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“The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural cure for suffering, but a supernatural use for it.'“
—Simone Weil
Blessed Holy Week to all—
With Holy Week approaching, I was thinking of sharing a short daily meditation from St. Thomas Aquinas. Nothing from me—just his wisdom—but I’d do my best to walk you through it and help you understand it. Would that interest you?
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If I were Palestinian, I could be deported to the killing fields of Gaza for the crime of acknowledging that they exist. Or for the crime of being Palestinian.
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This is insightful. As a Catholic — a cradle Catholic, but an intellectual one — I spent a long time jumping, like Qoheleth, from one pursuit to another in order to find meaning, to “prove” myself, as it were. That included a lot of intellectual pursuits and attempts to master Catholic theology.
Like many who attended Steubenville — defi…
BRAVO, Christopher F. Rufo! I hope that President Trump and his team use your blueprint to entirely eliminate racist woke DEI ideology from the federal government, and return our constitutional republic to sanity, common sense, and meritocracy. Defunding DEI programs will automatically eliminate the woke hires who foment them. It is a very good start!
It might be obvious now, but it wasn’t obvious when I first proposed it with Gov DeSantis two years ago. The reason it’s “obvious” is because we’ve been making the case since 2022.
Arguing with "A" (now with an extra "A"!) is useless. She knows all, has infinite wisdom, and melts down and leaves eventually anyway, when people fail to recognize her brilliance in a manner she expects. Watched her do this on other substacks.