Merry Christmas. (Odds & Ends).Christmas comes hard this year given September 11 and its incredible aftermath. The traditional adjective merry rings awkward this season. Yet our national leaders urge us to normalcy. Easier said than done. Let's give it a try, however. To Bill Clinton and Bob Dole, who spearheaded the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund for families of terrorist attack victims, and to all who donated to this fund, merry Christmas. It's not too late, check it out at: www.familiesoffreedom, org. Merry Christmas to Wizard Michael Jordan, an angel to your Washington teammates and an archangel archangel, in religion archangel (ärk`ānjəl), chief angel. They are four to seven in number. Sometimes specific functions are ascribed to them. The four best known in Christian tradition are Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel. to the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= . Merry Christmas to Al McGuire, shooting baskets in heaven. To other entrants into eternity this year, especially Bishops John J. Sullivan
John J. Sullivan is a Massachusetts politician. A lifelong Democrat and current Winchester, Massachusetts town moderator, he ran as an independent candidate for and Raymond Lucker, champions of the People of God; to Robert McAfee Brown Robert McAfee Brown (born 28 May 1920 Carthage, Illinois, died 4 September 2001 near Heath, Massachusetts) was an American theologian and activist. Brown earned a bachelor's degree from Amherst College in 1943 and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1944. and Msgr. Jack Egan, chaplains to the nation and the world; to Tad Guzie, a sacramental life in these times, merry Christmas. Now all your days are both Christmas and Easter. We miss you all. To Mexico's president, Vicente Fox, feliz navidad. Merry Christmas to all Americans who received their rebate checks inscribed in·scribe tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes 1. a. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface. b. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters. with the dubious mantra "Tax Relief for America's Workers." Get ready to send it back, and a lot more. Wars are expensive, To all Californians who were electrified with utility rate hikes reaching the sky, merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to Rudolph Giuliani. Thanks for rising to the occasion and becoming mayor of the nation. To all who were victims of identity theft, merry Christmas. You are still who you are. Merry Christmas to Opus Dei and its infamous member, the spy Robert P. Hanssen. Why so secret and silent? To Joan Chittister, O.S.B., merry Christmas. You know that secrecy and silence always oppress the oppressed and never the oppressor OPPRESSOR. One who having public authority uses it unlawfully to tyrannize over another; as, if he keep him in prison until he shall do something which he is not lawfully bound to do. 2. To charge a magistrate with being an oppressor, is therefore actionable. . Keep lifting your voice. Merry Christmas to Nobel Prize for Literature winner V. S. Naipaul Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, KB, TC (b. August 17 1932, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago), better known as V. S. Naipaul, is a Trinidadian-born British writer of Indo-Trinidadian descent, currently resident in Wiltshire. . A bend in the river helped you find a way in the world. To Dick Cheney, often hustled away these past few months, wherever you may be, merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to Francis Ford Coppola Noun 1. Francis Ford Coppola - United States filmmaker (born in 1939) Coppola , who brought us a new Apocalypse Now Redux. Does life imitate art? To all who have worked so hard to curtail bullying in schools across the nation, merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to Ludmila Javorova, priest according to the order of Melchizedek, and her biographer Miriam Therese Winter, who penned Out of the Depths (Crossroad). To Senator Jim Jeffords from Vermont, merry Christmas. Your independence profiles courage. Merry Christmas to the Parliament of the World's Religions There have been several meetings referred to as a Parliament of the World’s Religions, most notably the World's Parliament of Religions of 1893, the first attempt to create a global dialogue of faiths. , the Vatican II of our present age. Continue to lead the way in global interfaith understanding. To Representative Gary Condit and former Senator Gary Hart and all people named Gary, merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to all who brought democracy to East Timor. To stem-cell researchers, merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa, who slammed out new baseball records; to Cal Ripken, Jr. after a long, long run; to Kazuhiro Sasaki, Ichiro Suzuki, and the Seattle Mariners for making our national game an international pastime. To all who lost family and friends on September 11, you are in our thoughts and prayers. PETER GILMOUR (Pgilmou@wpo.it.luc.edu) teaches at the Institute of Pastoral Studies of Loyola University Chicago Beginnings and expansions Founded in 1870 as the St Ignatius College on Chicago's West Side. In 1908 the School of Law was established as the first of the professional programs. . |
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