Let all of us, wherever we are, in every place, at every hour, at every time of day, everyday and continually, believe truly and humbly and keep in heart, and love, honor, adore, serve, praise and bless, glorify and exalt, magnify and give thanks to the most high and supreme eternal God, Trinity and Unity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Creator of all, Savior of all who believe in Him and hope in Him and love Him, Who is without beginning and without end, unchangeable, invisible, indescribable, ineffable, incomprehensible, unfathomable, blessed, worthy of praise, glorious, exalted on high, sublime, most high, gentle, lovable, delectable and totally desirable above all else forever. Amen.- Saint Francis of Assisi, The Earlier Rule, 23.11
31 May 2015
An admonition of the Poverello
27 May 2015
Even God's holy ones must fail in recounting the wonders of the Lord
If “even God’s holy ones
must fail in recounting the wonders of the Lord,
though God has given these, his hosts, the strength to stand before his glory,”
what hope do I have of even beginning to describe the wonders of these last ten
years (Sirach 42:17)? So many memories fill my heart today, memories of people
and places and events, and of so many graces the Lord, in his mercy, has given
me through them.
To be entrusted with
the sacred duty of standing daily before the Lord’s glory, indeed, of holding
his glory in my hands, is itself more than the mind can grasp and more than the
heart, without the aid of his grace, can bear. To be sent to heal the wounds of
sin and to gather the Lord’s flock together around his altar is an honor of
which I am unworthy.
As I think about the
six other priests with whom I was ordained, it is clear that, as Sirach says, “All
of them differ, one from another, yet none of them has [the Lord] made in vain”
(Sirach 42:24). With our personalities, interests, and talents, we are very
different indeed, yet nonetheless the Lord has seen fit to weave us together
into the tapestry of his priesthood, for the glory of his name and the
salvation of souls.
The Lord Jesus asks
Bartimaeus today, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man offers the
rather obvious reply, “Master, I want to see” (Mark 10:51). If the Great High
Priest were to ask this same question of me today, my answer would be the same:
“Master, I want to see. I want to see your face. I want to look upon and
contemplate its beauty and glory. Make me worthy, Lord, of so glorious a vision.”
"Let me see your face, Lord, and that will be enough for me."
Boko Haram Ongoing Updates - May 2015
Previous Updates: April 2015 March 2015 | February 2015
31 May 2015
27 May 2015
16 May 2015
14 May 2015
7 May 2015
6 May 2015
5 May 2015
31 May 2015
- UPDATE (06-01-15): Nigeria's Northeast Suffers String of Attacks by Boko Haram
- UPDATE (06-01-15): Boko Haram raids Yobe towns, loots foodstuffs
- UPDATE (06-01-15): Nigeria mosque suicide bomb kills 10 in Maiduguri city
- UPDATE (06-01-15): Suicide bombing, grenade attacks kill at least 39 in Nigeria
- UPDATE (06-01-15): US Signals Willingness to Expand Military Cooperation With Nigeria
27 May 2015
- UPDATE (05-28-15): 'Over 600 arrested for Boko Haram links since February'
- UPDATE (05-28-15): Pregnant Boko Haram victims pushed to abort babies conceived by rape
- UN decries Boko Haram's sexual abuse of captives
- Nigerian soldiers fired for 'cowardice in Boko Haram war'
