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[Bishop Fulton Sheen @Bishop_Sheen]

America, it is said, is suffering from intolerance – it is not. It is suffering from tolerance. Tolerance of right and wrong, truth and error, virtue and evil, Christ, and chaos. Our country is not nearly so overrun with the bigoted as it is overrun with the broadminded.

[Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords]

Visionary graphic designer Reid Miles was born on this day July 4, 1927. In 1955 Blue Note moved to the 12” LP format & hired Miles to design album covers & over the next 12 years he created an iconic visual aesthetic that defined the look of Blue Note: https://t.co/uZgi0wz9Ny

[USS CONSTITUTION @USSConstitution]

🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day from USS Constitution! 🇺🇸

USS Constitution, the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat, got underway in Boston Harbor today to celebrate America’s 250th birthday.

Happy Birthday, America!

[Nei Giglio🇧🇷🍀🇧🇷 @neideboaski]

Clint Eastwood !!!! ❤️

Aos 96 anos, Clint Eastwood quebrou nossas ilusões sobre envelhecimento. Não ofereceu consolo sobre anos dourados cheios de serenidade. Pintou a verdade: "A luz machuca os olhos. Respirar pode ser um trabalho duro. O teu corpo já não está a cooperar. Cada passo requer estratégia."
Mas o verdadeiro peso da velhice não é físico. É emocional. Ao cruzar os anos 90, seu círculo social diminui. A maioria das pessoas que te conheceram quando eras jovem desapareceram. O telefone parou de tocar. O ritmo dos dias abranda. A pílula mais amarga não é a dor. É a ausência de alguém que queira te ouvir.
Eastwood explicou por que os idosos repetem histórias. Não é para me gabar. É para se ancorar a uma realidade onde eles eram ativos, amados e relevantes. "Você se encontra repetindo histórias, adicionando detalhes, não para convencer ninguém, mas para sentir que você ainda está conectado a algo", disse. "Você tenta transmitir coisas aos jovens, mesmo quando vê o tédio nos olhos deles".
Vivemos em uma cultura que trata a longevidade como um troféu, mas ignora a solidão que a acompanha. Louvamos o rápido e o brilhante. Não deixamos espaço para o ritmo lento dos idosos.
Clint Eastwood é um gigante do cinema, mas suas palavras falam por cada idoso de 90 anos. São bibliotecas vivas da nossa história. Quando os ouvimos, algo mágico acontece. Fechamos o fosso entre gerações. Rugas não são sinais de envelhecimento. São mapas de uma vida plenamente vivida. E é um privilégio ouvir sua viagem.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

A beautiful tribute to Curtis Mayfield from D’Angelo and Eric Clapton.

[qaartzz 𖣁 @qaartzz]

“Blessed is the crisis that made you grow, the fall that made you gaze up to heaven, the problem that made you look for God!”

—Saint Padre Pio

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

“God made Blues right after he made woman.”

— B. B. King

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Awesome footage of Al Green and Chicago performing “I’m So Tired of Being Alone.

[🎼 sedrul @sedrul08]

Today we remember Ella Fitzgerald, who left us on this day, April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996.✨

[🎼 sedrul @sedrul08]

Today we remember Wes Montgomery, who left us on this date, March 6, 1923, and passed away on June 15, 1968.🎸✨

[T.E. Jentzen @Faithful2Pray]

You never know you were asleep until you awake…

You never know the horror of sin until you get out of sin.

Ven. Fulton Sheen

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Duke & Ella — two of the greatest artists in jazz history, together.

[qaartzz 𖣁 @qaartzz]

“Beware of despairing about yourself; you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself"

—Saint Augustine

[Catholic Life @prayandfast2]

"The devils tempts that he may ruin; God tests that He may crown."

- St. Ambrose

[Catholic Life @prayandfast2]

"It is humility that brings us closer to God."

- St. Thérèse of Lisieux

[Bree Solstad @BreeSolstad]

This is one of the greatest photos in Catholic history.
Despite his greatness, Fulton Sheen had been ostracized and cast away by the powers that be in the American Church by the time he was an old man. When Pope John Paul II came to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in 1981, Sheen was relegated to a far off side section.
As everyone was applauding and greeting the pope, he kept looking around, and finally asked: “Where’s Fulton?”
The pope embraced Fulton and said: “You have written and spoken well of the Lord Jesus Christ. You are a loyal son of the Church!"

This makes me cry with love.

Soon-to-be Blessed Fulton Sheen…Pray for us. 🙏

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Happy birthday to T-Bone Walker, born on this day in 1910!

[MrCasey @MrCasey62]

“People reject the Church because She speaks against the sins they love.”

~ St. Augustine

[Salad Jazz @SaladJazz1]

Marvin Gaye "What's Going On"
#RandB