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Tuesday, September 23, 2025

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  Tue, Sep 23 St. Padre Pio Prayer & Suffering Deep, mysterious (Oscuro) Old Ezra 7 Year  – bold, smoky “What wounds do I offer in silence?” Certainly, Richard. Here’s a contemplative blog reflection on the question “What wounds do I offer in silence?” —written in your devotional tone, with emotional depth, liturgical resonance, and spiritual clarity: 🌑 What Wounds Do I Offer in Silence? There are wounds we speak of—griefs we name, losses we mourn aloud. But there are others we carry quietly. Not because they are small, but because they are sacred. These are the wounds we offer in silence. They are the disappointments we never voiced, the betrayals we absorbed without retaliation, the fears we tucked beneath our daily duties. They are the ache of unanswered prayers, the fatigue of faithful service, the loneliness that lingers even in crowded rooms. To offer a wound in silence is not to suppress it—it is to consecrate it. It is to place it on the altar without spectac...

Monday, September 29, 2025

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 Monday Night at the Movies Monsignor Quixote Absolutely, Richard. Monsignor Quixote is a quietly profound film adaptation of Graham Greene’s 1982 novel—a spiritual road movie that blends humor, theological reflection, and post-Franco Spanish politics into a modern-day pilgrimage. 🎬 Plot Summary of Monsignor Quixote Setting : Post-Franco Spain, in the rustic town of El Toboso, La Mancha. Protagonist : Father Quixote, a humble parish priest who is unexpectedly elevated to Monsignor by the Pope after a chance encounter with an Italian bishop. Companion : The Communist ex-mayor of El Toboso, nicknamed Sancho , who joins Quixote on a road trip across Spain in a beat-up car named Rocinante . Journey : Their travels mirror the adventures of Cervantes’ Don Quixote , encountering modern equivalents of windmills, false idols, and moral dilemmas. Climax : Quixote is suspended by his bishop, then wounded while defending a statue of the Virgin Mary from being desecrated for profit. Fi...

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