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GOOD PHYSICIAN (MAR 2009)
"IS ANY human being so well off, so insulated from ordinary experience, so estranged from his own heart that he can say truthfully, I’ve never cried, I’ve never known loss, I’ve never been hurt?"
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"GOOD PHYSICIAN"
SOMEONE TO REMEMBER (MAR 2009)
"The fire, pulled by a colossal updraft of converging wind currents, exploded through Mann Gulch. Although they had a two hundred yard head start, the massive firestorm pursued the smoke jumpers down the steep slope with the speed of a tornado."
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"SOMEONE TO REMEMBER"
CULTURAL ICON: Graphic artist Victor Luciano Rebuffo+
UTILIZING XILOGRAPHIAS impresas con tacos originales, Victor Rebuffo illustrated LOS SANTOS EVANGELIOS (THE HOLY GOSPELS), published 1944. Of particular interest is the artist's preference for adorning the gospel stories with the vocabulary of Argentina's topography and flora.
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Father Barker shares a favorite story of Albino Luciani, a humble man destined for greatness in the Church and the first to choose a double name as Pope.
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Father Barker shares the thought of Pope John Paul II on the demands of peace: “Building up peace by works of peace is difficult—it demands that Truth be restored.”
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Father Barker tells the story of Aristides (an educated Roman citizen living in the 2nd century) who was called before the Emperor Hadrian to explain the nature of Christianity, a strange and disturbing spiritual movement that was growing larger by the day.
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Photo of the Day - Meeting Pope Benedict XVI
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