Ray Glennon OFS
@rayglennon.bsky.social
Catholic; Married to Dawn; Father; Grandfather; Secular Franciscan (OFS); Naval Academy Class of ’72; Henri Nouwen Society Board, Worldwide Marriage Encounter(WWME). May the Lord give you peace.
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Sunrise inside Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
January 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Sunrise inside Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
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Epiphany Blessings from the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace
January 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Epiphany Blessings from the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace
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Well, I have hit the wall. I do not want to be a “political communication” scholar anymore.
January 4, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Well, I have hit the wall. I do not want to be a “political communication” scholar anymore.
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“Kinetic action” is the new euphemism for “killing people”. People who may have just been going about their jobs or in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Occasionally of course the military has to kill people.A hard reality of life. But it should only ever be as a last resort & in accord w the law
Occasionally of course the military has to kill people.A hard reality of life. But it should only ever be as a last resort & in accord w the law
January 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“Kinetic action” is the new euphemism for “killing people”. People who may have just been going about their jobs or in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Occasionally of course the military has to kill people.A hard reality of life. But it should only ever be as a last resort & in accord w the law
Occasionally of course the military has to kill people.A hard reality of life. But it should only ever be as a last resort & in accord w the law
Read @jfallows.bsky.social for his “ten quick reactions to the most disturbing presidential press conference I have seen in my life.” Fallows is not given to hyperbole, so “most disturbing presidential press conference” indicates the danger we face as a nation.
open.substack.com/pub/fallows/...
open.substack.com/pub/fallows/...
‘Blind Into Caracas’
Less than 24 hours in, members of the Trump team are celebrating victory. None of them seem to have wondered what happens a day, a month, a decade from now.
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Read @jfallows.bsky.social for his “ten quick reactions to the most disturbing presidential press conference I have seen in my life.” Fallows is not given to hyperbole, so “most disturbing presidential press conference” indicates the danger we face as a nation.
open.substack.com/pub/fallows/...
open.substack.com/pub/fallows/...
Day 150—Said my Our Father for our country.
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Prayer is especially needed today after Trump’s illegal and unprovoked attack and forced regime change in Venezuela.
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Prayer is especially needed today after Trump’s illegal and unprovoked attack and forced regime change in Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Day 150—Said my Our Father for our country.
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Prayer is especially needed today after Trump’s illegal and unprovoked attack and forced regime change in Venezuela.
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Prayer is especially needed today after Trump’s illegal and unprovoked attack and forced regime change in Venezuela.
We have become an imperialist banana republic. Dear Leader and his sycophants doing their dirty work in leader’s private club between rounds of golf.
It’s all personal—and illegal and not in the national interest.
It’s all personal—and illegal and not in the national interest.
oh my god he posted so many action shots from the makeshift mar a lago situation room and they were just looking at tweets together on a gigantic screen
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
We have become an imperialist banana republic. Dear Leader and his sycophants doing their dirty work in leader’s private club between rounds of golf.
It’s all personal—and illegal and not in the national interest.
It’s all personal—and illegal and not in the national interest.
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Kyrie, eleison. Domine, exaudi orationem meam.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Kyrie, eleison. Domine, exaudi orationem meam.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Day 149—Said my Our Father for our country.
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January 2, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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This says it all.
JACK SMITH: “We had proof beyond a reasonable doubt Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election, prevent the peaceful transfer of power, retained classified docs, obstructed justice… I’d charge an ex president again regardless of party.”
January 2, 2026 at 3:03 AM
This says it all.
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We begin the year with St. Francis’s blessing to Brother Leo (one of the few texts we have in Francis’s own hand).
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We begin the year with St. Francis’s blessing to Brother Leo (one of the few texts we have in Francis’s own hand).
January 2, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Day 148—Said my Our Father for our country.
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We begin the year with St. Francis’s blessing to Brother Leo (one of the few texts we have in Francis’s own hand).
Every day until…
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We begin the year with St. Francis’s blessing to Brother Leo (one of the few texts we have in Francis’s own hand).
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It is terrible that Trump and Hegseth are ordering the wanton and unjustified killings of civilians, and doing so in our name. It is terrible that Republicans in Congress are unwilling to stop or even investigate them.
A scorched boat washed ashore on a remote beach in Colombia. Then mangled bodies. And then empty packets, a few with marijuana traces. We matched the physical and digital evidence to a U.S. airstrike — and found a fishing community terrified to go to sea. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:07 PM
It is terrible that Trump and Hegseth are ordering the wanton and unjustified killings of civilians, and doing so in our name. It is terrible that Republicans in Congress are unwilling to stop or even investigate them.
