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Monday, June 23, 2025

The Thunder Outside

 The thunder outside. The lightning overhead. It rains and rains overnight.
Iran and Israel trading missile strikes. Iran attacking US Air bases.
Thunder and lightning. Crash and fire.
And tomorrow the heat returns.

“No warmongers here,” they say. “We have no warmongers here, but we will see the world crucified upon a cross of steel as we celebrate the gun, the warship, and the rocket. Blessed be the bomb.”

“No warmongers here,” they say. “We have no warmongers here, but history is clear that Israel will prevail. Those who oppose Israel are the enemies of God. On the wrong side of history, on the wrong side of God. We celebrate a president who understands the truth of God.”

Thunder and lightning. Crash and fire but God is silent as we are reduced to rubble. Let the lighting flash and the thunder boom. Let the rain fall. “The earth will rest, justice will prevail, the poor will rejoice and peace will return, once we no longer act as predators, but as pilgrims – no longer each of us for ourselves, but walking alongside one another.” Pope Leo XIV



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