- Boko Haram spreads hunger over border
- UPDATE (05-27-15): Exclusive: Captured video appears to show foreign fighters in Nigeria's Boko Haram
- UPDATE (05-27-15): 43 killed in Boko Haram attack in NE Nigerian town
- UPDATE (05-27-15): Reports: Boko Haram kills dozens in Nigeria
- With Help from ISIS, a More Deadly Boko Haram Makes a Comeback
- Thousands of Euros found on Boko Haram leader
- Boko Haram militants raid Nigerian village, hack 10 to death
- UPDATE (05-24-15): Nigeria military: 20 women, children rescued; scores of terrorists killed
- UPDATE (05-24-15): Britain to continue training Nigerian troops in battle against Boko Haram
- UPDATE (05-21-15): Nigerian military evacuates 275 women, children from camp
- Suspected Boko Haram bomber kills at least six at Nigerian cattle market: Police
- Nigerian Army Apprehends Boko Haram Sponsor in Bauchi
16 May 2015
14 May 2015
- Boko Haram Attacks Nigeria's Maiduguri Prompting Fierce Clashes with Army
- Boko Haram attacks biggest city in northeast Nigeria
- Nigeria army imposes curfew on Maiduguri after Boko Haram attack
- UPDATE (05-14-15): Over 11000 Nigerian Refugees Return After BokoHaram Threat Subsides
- Cleric rejects abortion for Boko Haram victims
- UPDATE (05-13-15): Boko Haram: Ransome-Kuti, 29 others to facecourt martial
- UPDATE (05-13-15): Nigeria's push into Boko Haram's foreststronghold fraught with risk
- UPDATE (05-13-15): Boko Haram Targets Catholics: 100,000 Homeless From Islamist Insurgency
- UPDATE (05-13-15): Chad's president says fight against Boko Haramis hampered by poor co-ordination with Nigeria
- UPDATE (05-12-15): NIGERIA: 5,000 killed, 100,000 displaced, and 350 churches in ruins
- UPDATE (05-12-15): Report details damage to Nigerian diocese where Boko Haram operates
- UPDATE (05-12-15): Nigerian, Chad troops fail to cooperate in Boko Haram fight
7 May 2015
6 May 2015
5 May 2015
- UPDATE (05-06-15): Finally: Outgoing Nigerian president turns tideagainst Boko Haram
- U.S. to Nigeria: No Guns to Fight Boko Haram
- UPDATE (05-05-15): Nigeria's Boko Haram in Disarray as Government Forces Advance
- UPDATE (05-05-15): How Nigerian Women Were Tortured By Boko Haram
- Boko Haram - 214 Rescued Girls Pregnant
- UPDATE (05-04-15): With rescue near, Boko Haram stoned Nigerian girls to death
- UPDATE (05-03-15): 300 girls and women taken to safety
- UPDATE (05-02-15): Nigerian Military: 234 More Girls, Women Rescued From Boko Haram's Sambisa Forest Stronghold
- UPDATE (05-02-15): Nigerian Military Rescues 234 More Girls, Women from Boko Haram Stronghold
Islamic State Ongoing Updates - May 2015
Previous Updates: April 2015 | March 2015 | February 2015 | January 2015 | December 2014 | November 2014 | October 2014 | April - November 2014
31 May 2015
9 May 2015
8 May 2015
31 May 2015
- UPDATE (06-02-15): U.S. bombers hold fire on Islamic State targets amid ground intel blackout
- UPDATE (06-01-15): Militants blow up natural gas pipeline in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, security officials say
- UPDATE (06-01-15): Saudi Shia mobilise self-defence groups as Isis threat grows
- UPDATE (06-01-15): Key Rebels Ready to Quit U.S. Fight Vs. ISIS
- UPDATE (06-01-15): Iraq lost 2300 Humvees in Mosul alone to IS,meaning basically the US is supplying all sides of the conflict
- UPDATE (06-01-15): ISIS Gains Syrian Area Near Border
- UPDATE (06-01-15): Western Officials Alarmed as ISIS Expands Territory in Libya
