My New Year Message to Sister Ilia Delio

 My loving leader! 

As we enter a New Year, there are so many reasons why I am grateful to you. As I continue to read about the world, political views and religious understanding, I am struck that I owe so much to you and Pierre deTheliard Chardin. I have read all of it so that I can be informed and at the same time, aware that my understanding of the Divine is so different. When reading so much today about the death the former Pontiff and the current Pope, I am so aware that their understanding is SOOOOO different from what is now mine, thanks to Pierre and you. I re-read your literature somewhat like a prayer and so often during the day and, at times when I am awakened at night, I just focus on my awareness of the presence of the Divine.

I hope that you are in good health. I am with you in spirit 

Edward Toomey

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HOW TO STAND UP TO A DICTATOR

 Maria Ressa won the Nobel Prize in 2021. Her book, How to Stand Up to A Dictator, is awesome for so many reasons. Ultimately, it captures a saint!

Maria’s personal history is recalled in such detail that one wonders how she survived the number of detailed experiences. Born on October 2, 1963, in a wooden house in Manilla in the Philippines, she became a US citizen when her mother married a US citizen. She graduated from Princeton University. She returned to the Philippines and started Rappler which enabled her information about the political dictatorship of President Duterte to be podcasted, eventually resulting in all sorts of problems with the government.

Her detailed account in her new book was a great experience.