[Magdalen] Prayers for tomorrow, please

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

We just got back from a trip to visit Jordan and Israel, and felt
completely safe the whole time, for what it's worth.

On the penultimate day of our trip, our guide took us to Bethlehem in
Palestine. There we were met by a Palestinian guide to visit the Church of
the Nativity.  Unfortunately for us, but fortunately for the Church, we did
not really see a lot of the Church because a huge amount of it is
undergoing repair.  There was a wedding going on in the church while we
were there. Our guide announced, with a broad grin, that a couple of years
ago, he had been married there. "I am Orthodox and my wife is Catholic and
the marriage works." That made the visit a lot more personal and meaningful.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
   ‘May they prosper who love you.
   -- from Psalm 122

https://youtu.be/N2FBBb14em8?t=4m44s

[or the whole thing:]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2FBBb14em8



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Our sheriff is sponsoring an all-day anti-Muslim seminar that will be held
> at the local branch of the community college. In spite of objections from
> citizens and a request from a national Muslim organization that he cancel
> it, he insists that it will go on. The college has issued statements from
> the president, the student government and the Faculty Senate stating that
> this event in no way reflects the philosophy of the college.  The
> Charlottesville  paper had a front page story yesterday about the event
> that gave the backgrounds of the two speakers, neither of whom are Muslim.
> They are known to the Southern Poverty Law Center as having ties to hate
> groups. The title was changed from "The Muslim Threat to America" to "The
> Jihad Threat..."
> Sometimes this place makes me crazy! It's Greene County, VA.
>
> There are some issues around election day, as well, but I'll save those
> for Monday...
> Grace
>
> "Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great
> love."
> St. Teresa of Calcutta