- UPDATE (06-01-15): Youth trying to reach Syria got instructions from Montreal mosque, family members say
- UPDATE (06-01-15): Islamic State’s Saudi branch calls for clearing Arabian Peninsula of Shi’ites
- UPDATE (06-01-15): 'Barrel bomb strikes kill in 72' in Aleppo Province
- UPDATE (06-01-15): Islamic State's Saudi branch calls for clearing Arabian peninsula of Shi'ites
- UPDATE (06-01-15): Amid new attacks, CENTCOM says Islamic State still on ‘defensive’
- UPDATE (06-01-15): Islamic State claims 2nd suicide bombing at Saudi mosque
- UPDATE (06-01-15): Young Australian women trying to join IS, say police
- UPDATE (06-01-15): Islamic State Is Rapidly Expanding in Southeast Asia
- ISIS has 30,000 foreign fighters from more than 100 countries
- UPDATE (05-29-15): ‘Till Martyrdom Do Us Part’ Gender and the ISISPhenomenon
- UPDATE (05-29-15): Chief of elite Tajik police unit defects to Islamic State, vows jihad against enemies
- UPDATE (05-29-15): “ISIS ‘destroys’ famous lion god statue in captured Syrian city of Palmyra… just days after promising locals they would not obliterate ancient monuments
- UPDATE (05-29-15): U.S. Saw Islamic State Coming, Let It Take Ramadi
- UK schoolgirls lured to Syria by Isis 'have made contact with their families'
- UPDATE (05-28-15): Family shuns Yezidi teen impregnated by ISIS
- UPDATE (05-28-15): Aurora man may plead guilty to terrorism charges
- UPDATE (05-28-15): While D.C. Downplays Risk, U.S. Sees Shocking Rise in Terror Arrests This Year
- UPDATE (05-28-15): FBI: Georgia [U.S.A.] man was ready to fight for ISIS
- Islamic State expands its 'state,' closing Sunni alternatives to jihadis
- Moldova police detain ISIS suspects planning to go to Syria
- US Airstrikes Credited for Liberation of Christian Villages in Syria
- Calls for Prayer and Fasting for Kidnapped Syrian Monks
- UPDATE (05-27-15): Firm linked to Australian IS fighter transferred up to A$20 million: U.N.
- UPDATE (05-27-15): ISIS Release Two Assyrian Hostages in Syria, All 35 Assyrian Villages Liberated
- UPDATE (05-27-15): IS Takes Credit for Tunis Shooting
- UPDATE (05-27-15): Iraq Launches Counterattack on ISIS
- UPDATE (05-27-15): Pentagon slams 'unhelpful' Iraqi code name for Radami offensive
- UPDATE (05-27-15): Iraq launches new operation to drive Islamic State from Anbar province
- UPDATE (05-27-15): U.S. Caution in Strikes Gives ISIS an Edge, Many Iraqis Say
- UPDATE (05-27-15): Inside Palmyra: ISIS releases taunting tourist board-style video showing smoke rising from ancient ruins as fears grow that the jihadis are preparing to lay waste to the captured Syrian city
- UPDATE (05-27-15): Nancy Pelosi: U.S. has made a lot of “advances” fighting Islamic State…on social media
- UPDATE (05-27-15): ISIS Burn Assyrian Woman, 80, in North Iraq
- Islamic State militants destroy Assyrian churches in northern Syria
- Where and How ISIS Gets Its Bombs, Eyewitnesses speak
- With Help from ISIS, a More Deadly Boko Haram Makes a Comeback
- Iraq launches operation to drive ISIS from Anbar
- For an IS fighter, a paid honeymoon in caliphate's heart
- UPDATE (05-26-15): Islamic State Demolishes Christian Church in Syria
- Bitter ex-pupils fake ISIS school attack
- Journey to Jihad: Why Are Teenagers Joining ISIS?
- Islamic State Says It Has Enough Money to Buy Pakistani Nuclear Weapon and Smuggle It Into U.S. From Mexico 'To Pull Off Something Truly Epic'
- UPDATE (05-27-15): What happened to Yezidi boys taken by ISIS?
