Ray Glennon OFS
@rayglennon.bsky.social
Catholic; Married to Dawn; Father; Grandfather; Secular Franciscan (OFS); Naval Academy Class of ’72; Henri Nouwen Society Board, Worldwide Marriage Encounter(WWME). May the Lord give you peace.
Day 111—Said my Our Father for our country.
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Suspension bridges at our nation's gateways.
Golden Gate Bridge (l) in San Francisco and Verrazzano Narrows Bridge (r) in New York.
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Suspension bridges at our nation's gateways.
Golden Gate Bridge (l) in San Francisco and Verrazzano Narrows Bridge (r) in New York.
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Day 111—Said my Our Father for our country.
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Suspension bridges at our nation's gateways.
Golden Gate Bridge (l) in San Francisco and Verrazzano Narrows Bridge (r) in New York.
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Suspension bridges at our nation's gateways.
Golden Gate Bridge (l) in San Francisco and Verrazzano Narrows Bridge (r) in New York.
Day 110—Said my Our Father for our country.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Day 110—Said my Our Father for our country.
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Morning coffee the day after my 75th birthday. Blessed.
November 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Morning coffee the day after my 75th birthday. Blessed.
Day 109—Said my Our Father for our country.
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Today is my 75th birthday. Celebrated with family and friends. Many reasons to be grateful.
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Today is my 75th birthday. Celebrated with family and friends. Many reasons to be grateful.
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Day 109—Said my Our Father for our country.
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Today is my 75th birthday. Celebrated with family and friends. Many reasons to be grateful.
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Today is my 75th birthday. Celebrated with family and friends. Many reasons to be grateful.
Day 108—Said my Our Father for our country.
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November 21 at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD. Architecture inspired by Franciscan Sacro Convento in Assisi.
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November 21 at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD. Architecture inspired by Franciscan Sacro Convento in Assisi.
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Day 108—Said my Our Father for our country.
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November 21 at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD. Architecture inspired by Franciscan Sacro Convento in Assisi.
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November 21 at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD. Architecture inspired by Franciscan Sacro Convento in Assisi.
Day 107—Said my Our Father for our country.
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When we pray the Our Father we do so with Hope.
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When we pray the Our Father we do so with Hope.
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Day 107—Said my Our Father for our country.
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When we pray the Our Father we do so with Hope.
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When we pray the Our Father we do so with Hope.
Day 105—Said my Our Father for our country.
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Trailhead at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD. The wooden post shows traditional Franciscan greeting and goodbye, "Peace and all good."
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Trailhead at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD. The wooden post shows traditional Franciscan greeting and goodbye, "Peace and all good."
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Day 105—Said my Our Father for our country.
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Trailhead at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD. The wooden post shows traditional Franciscan greeting and goodbye, "Peace and all good."
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Trailhead at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD. The wooden post shows traditional Franciscan greeting and goodbye, "Peace and all good."
Friends in the Baltimore-Washington corridor: Celebrate the Christmas season at the Greccio (live nativity with carols/readings) at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD on December 13th at 7:00 p.m.
You can also venerate a relic: a piece of the cord from habit of St. Francis of Assisi.
You can also venerate a relic: a piece of the cord from habit of St. Francis of Assisi.
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Friends in the Baltimore-Washington corridor: Celebrate the Christmas season at the Greccio (live nativity with carols/readings) at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD on December 13th at 7:00 p.m.
You can also venerate a relic: a piece of the cord from habit of St. Francis of Assisi.
You can also venerate a relic: a piece of the cord from habit of St. Francis of Assisi.
Day 101—Said my Our Father for our country.
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The leaves have fallen in the forest at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD.
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The leaves have fallen in the forest at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD.
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Day 101—Said my Our Father for our country.
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The leaves have fallen in the forest at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD.
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The leaves have fallen in the forest at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD.
There is a Prologue that sets the stage. Here is the beginning of Chapter 1. Maybe the best description of Washington I’ve ever read (as non-expert, non-politico, non-staffer).
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
There is a Prologue that sets the stage. Here is the beginning of Chapter 1. Maybe the best description of Washington I’ve ever read (as non-expert, non-politico, non-staffer).
I recently re-read the novel Something to Die For by former SecNav James Webb written in early-1990s. It’s about military action in Ethiopia - Eritrea that was a distraction from Washington politics and affairs.
Here is what the Marine colonel told the admiral before engaging.
Here is what the Marine colonel told the admiral before engaging.
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I recently re-read the novel Something to Die For by former SecNav James Webb written in early-1990s. It’s about military action in Ethiopia - Eritrea that was a distraction from Washington politics and affairs.
Here is what the Marine colonel told the admiral before engaging.
Here is what the Marine colonel told the admiral before engaging.
Day 100—Said my Our Father for our country.
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May the Lord give you peace. — St. Francis of Assisi
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May the Lord give you peace. — St. Francis of Assisi
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Day 100—Said my Our Father for our country.
