Judge righteously.
Defend the rights of the poor and needy.
—Proverbs 31:8-9
Speak out.
Judge righteously.
Defend the rights of the poor and needy.
—Proverbs 31:8-9
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“We possess a freedom that no difficulty can rob us of: it is the freedom to love and to pray. Everyone, always, can love and pray.” #PopeLeoXIV #PrayForAmerica
July 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“We possess a freedom that no difficulty can rob us of: it is the freedom to love and to pray. Everyone, always, can love and pray.” #PopeLeoXIV #PrayForAmerica
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"The Vatican released a new liturgy for Mass reflecting concern for the environment, offering prayers, readings and hymns that highlight the church’s responsibility to protect the Earth." www.sltrib.com/religion/202...
Pope Leo XIV approves new Mass centered on care for the environment
Pope Leo XIV picks up where Pope Francis left off, and embraces a new Mass focused on the environment, care for the Earth and climate change.
www.sltrib.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"The Vatican released a new liturgy for Mass reflecting concern for the environment, offering prayers, readings and hymns that highlight the church’s responsibility to protect the Earth." www.sltrib.com/religion/202...
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The very fact that we breathe, that the earth continues to spin on its axis, that the seasons follow one another, that communities are kept alive by uncountable, unnoticed, simple acts of generosity and kindness, are due to God’s grace, shed upon all creation.
—Denise Ackermann
—Denise Ackermann
July 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The very fact that we breathe, that the earth continues to spin on its axis, that the seasons follow one another, that communities are kept alive by uncountable, unnoticed, simple acts of generosity and kindness, are due to God’s grace, shed upon all creation.
—Denise Ackermann
—Denise Ackermann
When you're being mean to me this is who you're being mean to...
July 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
When you're being mean to me this is who you're being mean to...
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"I have never been and am not a threat to this country, the main threat is in the government." www.ncronline.org/news/archbis...
Archbishop arrested, 2nd cleric sought, amid Armenian government crackdown on opposition
The country's investigative committee accused the archbishop and 13 others of plotting to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
www.ncronline.org
July 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"I have never been and am not a threat to this country, the main threat is in the government." www.ncronline.org/news/archbis...
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“The only crime I committed is to love this country and to work hard and to provide for my kids.” #PrayForAmerica www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘I want my vote back’: Trump-voting family stunned after Canadian mother detained by Ice
Family of Cynthia Olivera retracts support of president after immigration officials detained her at green card interview
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July 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“The only crime I committed is to love this country and to work hard and to provide for my kids.” #PrayForAmerica www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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We need to hear the Gospel every day because we forget it every day.
—Martin Luther
—Martin Luther
July 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
We need to hear the Gospel every day because we forget it every day.
—Martin Luther
—Martin Luther
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“We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.” #DoloresHuerta #RememberThePoor #PrayForAmerica
July 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.” #DoloresHuerta #RememberThePoor #PrayForAmerica
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Maybe I could start a consulting business called “worst case scenario preparation”.
Seriously, the science is there for crafting scenarios and iterating on response solutions, but that means overcoming normalcy bias and spending tax money. It’s tough to do, but OMG look where we are 😩😢
Seriously, the science is there for crafting scenarios and iterating on response solutions, but that means overcoming normalcy bias and spending tax money. It’s tough to do, but OMG look where we are 😩😢
Kerr County, Texas Judge Rob Kelly told a reporter that the county does not have a warning system, saying that "no one knew this kind of flood was coming," @nbcdfw.com reports.
July 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Maybe I could start a consulting business called “worst case scenario preparation”.
Seriously, the science is there for crafting scenarios and iterating on response solutions, but that means overcoming normalcy bias and spending tax money. It’s tough to do, but OMG look where we are 😩😢
Seriously, the science is there for crafting scenarios and iterating on response solutions, but that means overcoming normalcy bias and spending tax money. It’s tough to do, but OMG look where we are 😩😢
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"As if already a resident of heaven and a fellow citizen of the angels, Francis went in fervent search of the Beloved from whom he was separated only by a partition of the flesh." #Bonaventure #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #PrayTogether
July 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
"As if already a resident of heaven and a fellow citizen of the angels, Francis went in fervent search of the Beloved from whom he was separated only by a partition of the flesh." #Bonaventure #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #PrayTogether