- UPDATE (05-26-15): Iraq PM Haider al-Abadi confident of Ramadi recapture
- UPDATE (05-25-15): Militias stage fightback against IS in Iraq
- UPDATE (05-25-15): ISIS slaughters 400 mostly women and children in ancient Syria city of Palmyra where hundreds of bodies line the street
- Iraqi forces lack will to fight: Ashton Carter
- Official: Syrian army preparing for counter attack on IS
- Defense Secretary: Iraqi's showed 'no will to fight' in Ramadi
- Syrian official: Islamic State militants in Palmyra's museum
- UPDATE (05-27-15): The farcical failure of Obama's anti-ISIS strategy
- UPDATE (05-24-15): UN envoy: IS poised to become 'serious threat' in Libya
- ISIL militants raise flag over citadel in Syria's Palmyra
- Palmyra and the logic of loss
- Iraqi forces and Shia militias reported to have begun counter-attack against Islamic State forces near Ramadi
- UN concern over Ramadis displaced by IS advance
- UPDATE (05-25-15): Fears grow for Jesuit priest abducted from Homs
- UPDATE (05-24-15): Islamic State burned a woman alive for not engaging in an 'extreme' sex act, U.N. official says
- UPDATE (05-23-15): ISIS is 'everywhere' in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra
- UPDATE (05-23-15): Jihadists in Syria kidnap another priest, signalling ISIS on the move
- UPDATE (05-23-15): Syrian Catholic archdiocese asks prayers for kidnapped priest
- UPDATE (05-23-15): Islamic State expands its ‘state'
- UPDATE (05-23-15): Two California men arrested by FBI after ‘trying to join ISIS
- UPDATE (05-23-15): Saudi Arabia: 20 people killed after suicide bomber strikes Shia mosque
- UPDATE (05-23-15): Jesuit Priest Abducted
- UPDATE (05-23-15): 2 Anaheim men arrested by FBI wanted to join ISIS
- UPDATE (05-23-15): How ISIS Expands
- UPDATE (05-23-15): Saudi Arabia attack: Islamic State claims Shia mosque bombing
- UPDATE (05-23-15): WSJ: Fall of Palmyra to ISIS is a strategic disaster for coalition
- UPDATE (05-23-15): IS militants purge Syrian town of Assad loyalists
- UPDATE (05-23-15): How an Iraqi friar saved ancient Christian manuscripts from IS
- Islamic State militants say they carried out deadly bombing at mosque in Saudi Arabia
- Islamic State: How it is run
- IS captures Iraqi town, purges opponents in Syria's Palmyra
- Italy to revisit anti-Isis plan amid growing fears
- Italy worried about ISIS, says Gentiloni
- ISIS Recruit Reveals Plans to Conduct Attacks in India - Security Official
- IS militants seize last Syrian government-controlled border crossing between Syria & Iraq, a monitoring group says
- UPDATE (05-23-15): Daghestani Militant Blows Up Over IS Suicide-Bomber Nepotism
- UPDATE (05-23-15): Islamic State militants have been pushed back from villages dotting the Khabur River
- UPDATE (05-23-15): White House Denies ISIS Has Established a Caliphate
- UPDATE (05-23-15): Obama: We’re definitely not ‘losing’ in Iraq – ISIS storming into Ramadi was just a ‘setback’ and it would be a mistake to send in U.S. ground troops
- UPDATE (05-23-15): The slaughter of Palmyra's citizens begins: First images emerge from Syrian city over-run by ISIS... and show rows of people beheaded as terror group celebrates freeing Islamists from state prison
- UPDATE (05-22-15): Islamic State "paralyses enemies" with fear - watch John Simpson's report from Baghdad
- UPDATE (05-22-15): Why is Islamic State destroying ancient cities?