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May the Lord give you peace. — St. Francis of Assisi
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May the Lord give you peace. — St. Francis of Assisi
Day 98—Said my Our Father for our country.
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Remembering all men and women that served in the armed forces on this Veterans Day 2025
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Remembering all men and women that served in the armed forces on this Veterans Day 2025
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Remembering all men and women that served in the armed forces on this Veterans Day 2025
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Remembering all men and women that served in the armed forces on this Veterans Day 2025
Veteran's Day 2025 - Worlds War II Memorial, Korean Veterans Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Old Glory.
(memorial photos by me).
To all Veterans--Thank you for your Service.
Ray Glennon, former LT, USN
(memorial photos by me).
To all Veterans--Thank you for your Service.
Ray Glennon, former LT, USN
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Veteran's Day 2025 - Worlds War II Memorial, Korean Veterans Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Old Glory.
(memorial photos by me).
To all Veterans--Thank you for your Service.
Ray Glennon, former LT, USN
(memorial photos by me).
To all Veterans--Thank you for your Service.
Ray Glennon, former LT, USN
Veteran's Day 2025. Remembering all those that have served in the Armed Forces including my dad and me.
To all Veterans--Thank you for your service. May the Lord give you peace.
To all Veterans--Thank you for your service. May the Lord give you peace.
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Veteran's Day 2025. Remembering all those that have served in the Armed Forces including my dad and me.
To all Veterans--Thank you for your service. May the Lord give you peace.
To all Veterans--Thank you for your service. May the Lord give you peace.
Fifty years ago today — The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald with 29 sailors lost. This led to safety changes and no Great Lakes ships have been lost since. Links to Song and Documentary.
Song:
youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI?...
Documentary:
youtu.be/aofg88mEGvY?...
Song:
youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI?...
Documentary:
youtu.be/aofg88mEGvY?...
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Fifty years ago today — The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald with 29 sailors lost. This led to safety changes and no Great Lakes ships have been lost since. Links to Song and Documentary.
Song:
youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI?...
Documentary:
youtu.be/aofg88mEGvY?...
Song:
youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI?...
Documentary:
youtu.be/aofg88mEGvY?...
Day 97—Said my Our Father for our country.
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Today we remember the Great Lake sailors lost exactly fifty years ago when the Edmund Fitzgerald sunk on Lake Superior. youtu.be/aofg88mEGvY?...
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Today we remember the Great Lake sailors lost exactly fifty years ago when the Edmund Fitzgerald sunk on Lake Superior. youtu.be/aofg88mEGvY?...
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Day 97—Said my Our Father for our country.
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Today we remember the Great Lake sailors lost exactly fifty years ago when the Edmund Fitzgerald sunk on Lake Superior. youtu.be/aofg88mEGvY?...
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Today we remember the Great Lake sailors lost exactly fifty years ago when the Edmund Fitzgerald sunk on Lake Superior. youtu.be/aofg88mEGvY?...
Day 96—Said my Our Father for our country.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Day 96—Said my Our Father for our country.
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Late-afternoon walk in Cedar Lane Park in Columbia, MD as the leaves near the end of their season.
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Late-afternoon walk in Cedar Lane Park in Columbia, MD as the leaves near the end of their season.
Burning bush at the beginning of the outdoor Stations of the Cross at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD. Photo by me today.
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Burning bush at the beginning of the outdoor Stations of the Cross at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD. Photo by me today.
Gift Article on the uncertain U.S approach to Venezuela and the possibility of regime change. As Vietnam era veteran, I found this excerpt telling—the domino theory for Latin America, with the U.S. as the aggressor.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
November 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Gift Article on the uncertain U.S approach to Venezuela and the possibility of regime change. As Vietnam era veteran, I found this excerpt telling—the domino theory for Latin America, with the U.S. as the aggressor.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Day 94—Said my Our Father for our country.
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Yesterday at Gettysburg National Cemetery — looking across battlefield. May we sustain “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
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Yesterday at Gettysburg National Cemetery — looking across battlefield. May we sustain “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Day 94—Said my Our Father for our country.
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Yesterday at Gettysburg National Cemetery — looking across battlefield. May we sustain “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
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Yesterday at Gettysburg National Cemetery — looking across battlefield. May we sustain “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
Had at great evening at @principlesfirst.bsky.social event in Gettysburg last night with @sykescharlie.bsky.social @markhertling.bsky.social @conorlambpa.bsky.social @milestaylor.bsky.social and @walshfreedom.bsky.social and many others who place Principles First in our nation.
November 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Had at great evening at @principlesfirst.bsky.social event in Gettysburg last night with @sykescharlie.bsky.social @markhertling.bsky.social @conorlambpa.bsky.social @milestaylor.bsky.social and @walshfreedom.bsky.social and many others who place Principles First in our nation.
Reposting with photos taken today in Gettysburg National Cemetery.
Day 93—Said my Our Father for our country.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Reposting with photos taken today in Gettysburg National Cemetery.
Day 93—Said my Our Father for our country.
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Day 93—Said my Our Father for our country.
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