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Amazing Grace by Celtic Thunder
Knights and the 9/11 Heroes Fund
In response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Knights on Sept. 12 establishes its $1 million Heroes Fund. Checks for $3,000 are presented to the families of all full-time professional law enforcement, firefighters and emergency medical personnel who lost their lives at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Forty-five Knights were killed on 9/11.
KofC YouTube Video on “the Heroes Fund”:
Comedian Louis C.K. on Original Solitude
Who would have thought a comedian known for his vulgar jokes would speak so profoundly about Original Solitude? This YouTube video clip has garnered over 5.3 million views. The clip specifically addresses this aloneness that leads us to happiness. In Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, the Pope describes this phenomenon as Original Solitude, a realization in solitude that opens up our heart to God. All the noise in the world is distracting us from entering that solitude. Louis C.K. definitely hit a nerve:
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- Louis C.K.’s Explanation of Why He Hates Smartphones Is Sad, Brilliant (gawker.com)
- “The Devil’s War on Silence,” by Dan Burke (ncregister.com)
- Original Solitude (keenforgod.wordpress.com)