Jerry Darring
@jerrydarring.bsky.social
Retired teacher. Catholic faith. Scripture. Social justice. Christian-Jewish dialogue. Holocaust education. Progressive US southerner.
“Some people are hesitant and fearful with regard to migrants. I consider this part of our natural instinct of self-defence. Yet it is also true that an individual & a people are only fruitful and productive if they are able to develop a creative openness to others.” Pope Francis, Fratelli tutti, 41
July 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
“Some people are hesitant and fearful with regard to migrants. I consider this part of our natural instinct of self-defence. Yet it is also true that an individual & a people are only fruitful and productive if they are able to develop a creative openness to others.” Pope Francis, Fratelli tutti, 41
“We possess a freedom that no difficulty can rob us of: it is the freedom to love and to pray. Everyone, always, can love and pray.” Pope Leo XIV, 26 June 2025
July 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
“We possess a freedom that no difficulty can rob us of: it is the freedom to love and to pray. Everyone, always, can love and pray.” Pope Leo XIV, 26 June 2025
“We hear the cry of the earth and we hear the cry of the poor, because this plea has reached the heart of God. Our indignation is God’s indignation; our work is God’s work.” Pope Leo XIV, Homily, 9 July 2025
July 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
“We hear the cry of the earth and we hear the cry of the poor, because this plea has reached the heart of God. Our indignation is God’s indignation; our work is God’s work.” Pope Leo XIV, Homily, 9 July 2025
“Wherever children are accepted, loved, cared for and protected, the family is healthy, society is more healthy and the world is more human.” Pope Francis, Bethlehem, 25 May 2014
July 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
“Wherever children are accepted, loved, cared for and protected, the family is healthy, society is more healthy and the world is more human.” Pope Francis, Bethlehem, 25 May 2014
“We should pray for the conversion of the many people, inside and outside the Church, who do not yet recognize the urgent need to care for our common home.” Pope Leo XIV, Homily, 9 July 2025
July 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
“We should pray for the conversion of the many people, inside and outside the Church, who do not yet recognize the urgent need to care for our common home.” Pope Leo XIV, Homily, 9 July 2025
“May the strong wind of the Spirit come upon us and within us, open the borders of our hearts, grant us the grace of encounter with God, enlarge the horizons of our love and sustain our efforts to build a world in which peace reigns.” Pope Leo XIV, Homily, 8 June 2025
July 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
“May the strong wind of the Spirit come upon us and within us, open the borders of our hearts, grant us the grace of encounter with God, enlarge the horizons of our love and sustain our efforts to build a world in which peace reigns.” Pope Leo XIV, Homily, 8 June 2025
“As yet, we seem incapable of recognizing that the destruction of nature does not affect everyone in the same way. When justice and peace are trampled underfoot, those who are most hurt are the poor, the marginalized and the excluded.” Pope Leo XIV, 2 July 2025
July 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“As yet, we seem incapable of recognizing that the destruction of nature does not affect everyone in the same way. When justice and peace are trampled underfoot, those who are most hurt are the poor, the marginalized and the excluded.” Pope Leo XIV, 2 July 2025
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free...
O'er the land of the free...
July 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free...
O'er the land of the free...
Our immigrant community is not at peace. Neither are we.
April 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Our immigrant community is not at peace. Neither are we.
Minstrels were racist stage presentations in which white people acted out their stereotypes of Black people. This minstrel took place in a Catholic parish in New Orleans in the mid-1940s. My mother is on the stage on the right, I was told. My aunt is seen in the audience, laughing.
February 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Minstrels were racist stage presentations in which white people acted out their stereotypes of Black people. This minstrel took place in a Catholic parish in New Orleans in the mid-1940s. My mother is on the stage on the right, I was told. My aunt is seen in the audience, laughing.