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No Need to Tell Everyone.

In my mind, this tweet stands on its own:

There’s no need to tell everyone how Christian you are. Just act like one: love, forgive, be merciful, help the poor. They’ll get it[.] — James Martin, SJ^[1]

[1] James Martin, SJ. Twitter post, June 21, 2017, 8:48 a.m., https://twitter.com/JamesMartinSJ/status/877523683719479296.

This entry was posted in Quotable on Thursday, June 22, 2017, by John Collins.

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