A new poll conducted by Harris Interactive found that a shocking 15 percent of U.S. adults said they would rather miss the birth of their own child than miss an opportunity to attend the Super Bowl.
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Occupiers Pelt Catholic Schoolgirls with Condoms
About two dozen members of Occupy Providence in Rhode Island disrupted a right to life rally last week by throwing condoms at Catholic school girls and shouting down speakers.
Woman Strangled for Giving Birth to Girl Instead of Boy
The past week has seen two examples of the horrifying atrocities committed against Afghan women with news that a 22 year-old Afghan woman was strangled by her husband for giving birth to a girl instead of a boy, and Afghan immigrants in Canada were convicted of murdering three teens and a former wife because they had become too westernized.
Love Our Lady
“God sends to us the one who personifies his love: Mary, the spouse of the Spirit – a spirit of maternal love – immaculate, all beautiful, spotless, even though she is our sister, a true daughter of the human race.” St. Maximilian Kolbe
For Reflection:
Consider this quote in light of yesterday’s quote. What does it say to you? How do you think Mary personifies God’s love through the Holy Spirit? How have you experienced an increase in Mary’s maternal love through your meditations of the GraceLines this month? Have you experienced an increase of God’s love? In what ways?
The 10 Riskiest Words to Use on Twitter
It wasn’t a criminal record that caused two British tourists to be barred from entering the U.S. last week – it was two joking tweets about “destroying America” and “digging up Marilyn Monroe” that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found suspicious.
Court Rules in Favor of Expelled Christian Student
The case of a graduate student who was expelled from Eastern Michigan University for refusing to condone same-sex relationships has been permitted to move forward after the US. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that she presented sufficient evidence that she was discriminated against because of her religious beliefs.
The Safe Sex Message and Rising Oral Cancer Rates
Sex education programs that encourage youth to engage in “safer sex” or to use oral sex to avoid pregnancy may be putting young people at risk for cancers of the head and mouth.
Suspicious of Matthew Kelly
SLB writes: “I’m hoping that Sue Brinkman can tell me something about the author, Matthew Kelley. My “Catholic antenna” is raised and he makes me uncomfortable. I can’t put my finger on it. . . . Can you help?”
True Daughter of the Human Race
“God sends to us the one who personifies his love: Mary, the spouse of the Spirit – a spirit of maternal love – immaculate, all beautiful, spotless, even though she is our sister, a true daughter of the human race.” St. Maximilian Kolbe
For Reflection:
Consider this quote in light of yesterday’s quote. What does it say to you? How do you think Mary personifies God’s love through the Holy Spirit? How have you experienced an increase in Mary’s maternal love through your meditations of the GraceLines this month? Have you experienced an increase of God’s love? In what ways?
Totally Suffused with the Divine
“It is said that the Holy Spirit dwells in the souls of the just. If this is so, then he must dwell in the most perfect manner possible in the soul of the Immaculata. Our Most Holy Mother is totally suffused with the divine.”
St. Maximilian Kolbe
For Reflection:
Why do you think that the Holy Spirit would dwell in the most perfect manner in the soul of the Immaculata? What do you think the Saint means when he says Mary is “totally suffused with the Divine?” What new depth of understanding does this bring to your perspective about Our Lady?