Robert W Moore
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follower of Jesus | husband, father, grandfather | fountain pen and ink | history, justice, civil rights | bread baking | chess
re: 1776, "If [General William] Howe's host reached 35,000 troops and 4,000 horses later in the year, as anticipated, 37 tons of food and 38 tons of hay and oats would be required every day, almost entirely from Britain." Rick Atkinson, The British Are Coming: The War for America
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
re: 1776, "If [General William] Howe's host reached 35,000 troops and 4,000 horses later in the year, as anticipated, 37 tons of food and 38 tons of hay and oats would be required every day, almost entirely from Britain." Rick Atkinson, The British Are Coming: The War for America
"Through your mercy, Lord, my tender heart had drunk in that name, the name of my Savior and your Son... No writing from which that name was missing, even if learned, of literary elegance and truthful, could ever captivate me completely." St Augustine, The Confessions
December 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Through your mercy, Lord, my tender heart had drunk in that name, the name of my Savior and your Son... No writing from which that name was missing, even if learned, of literary elegance and truthful, could ever captivate me completely." St Augustine, The Confessions
"Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:4 RSV #DailyOffice #morningprayer
December 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:4 RSV #DailyOffice #morningprayer
The weekly Torah portion is Parashat Vayigash ("and he drew near"): #Genesis 44:18 through 47:27.
"And Joseph sustained his father and his brothers and his father's entire household [with] bread for the young children." Genesis 47:12 Rosenberg
"And Joseph sustained his father and his brothers and his father's entire household [with] bread for the young children." Genesis 47:12 Rosenberg
December 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The weekly Torah portion is Parashat Vayigash ("and he drew near"): #Genesis 44:18 through 47:27.
"And Joseph sustained his father and his brothers and his father's entire household [with] bread for the young children." Genesis 47:12 Rosenberg
"And Joseph sustained his father and his brothers and his father's entire household [with] bread for the young children." Genesis 47:12 Rosenberg
"...when thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb." from the Te Deum Laudamus
Second Day of Christmas! #TeDeum
Second Day of Christmas! #TeDeum
December 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"...when thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb." from the Te Deum Laudamus
Second Day of Christmas! #TeDeum
Second Day of Christmas! #TeDeum
"When thy word goeth forth it giveth light and understanding unto the simple." Psalms 119:130 Coverdale #DailyOffice #morningprayer
December 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"When thy word goeth forth it giveth light and understanding unto the simple." Psalms 119:130 Coverdale #DailyOffice #morningprayer
HM King Charles III. Christmas Broadcast 2025, a faithful message on the "most important journey."
December 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
HM King Charles III. Christmas Broadcast 2025, a faithful message on the "most important journey."
A Happy Christmas to our beloved friends and family near and far! Praying for the peace of Christ, the joy of the Lord, in your homes during these celebrations. With our love..
December 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A Happy Christmas to our beloved friends and family near and far! Praying for the peace of Christ, the joy of the Lord, in your homes during these celebrations. With our love..
"Let Israel now confess, that [the Lord] is gracious, and that his mercy endureth for ever." Psalms 118:2 Coverdale #DailyOffice #morningprayer
December 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"Let Israel now confess, that [the Lord] is gracious, and that his mercy endureth for ever." Psalms 118:2 Coverdale #DailyOffice #morningprayer
"The works of his hands are verity and judgement; all his commandments are true." Psalms 111:7 Coverdale #DailyOffice #morningprayer
December 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"The works of his hands are verity and judgement; all his commandments are true." Psalms 111:7 Coverdale #DailyOffice #morningprayer
Heard someone say that Germany "isn't structured around personal freedom, but around shared responsibility, and that changes everything."
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Heard someone say that Germany "isn't structured around personal freedom, but around shared responsibility, and that changes everything."
"For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death, and brake their bonds in sunder." Psalms 107:14 Coverdale #DailyOffice #morningprayer
December 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death, and brake their bonds in sunder." Psalms 107:14 Coverdale #DailyOffice #morningprayer
"...for now [a ruler] shall become great to the ends of the earth." Micah 5:4 Rosenberg #DailyOffice #morningprayer #Advent
December 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"...for now [a ruler] shall become great to the ends of the earth." Micah 5:4 Rosenberg #DailyOffice #morningprayer #Advent
"...but many powerful people do not hear this cry: the wealth of the earth is in the hands of a few, very few, increasingly concentrated – unjustly – in the hands of those who often do not want to hear the groaning of the earth and the poor." Pope Leo XIV, final Jubilee Audience of the year
December 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"...but many powerful people do not hear this cry: the wealth of the earth is in the hands of a few, very few, increasingly concentrated – unjustly – in the hands of those who often do not want to hear the groaning of the earth and the poor." Pope Leo XIV, final Jubilee Audience of the year
"...it was [Joseph] who sold grain to the entire populace of the land..." #Genesis 42:6 Rosenberg, Parashat Miketz, the weekly Torah portion
December 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"...it was [Joseph] who sold grain to the entire populace of the land..." #Genesis 42:6 Rosenberg, Parashat Miketz, the weekly Torah portion
The weekly Torah portion is Parashat Miketz ("at the end of"): #Genesis chapter 41 through 44:17.
