We have not had a Hot Summer so far and the cool summer continues. I think big tomatoes need heat to ripen so they are slow to do so this year. At Marquette University we hope to start the New Year with a loud cry for a campus free of teaching war and killing. Will the President of Marquette University hear us? If there is enough of us and we are loud in action and words he may hear us.

The failure of the local church to postpone an advisory resolution to put away in a trust most of the 1.2 million it inherited offers us hope that they and the Archdiocese can hear the cry of the poor and do as Jesus would, use the money for poor and marginalized in North Central Milwaukee. All we can do is pray, hope and act but God willingly that may be enough. Maybe if we turn up the heat, like Mother Nature might do, we can ripen, like the tomatoes, and explode with nonviolence to make a difference on these two but one issues, humanity dignity of individual recognized by institutions.

At the prayer at our St. Vincent De Paul conference meeting tonight we were reminded in the Gospel reading of how we must get ready for God coming in our lives and not be like the land owner who stocked up supplies for tough times only to die. In both these issues, Marquette Teaching Killing and Church using money to store it up rather than for poor and marginalized I am reminded of the homily yesterday by my Jesuit friend, Tom, at Mass. He told us how the American dream was to provide shelter, food and education for your family but not is getting as much money and wealth as possible. Marquette with its three contracts with the Department of Defense for military training and the Catholic Church with its trust funds seem to doing just that, building wealth rather than sharing wealth and excess with those most in need.

Where is the passion for peace and justice these days? As I was attending a prayer vigil for yet another homicide victim this morning I felt the cool breeze on my face. Maybe the answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind. Can you feel it?

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We have not had a Hot Summer so far and the cool summer continues. I think big tomatoes need heat to ripen so they are slow to do so this year. At Marquette University we hope to start the New Year with a loud cry for a campus free of teaching war and killing. Will the President of Marquette University hear us?
If there is enough of us and we are loud in action and words he may hear us.

The failure of the local church to postpone an advisory resolution to put away in a trust most of the 1.2 million it inherited offers us hope that they and the Archdiocese can hear the cry of the poor and do as Jesus would, use the money for poor and marginalized in North Central Milwaukee. All we can do is pray, hope and act but God willingly that may be enough. Maybe if we turn up the heat, like Mother Nature might do, we can ripen, like the tomatoes, and explode with nonviolence to make a difference on these two but one issues, humanity dignity of individual recognized by institutions.

At the prayer at our St. Vincent De Paul conference meeting tonight we were reminded in the Gospel reading of how we must get ready for God coming in our lives and not be like the land owner who stocked up supplies for tough times only to die. In both these issues, Marquette Teaching Killing and Church using money to store it up rather than for poor and marginalized I am reminded of the homily yesterday by my Jesuit friend, Tom, at Mass. He told us how the American dream was to provide shelter, food and education for your family but not is getting as much money and wealth as possible. Marquette with its three contracts with the Department of Defense for military training and the Catholic Church with its trust funds seem to doing just that, building wealth rather than sharing wealth and excess with those most in need.

Where is the passion for peace and justice these days? As I was attending a prayer vigil for yet another homicide victim this morning I felt the cool breeze on my face. Maybe the answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind. Can you feel it?

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We have not had a Hot Summer so far and the cool summer continues. I think big tomatoes need heat to ripen so they are slow to do so this year. At Marquette University we hope to start the New Year with a loud cry for a campus free of teaching war and killing. Will the President of Marquette University hear us?
If there is enough of us and we are loud in action and words he may hear us.

The failure of the local church to postpone an advisory resolution to put away in a trust most of the 1.2 million it inherited offers us hope that they and the Archdiocese can hear the cry of the poor and do as Jesus would, use the money for poor and marginalized in North Central Milwaukee. All we can do is pray, hope and act but God willingly that may be enough. Maybe if we turn up the heat, like Mother Nature might do, we can ripen, like the tomatoes, and explode with nonviolence to make a difference on these two but one issues, humanity dignity of individual recognized by institutions.

At the prayer at our St. Vincent De Paul conference meeting tonight we were reminded in the Gospel reading of how we must get ready for God coming in our lives and not be like the land owner who stocked up supplies for tough times only to die. In both these issues, Marquette Teaching Killing and Church using money to store it up rather than for poor and marginalized I am reminded of the homily yesterday by my Jesuit friend, Tom, at Mass. He told us how the American dream was to provide shelter, food and education for your family but not is getting as much money and wealth as possible. Marquette with its three contracts with the Department of Defense for military training and the Catholic Church with its trust funds seem to doing just that, building wealth rather than sharing wealth and excess with those most in need.

Where is the passion for peace and justice these days? As I was attending a prayer vigil for yet another homicide victim this morning I felt the cool breeze on my face. Maybe the answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind. Can you feel it?

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