The U.S. Department of Justice released a memo last week directing the executive branch to expand religious liberty protections, particularly in the areas of parental rights and religious autonomy, to comply with recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings.
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SP asks: “
What is the link between environmentalism and the New Age?”
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July 28
"He gave me courage to practice mental prayer. I say courage, because I know nothing in the world that requires more of this."
-St. Teresa of Avila
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July 27
“The tree of the cross bears fruit in every season and in every land.”
-St. Therese Couderc
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July 26
Feast of St. Joachim and St. Ann, Parents of Mary
“Joachim and Ann, how blessed a couple! All creation is indebted to you. For at your hands the Creator was offered a gift excelling all other gifts: a chaste mother, who alone was worthy of Him."
-St. John Damascene
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July 25
“Our soul ought to be a closed sanctuary where God alone acts.”
-St. Peter Julian Eymard
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July 24
Feast of the Saint Sharbel of Makhluf (1828 – 1898)
"Father of truth,
Behold your Son who makes atoning
sacrifice to you.
Accept the offering:
He died for me that I might
have life."
-St. Sharbel
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July 23
Feast of Saint Bridget of Sweden
“O Sweet Jesus! Pierce my heart
so that my tears of penitence and love
will be my bread day and night;
May I be converted entirely to Thee,
may my heart be Thy perpetual habitation,
may my conversion be pleasing to Thee,
and may the end of my life be so praiseworthy
that I may merit Heaven and there with Thy saints,
praise Thee forever.”
-St. Bridget of Sweden
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July 22
Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene
"'The disciples went back home, but Mary wept and remained standing outside the tomb.' And so it happened that the woman who stayed behind to seek Christ was the only one to see him. For perseverance is essential to any good deed, as the voice of truth tells us. Whoever perseveres to the end will be saved.”
-St. Gregory the Great
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JA writes: "I am a mom and we often go for playdates. Unfortunately many of our friends are using essential oils, homeopathics, yoga, Harry Potter, ..... my question is, can we visit their houses? Can they visit our house?”
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