Read these prophetic words of St. John Paul II and see if you can find a description of #USA society:
"This view of #freedom [which exalts the individual in an absolute way] leads to a serious distortion of #life in society....
#prophecy THREAD 1/5
..."If the promotion of the self is understood in terms of absolute autonomy, people inevitably reach the point of rejecting one another. Everyone else is considered an enemy from whom one has to defend oneself....
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#USA #StJohnPaul2 #prophetic
..."Thus society becomes a mass of individuals placed side by side, but without any mutual bonds. Each one wishes to assert himself independently of the other and in fact intends to make his own interests prevail....
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#USA #StJohnPaul2 #Enemies
..."Still, in the face of other people's analogous interests, some kind of compromise must be found, if one wants a society in which the maximum possible freedom is guaranteed to each individual...
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#USA #StJohnPaul2 #Freedom
..."In this way, any reference to common values and to a truth absolutely binding on everyone is lost, and social life ventures on to the shifting sands of complete relativism" (Evangelium Vitae, 20).
END THREAD
#USA #StJohnPaul2 #socialmedia

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THREAD Turkish occupation of Haifa, Mount Carmel and its effect on the Discalced Carmelites
1. Forced Exile 1914
The nuns learn 4 November that their fate is no longer in the hands of their long-time benefactor, the French consul 🇫🇷 but now they answer to the USA vice-consul 🇺🇸
2. Forced Exile: When an impatient Turkish soldier forced his way onto the property for an inspection on the eve of the nuns' departure, he investigated the Hermitage of Elijah. A snake emerged from the darkness and nearly struck the Turk. He fled in haste, the nuns rejoiced.
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Carmelite historian Fr Elias Friedman:
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> In 1944, of a total population of 128,000, Jews numbered 66,000 (52%)
> in 1948, of a total population of 98,284, Jews numbered 94,718."
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.@silviojbaez states: dialog is the means to overcome destructive relationships that see the other person not only as a simple adversary, but as an enemy and only an enemy; one who has no family; one whose feelings or projects are not considered, because he/she is not human
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