C. Philip Collins, PhD

Husband & Dad
Poet & Essayist
Part-time University professor
Florilegium Keeper
Disabled/Retired Army combat vet (OEF/OIF)
Benedictine Oblate
INTJ-T :)

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@BayouPhilosophy Cannot intro the dead to music.

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@RDog861 Bullshit

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@alexbward @laraseligman @PhilKlay

Did Deputy Secretary of Defense (DEPSECDEF) know? Did General Brown know? Some heads need to roll. This is a complete breakdown in communication. Absolutely unsatisfactory

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@KirkusReviews Mary Oliver and Thomas Merton (tied).

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@katherineveritt Time Bandits!

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@penguinrandom Candle, Filled, Tea

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@BookTasters I love The Scarlet Letter.

[Saint Meinrad @SaintMeinrad]

On this fourth Sunday of Advent, may we be fully prepared for the coming of the King of Kings.

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@TheCarceri Merry Christmas.

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@CarmeliteNick Is the Church not coming out with a new edition of the Breviary? I thought I heard this? Just asking.

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@jonmsweeney The Abbey is one, if not, of the best placest in the world--at least for me.

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@sm30836872 Simplicity is the best way of life. Every Christian mystic, at least the ones I've read thus far, have said as much.

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@Wordsworthians Somewhat like the Christian mystics I'm reading now (Hildegard, Hadewijch, Mechthild).

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Great article.

#PopeFrancis #CatholicTwitter
#CatholicChurch
“It is not easy to rekindle the embers under the ashes of the church,” Pope Francis said, “Today we strive to kindle passion in those who have long since lost it.” https://t.co/t1F0PyeGQB via @americamag

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@KirkusReviews Sappho.

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@NeshkaVirdure @goodreads Great book. Used to have my AP LIT students read it.

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@goodreads St. John of the Cross, The Dark Night. Just some light reading this week.

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@BayouPhilosophy I always felt that I had to have a TT job to feel I made it. Eventually, I did not care about TT, peer-reviewed pubs, etc. You have to feel good about who you are by you. Don't judge yourself by other's standards.

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@jamesalanfox @PhD_Genie @nmconnell My thought exactly.

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@PhD_Genie Determined.