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Pope Francis wrote this in the Hospital.
“The walls of hospitals have heard more honest prayers than churches...
They have witnessed far more sincere kisses than those in airports...
It is in hospitals that you see a homophobe being saved by a gay doctor.
A privileged doctor saving the life of a beggar...
In intensive care, you see a Jew taking care of a racist...
A police officer and a prisoner in the same room receiving the same care...
A wealthy patient waiting for a liver transplant, ready to receive the organ from a poor donor...
It is in these moments, when the hospital touches the wounds of people, that different worlds intersect according to a divine design. And in this communion of destinies, we realize that alone, we are nothing.
The absolute truth of people, most of the time, only reveals itself in moments of pain or in the real threat of an irreversible loss.
A hospital is a place where human beings remove their masks and show themselves as they truly are, in their purest essence.
This life will pass quickly, so do not waste it fighting with people.
Do not criticize your body too much.
Do not complain excessively.
Do not lose sleep over bills.
Make sure to hug your loved ones.
Do not worry too much about keeping the house spotless.
Material goods must be earned by each person—do not dedicate yourself to accumulating an inheritance.
You are waiting for too much: Christmas, Friday, next year, when you have money, when love arrives, when everything is perfect...
Listen, perfection does not exist.
A human being cannot attain it because we are simply not made to be fulfilled here.
Here, we are given an opportunity to learn.
So, make the most of this trial of life—and do it now.
Respect yourself, respect others. Walk your own path, and let go of the path others have chosen for you.
Respect: do not comment, do not judge, do not interfere.
Love more, forgive more, embrace more, live more intensely!
And leave the rest in the hands of the Creator.”
—Pope Francis
Pope Francis was the rare leader who made us want to be better people. In his humility and his gestures at once simple and profound – embracing the sick, ministering to the homeless, washing the feet of young prisoners – he shook us out of our complacency and reminded us that we are all bound by moral obligations to God and one another.
Today, Michelle and I mourn with everyone around the world – Catholic and non-Catholic alike – who drew strength and inspiration from the Pope’s example. May we continue to heed his call to “never remain on the sidelines of this march of living hope.”
This is the late Sergeant Alfred Masters, the first-ever Black man to serve in the U.S Marine Corps. The Trump Administration has scrubbed all mention of him from military websites, considering it “DEI.”
RETWEET if you stand with Sergeant Masters’ family against Donald Trump!
🚨NEW: Federal Judge Theodore Chuang has blocked Elon Musk and DOGE from dismantling USAID, ruling that they have likely violated the Constitution.
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BlackHistory, that you do not know about. two brothers who defend himself against white supremacist, landlord, and end up being publicly Lynch. The white mob resort to kidnapping and abusing their family, including raping the girls in their family. today their grandkids are white Washing these crimes.
Captain John Hemingway left this life yesterday as the last remaining RAF pilot from WW2. As the great Sit Winston Churchill said in the House of Commons on the 20th of August 1940,
“Never was so much owed by so many to so few”
John like many of his generation fought fascism in Europe to protect the freedoms we enjoy today. We owe him and all our war heroes a huge debt of gratitude for their sacrifice. Rest in peace sir, your work is done.
The Marine Band invited young musicians of color to perform—until Trump’s executive order shut it down. But they refused to be silenced. With military band veterans stepping in, they played for a nation that needed to hear them.
🎥: @60Minutes