“I will see the hand of God in all that happens to me, attributing nothing to individual people, who are but instruments used by Him in the work of my sanctification.”

                            ~Blessed Raphaela Mary

For Reflection:

How often I look at those that irritate me, annoy me, or persecute me in some way, as my enemies. Here, Blessed Raphaela Mary gives me new insight! They are the greatest friends of my soul, giving me opportunity to grow in holiness. How can I respond to this insight today?

Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars by Monica Miller: H C, 336 pages Click Here For More Information                   CHAPTER ONE THE BODIES

I think we are in rats' alley where the dead men lost their bones.    ~T. S. Eliot, The Wasteland

We pulled our cars slowly into the dark alley. Rats scurried before our headlights, frightened by the noise of our intrusion. We parked our three-vehicle caravan in the alley off Monroe Street, near Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago and stopped in front of a loading dock upon which stood three garbage dumpsters and a filthy blue trash barrel. The address, 30 South Michigan, was crudely painted on the barrel in white lettering.