- UPDATE (05-22-15): After ISIS' takeover, smugglers say Palmyra’s artifacts will be “good business”
- UPDATE (05-23-15): ISIS Approaches Israel: Islamic State Loyalists Thwarted By Syrian Rebels Along Golan Heights Border
- UPDATE (05-22-15): Concerns About Palmyra's Ancient Riches
- UPDATE (05-21-15): US sends Iraq missiles for Ramadi battle
- UPDATE (05-21-15): Facing child support, Minneapolis man joins the jihad
- UPDATE (05-21-15): Top U.S. General: Many Iraqis Believe Washington Aiding Islamic State
- UPDATE (05-21-15): The arrest of one man in Italy could be a disaster for Mediterranean migrants
- UPDATE (05-21-15): A Georgian region is fertile ground for Islamic State
- UPDATE (05-21-15): Islamic State militants seize Syrian city of Palmyra, threatening ancient ruins
- UPDATE (05-21-15): ISIS Fighters Seize Control of Syrian City of Palmyra, and Ancient Ruins
- ISIS captures part of ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, home to UNESCO world heritage site
- ISIS captures one-third of 2,000 year old Syrian city
- Kurds advance against ISIS in northeastern Syria
- Iraq calls for volunteers for IS fight
- Canadian youths 'trying to join Islamic State' arrested
- UPDATE (05-21-19): Fraud charges added to ISIL terrorism case against 2 Twin Cities men
- UPDATE (05-20-19): FBI Speaks to Bergen County High School Students About ISIS Recruitment Threat
- UPDATE (05-20-15): Islamic State recruits as Tunisia grapples with freedoms after Arab Spring revolt
- UPDATE (05-20-15): Iraq braced for the Battle of Baghdad: Chilling images show ISIS victory parade after fanatics seize key city of Ramadi – just 60 miles from the capital – in an orgy of violence and beheadings
- UPDATE (05-21-15): Military intel predicted rise of ISIS in 2012, detailed arms shipments from Benghazi to Syria
- UPDATE (05-20-15): Islamic State Solidifies Foothold in Libya to Expand Reach
- UPDATE (05-20-15): Aleppo's Christians and the persecution deception
- UPDATE (05-20-15): Kerry: Don’t Worry About Fall of Ramadi, ‘Daesh Has Been Driven Back
- UPDATE (05-19-15): White House steps up warnings about terrorism on U.S. soil
- UPDATE (05-19-15): Seven women convicted on terrorism charges in Belgium
- IS militants look for collaborators after taking Iraqi city
- UPDATE (05-19-15): ISIS doc says women can become suicide bombers without husbands’ permission
- UPDATE (05-19-15): ISIS issues new rules in Mosul for Ramadan
- UPDATE (05-18-15): Why the U.S. Raid On Abu Sayyaf and ISIS inEastern Syria May Be A Game Changer
- Islamic State militants 'smuggled to Europe'
- UPDATE (05-19-15): ISIS Supporters Shaken By U.S. Killing Of Abu Sayyaf, Vow Revenge
- UPDATE (05-18-15): Doubt cast on role of ISIS leader killed by US special forces in Syria raid
- UPDATE (05-18-15): IS group enters Syrian town of Palmyra, nearsancient ruins
- UPDATE (05-18-15): Ancient City Defied Rome, Now Faces Threat of Islamic State
- UPDATE (05-18-15): ISIS executes Syria civilians, including nine children, in advance on ancient Palmyra
- Ramadi falls to ISIL as Shiite Government Refuses to Arm Sunni Tribes
- U.S.-led airstrikes kill 30 ISIS militants in Anbar
- Islamic State captures government building in Ramadi
- US special forces in Syria raid
- UPDATE (05-16-15): ISIS Fighters Seize Government Headquarters in Ramadi, Iraq
- UPDATE (05-16-15): Islamic State militants seize key areas in capital of Iraq's largest province
- UPDATE (05-16-15): The ISIS Strategy to 'Seize Rome' Unfolds
- UPDATE (05-16-15): Iraq sends troops to Ramadi, largely held by Islamic State
- UPDATE (05-16-15): ISIS on offensive in Iraq’s Ramadi, taking over mosque and government buildings
- Gentiloni says no intelligence reports of terrorists on boats