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On this day 134 years ago, Jan. 1, 1892:
Ellis Island opens as America's primary gateway for immigrants, which it remains for over half a century. As immigrants have chosen to become American rather than merely happening to be born here, surely they should be considered the true heritage Americans.
Ellis Island opens as America's primary gateway for immigrants, which it remains for over half a century. As immigrants have chosen to become American rather than merely happening to be born here, surely they should be considered the true heritage Americans.
January 1, 2026 at 2:38 PM
On this day 134 years ago, Jan. 1, 1892:
Ellis Island opens as America's primary gateway for immigrants, which it remains for over half a century. As immigrants have chosen to become American rather than merely happening to be born here, surely they should be considered the true heritage Americans.
Ellis Island opens as America's primary gateway for immigrants, which it remains for over half a century. As immigrants have chosen to become American rather than merely happening to be born here, surely they should be considered the true heritage Americans.
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December 31, 2025
December 31, 2025
And so, the sun sets on 2025.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:11 AM
December 31, 2025
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With the coming of the new year we enter the second quarter of the 21st Century. May you be richly blessed in 2026 and beyond.
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December 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Day 147—Said my Our Father for our country.
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With the coming of the new year we enter the second quarter of the 21st Century. May you be richly blessed in 2026 and beyond.
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With the coming of the new year we enter the second quarter of the 21st Century. May you be richly blessed in 2026 and beyond.
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Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy https://www.wikiart.org/en/caravaggio/saint-francis-of-assisi-in-ecstasy
December 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy https://www.wikiart.org/en/caravaggio/saint-francis-of-assisi-in-ecstasy
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Delightful reading!
I’ve been hard at work on this all month: an epic history of the theme of Jesus’ birth and the Gospel infancy narratives in “Peanuts.” I couldn’t get it done by Christmas Day, but hey, it’s still the Christmas season! I hope you enjoy it. This is, I think my comics writing magnum opus so far.
‘Peanuts,’ Christmas, and Jesus: 30 years of returning to Bethlehem with Charles Schulz
[LONGREAD: Linus the prophet, the ‘Peanuts’ gang, and the Gospel infancy narratives, 1958–1988]
greydanus.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Delightful reading!
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Happy New Year, Sydney! 🇦🇺
December 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy New Year, Sydney! 🇦🇺
Cc: @timmiller.bsky.social @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
Saw this after listing to Monday’s @thebulwark.com podcast.
Saw this after listing to Monday’s @thebulwark.com podcast.
December 31, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Cc: @timmiller.bsky.social @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
Saw this after listing to Monday’s @thebulwark.com podcast.
Saw this after listing to Monday’s @thebulwark.com podcast.
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December 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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A Japanese Christmas Nativity scene. St. Maximilian Kolbe founded a Franciscan friary and “City of the Immaculate” near Nagasaki.
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A Japanese Christmas Nativity scene. St. Maximilian Kolbe founded a Franciscan friary and “City of the Immaculate” near Nagasaki.
December 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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A Japanese Christmas Nativity scene. St. Maximilian Kolbe founded a Franciscan friary and “City of the Immaculate” near Nagasaki.
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A Japanese Christmas Nativity scene. St. Maximilian Kolbe founded a Franciscan friary and “City of the Immaculate” near Nagasaki.
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![[PIC] Yellow horizon topped by a blue sky [TEXT] Jesus, help us reclaim the true meaning of being Christian. - not in words alone, but in how we live. Teach us again Your ways of love, humility, mercy and justice. Strip away anything that distorts Your message and soften our hearts to see others as you do. May our lives reflect what You taught: compassion over judgment, service over power, and love above all. Amen.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6dsdc4zongnbrmfcbalj3a27/bafkreif5i3jpadawmcasqb725rzjtd7mqj2wk2etvmvakujyk4zgtbc55y@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
For Trump it's always about money.
For Ukraine it's about freedom.
For Russia it's about domination.
And freedom from domination is PRICELESS.
(Not a MasterCard commercial).
For Ukraine it's about freedom.
For Russia it's about domination.
And freedom from domination is PRICELESS.
(Not a MasterCard commercial).
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
For Trump it's always about money.
For Ukraine it's about freedom.
For Russia it's about domination.
And freedom from domination is PRICELESS.
(Not a MasterCard commercial).
For Ukraine it's about freedom.
For Russia it's about domination.
And freedom from domination is PRICELESS.
(Not a MasterCard commercial).
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Tom Nichols on Ukraine: “It’s clear that Donald Trump either still doesn’t understand this conflict or is just lying about it. He really has no interest in doing anything but supporting Vladimir Putin’s position on this.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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December 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Tom Nichols on Ukraine: “It’s clear that Donald Trump either still doesn’t understand this conflict or is just lying about it. He really has no interest in doing anything but supporting Vladimir Putin’s position on this.”
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