"And Pharaoh removed his ring from his hand and placed it on Joseph's hand, and he attired him [with] raiment of fine linen, and he placed the golden chain around his neck." Genesis 41:42 Rosenberg
"And Pharaoh removed his ring from his hand and placed it on Joseph's hand, and he attired him [with] raiment of fine linen, and he placed the golden chain around his neck." Genesis 41:42 Rosenberg
December 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The weekly Torah portion is Parashat Miketz ("at the end of"): #Genesis chapter 41 through 44:17.
"And Pharaoh removed his ring from his hand and placed it on Joseph's hand, and he attired him [with] raiment of fine linen, and he placed the golden chain around his neck." Genesis 41:42 Rosenberg
"And Pharaoh removed his ring from his hand and placed it on Joseph's hand, and he attired him [with] raiment of fine linen, and he placed the golden chain around his neck." Genesis 41:42 Rosenberg
There are few words adequate to describe the hubris it takes for a president to place his own name on a monument expressly dedicated to another.
But don't miss the point. It's not about the place or institution. This is marketing the autocracy. Loyalists with unquestioning obeisance at every turn.
But don't miss the point. It's not about the place or institution. This is marketing the autocracy. Loyalists with unquestioning obeisance at every turn.
December 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
There are few words adequate to describe the hubris it takes for a president to place his own name on a monument expressly dedicated to another.
But don't miss the point. It's not about the place or institution. This is marketing the autocracy. Loyalists with unquestioning obeisance at every turn.
But don't miss the point. It's not about the place or institution. This is marketing the autocracy. Loyalists with unquestioning obeisance at every turn.
"So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto #wisdom." Psalms 90:12 Coverdale #DailyOffice #morningprayer
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto #wisdom." Psalms 90:12 Coverdale #DailyOffice #morningprayer
"Give ear, Lord, unto my #prayer, and ponder the voice of my humble desires." Psalms 86:6 Coverdale #DailyOffice #morningprayer
December 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Give ear, Lord, unto my #prayer, and ponder the voice of my humble desires." Psalms 86:6 Coverdale #DailyOffice #morningprayer
Added to my winter book queue. 1938: Hitler's Gamble, by Giles MacDonogh, the British scholar of German history.
I recommend reading. Never a more important time to look into the ideology of right-wing pseudo-religious nationalism and autocracy.
I recommend reading. Never a more important time to look into the ideology of right-wing pseudo-religious nationalism and autocracy.
December 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Added to my winter book queue. 1938: Hitler's Gamble, by Giles MacDonogh, the British scholar of German history.
I recommend reading. Never a more important time to look into the ideology of right-wing pseudo-religious nationalism and autocracy.
I recommend reading. Never a more important time to look into the ideology of right-wing pseudo-religious nationalism and autocracy.
"The Lord [has promised] to save me, and we will play my hymns all the days of our life in the house of the Lord." Isaiah 38:20 Rosenberg #DailyOffice #morningprayer
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"The Lord [has promised] to save me, and we will play my hymns all the days of our life in the house of the Lord." Isaiah 38:20 Rosenberg #DailyOffice #morningprayer
"The voice of thy thunder was heard round about, the lightnings shone upon the ground; the earth was moved and shook withal." Psalms 77:18 Coverdale #DailyOffice #morningprayer
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"The voice of thy thunder was heard round about, the lightnings shone upon the ground; the earth was moved and shook withal." Psalms 77:18 Coverdale #DailyOffice #morningprayer
"...He shows us that daily life, just as it is, can become the place to encounter God." Pope Leo XIV
December 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"...He shows us that daily life, just as it is, can become the place to encounter God." Pope Leo XIV
"Christmas reminds us that God makes Himself known by drawing near to us, not in grandiose events or by revealing Himself from afar. God does not remain in some inaccessible heaven, but comes to meet us in the very heart of our ordinary lives..." Pope Leo XIV
December 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"Christmas reminds us that God makes Himself known by drawing near to us, not in grandiose events or by revealing Himself from afar. God does not remain in some inaccessible heaven, but comes to meet us in the very heart of our ordinary lives..." Pope Leo XIV
Reposted by Robert W Moore
In late 1974, sophomore Bob Prevost and the newly formed Villanovans for Life found themselves grappling with a defining question:
Who counts when we talk about the dignity of life?
Normally quiet and reserved, 19-year-old Prevost didn’t hesitate.
“Everyone,” he said. “It must include everyone.”
Who counts when we talk about the dignity of life?
Normally quiet and reserved, 19-year-old Prevost didn’t hesitate.
“Everyone,” he said. “It must include everyone.”
Villanova Days: How College Shaped Pope Leo XIV
Before he was the pope railing against a “throwaway culture,” he was Bob Prevost, a quiet and nerdy math major at Villanova University with a passion for human dignity.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:56 AM
In late 1974, sophomore Bob Prevost and the newly formed Villanovans for Life found themselves grappling with a defining question:
Who counts when we talk about the dignity of life?
Normally quiet and reserved, 19-year-old Prevost didn’t hesitate.
“Everyone,” he said. “It must include everyone.”
Who counts when we talk about the dignity of life?
Normally quiet and reserved, 19-year-old Prevost didn’t hesitate.
“Everyone,” he said. “It must include everyone.”