- Texas man arrested after FBI reportedly uncovers disturbing Islamic State-related material on his computer
- UPDATE (05-18-15): ISIS leader declares ‘Islam was never a religion of peace. Islam is the religion of fighting’ as he calls on Muslims to ‘fight for the Caliphate’ in new audio message
- UPDATE (05-15-15):Islamic State leader purportedly releases new audio message: "Islam was never a religion of peace"
- IS advances on ancient ruins of Palmyra
- UPDATE (05-17-15): ISIS Makes a Fortune From Smuggling Migrants Says Report
- UPDATE (05-14-15): Iraqi Christians have lost everything – excepttheir faith, nun tells Congress
- UPDATE (05-14-15): IS Second-In-Command 'Killed' in Airstrike
- 45 killed in terrorist attack on bus in Karachi
- In Iraq, the Site of an ISIS Massacre Has Become a Pilgrimage
- ISIS terrorists 'coming to Italy within weeks'
- UPDATE (05-13-15): NSA director says ISIS ideology ‘increasingly resonating’ with Americans
- UPDATE (05-13-15): ISIS Finds Savage Way to Mutilate Women Caught Breast Feeding in Public
- Iraq says IS demolishes ruins to cover up looting operations
- UPDATE (05-13-15): Between the Islamic State and al-Qaeda in Tunisia
- UPDATE (05-12-15): Henrico woman, ex-ISIS supporter, sentenced for lying to FBI
9 May 2015
8 May 2015
- UPDATE (05-16-15): FBI director: Islamic State influence growing in US
- UPDATE (05-09-15): Iraqi Nun Finally Granted Visa to Come to U.S. and Advocate for Persecuted Back Home
- UPDATE (05-09-15): Genocide? The Islamic State's Religious Cleansing Campaign
- UPDATE (05-09-15): FBI Chief: Potentially ‘thousands’ of online ISIS followers in US
- 5-star resort opens for ISIS supporters in Iraq
- US offers reward of $20m for information on "four leaders" of Islamic State group
- UPDATE (05-22-15): How ISIS is recruiting women & turning theminto brutal enforcers
- UPDATE (05-07-15): Purported ISIS warning claims terror cells in place in 15 states
- UPDATE (05-07-15): Astonishing footage reveals full scale ofdestruction of Syrian town (Kobane) stormed by ISIS
- UPDATE (05-06-15): White House Calls Garland Shooting an 'Attempted Terrorist Attack'
- Islamic State Claims Involvement in Texas Attack: 'What Is Coming Will Be Even Bigger and More Bitter'
- ISIS claims responsibility for Texas cartoon contest attack, first on US soil
- Islamic State group says it was behind Garland Shooting outside Texas cartoon conference
- How ISIS is recruiting migrant workers in Moscow to join the fighting in Syria
- UPDATE (05-09-15): Syrian Archbishop: ‘We expect Christians in the West to help us. They do not'
- UPDATE (05-06-15): Iraqi city still a ghost town a month after defeat of ISIS
- UPDATE (05-05-15): International Criminal Court should step up against ISIS, report advises
- UPDATE (05-04-15): ISIS claims twin car bombings in Baghdad that killed 19
- UPDATE (05-04-15): Abu Alaa al-Afri said to replace al-Baghdadi as Islamic State leader
- UPDATE (05-05-15): ISIS Foreign Fighters: Kazahk [sic] Premier League Player Joined Islamic State Group Extremists, Russian News Report Says
- UPDATE (05-04-15): ISIS: Ruthless militants throw ‘gay’ man off building then stone him to death when he survives fall
- UPDATE (05-03-15): US-led Syria strikes 'kill dozens of civilians'
- ISIS militants execute 600 Yezidis northern Iraq
- UPDATE (05-03-15): Kobane still a ghost town, month after liberation from IS
- UPDATE (05-02-15): US denies visa to Iraqi nun, scheduled to testify about Islamic State persecution
- UPDATE (05-02-15): IS Hides Heavy Weaponry at Religious Sites
- Islamic State’s Af-Pak Group a Cause of Concern for India: RAW Warns PMO
- Chaldean patriarch reflects on Armenian genocide, Islamic State
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