What if Hal is actually the mastermind behind everything?
(*The Diplomat S4 spoiler)
1. Penn getting shot
2. Dennis’s sudden death
3. Roylin’s suicide
4. Callum revealing things to Kate that Hal doesn’t want to tell her himself
5. Hal intentionally making Kate feel power hungry by calling her a “mosquito”
What if it’s all part of Hal’s carefully orchestrated plan to make Kate the President of the United States in Season 5?
#TheDiplomat
In modern times, the parable of the Good Samaritan is reduced to a story about kindness.
We’ve forgot its true meaning—
not the way the early Church understood it.
Irenaeus, Origen, Ambrose, Augustine saw not 'kindness,' but the entire drama of salvation.
The true meaning 🧵:
Did you know the Arabic language has an “abjad” system and not an alphabet?
The Arabic abjad is made up of 28 letters, written from right to left. All of the letters are consonants, since the vowels in Arabic are denoted by diacritics.
A thread on Arabic letters & language…
The always emotional ‘Adeus’ or goodbye in Fatima today.
Ó Virgem do Rosário, da Fátima Senhora;
De Portugal Rainha, dos homens protectora.
Ó Virgem do Rosário, da Fátima Senhora,
Do Vosso Santuário, forçoso é ir-me embora.
Uma prece final ao deixar-Vos, Mãe de Deus:
Viva sempre em minha alma
Este grito imortal:
Ó Fátima, Adeus!
This morning, remarking that today is the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Pope Francis expressed his sadness that the Socialist government in Portugal has legalised euthanasia; saying "a law has been passed to kill, one more step in the long list of countries with euthanasia"
Today is the Feast of St. Scholastica, Virgin, twin sister of St. Benedict of Nursia, Foundress of women's branch of Benedictine Monasticism. Patroness of school, tests, books, and reading.
Ora pro nobis
“Christmas is a particularly poignant time for all of us who have lost loved ones.”
📺 In The King's Christmas Broadcast, His Majesty reflects on Queen Elizabeth II's faith in people and thanks those who have given their time to help others.
Today as then, Jesus comes into a world that does not welcome him (cf. Jn 1:11), that rather rejects or ignores him, as we do so often with foreigners and with the poor. Let's not forget the refugees, the marginalized, people who are alone, orphans and the elderly, prisoners.