Discalced Carmelite Secular, Vatican-published translator, podcaster at Carmelite Quotes on Spotify, bio at https://t.co/col24XrVOO, RT≠endorse
This is a crime against humanity—a true genocide. How can the simple, impoverished Alawite people be held responsible for decades of rule by the Assad family? Shock, anger, and fear are spreading across Latakia and beyond. Where is this all leading?
While in Albacete, Bishop Álvarez joined diocesan priests to commemorate the centenary of the canonical establishment of the Diocese of Matagalpa, a small, predominantly rural diocese of 6,500 square kilometers, with a population of 600,000, 28 parishes & 75% Catholics. 
The original monastery was built on the shores of Haifa Bay. It was scenic but unsafe; the nuns fled at the Turkish invasion, so the Turks used it as a hospital. After the nuns returned, the founders of LaFarge Cement built a new monastery (1937), an art deco jewel.
"In many of our countries today, people live like "sheep without a shepherd", not only because of the scandalous lack of trustworthy leadership but also because those who rise to power have no compassion for the people."
There, at the beginning of the thirteenth century, under the title of “Saint Mary of Mount Carmel,” the Order of Carmelites had its formal beginning. 
... the Vicar for the Latin Patriarch🇻🇦 in Jerusalem met a political representative for the new Israeli government 🇮🇱 at Stella Maris Monastery on Mount Carmel at Haifa & pressed him for an assurance that the Carmelites' property, which the British army had requisitioned...
"...Jesus woke up, calmed the wind and the sea and a great calm ensued (Mk 4:39), and then he said to the disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Have you no faith?" (Mk 4:40)...." 
"...The Eucharist is not a gift offered exclusively to select persons who have attained a high degree of sanctity. The Eucharist is destined for all disciples of Jesus..."
"These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes; if they should drink anything deadly, it will not harm them; they will lay hands on the sick & they will get well" (Mk 16:17-18)
Bishop @silviojbaez preaching: "Christian love has a social and political dimension. We love when we design & organize social life in such a way that no one suffers misery and no one is excluded; so that unjust suffering is eliminated & human rights are respected..."
"...Now we know that God is in our loneliness and pain, that he weeps in our tears and embraces us in our death..." Bishop @silviojbaez #GoodFriday 
"...Throughout his life, Jesus had revealed God's love in word and deed. Now, on the Cross, he does so in a much more eloquent way, silently crying out God's love for every human being...." Bishop @silviojbaez #GoodFriday 
"...With that prophetic gesture, Jesus summarized what his life had been and what his death on the cross would be: a life of love and service...." Bishop @silviojbaez preaching 
..."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....
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. 
.@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 
.@silviojbaez speaking on the topic of conflict and dialogue: "There is no possible reconciliation without a patient, hopeful, self-denying dialogue, flexible in the negotiable and firm in the non-negotiable." 
.@silviojbaez "Diversity is not a secondary phenomenon in the existence of the human being; it is an essential element of humanity and is a condition of brotherhood. Humanity is called to live in history, which means contingencies, eventualities, differences, diversities."