December 13
“God walks into your soul with silent step. God comes to you more than you go to Him. Never will his coming be what you expect, and yet never will it disappoint. The more you respond to his gentle pressure, the greater will be your freedom.”
-Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
December 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
"Am I not here, who am your Mother? Are you not under my protection? Am I not your health? Are you not happily within my fold? Do not grieve nor be disturbed by anything."
-Our Lady to St. Juan Diego
MB asks: “I am a musician and a teacher and I am very much interested in researching about neuroscience of music. It is a basically new field of study since the year 2000. Neuroscientists basically study the impact that music education has on the brain, especially at an early age and how it promotes brain and cognitive development . . .
December 11
"Because he’s born in a cave, all who wish to see him must be bend, must stoop, the stoop is the mark of humility. The proud refuse to stoop. Therefore they miss divinity. Those, however, who are willing to risk bending their egos to go into that cave, find that they are not in a cave at all; but they are in a universe where sits a babe on his mother’s lap, the babe who made the world.”
-Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
December 10
“Light's glory is to dispel darkness. Christ has illumined you with wisdom and the fire of his presence. It has been sparked and kindled in you. Let it blaze.”-Caryll Houselander
A Minnesota Court of Appeals ruling has found that the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis lawfully dismissed a transgender librarian from a Catholic school, a decision that reaffirms constitutional protections for religious employers.
We recently received an email from a reader who asked us to explain our position on Holy Yoga in light of several myths such as how Christianity was allegedly founded upon paganism, and how one's intentions are all that matters when performing yoga. Hopefully, our answers were able to clear up some misinformation about this controversial topic.
December 9
“The way to begin healing the wounds of the world is to treasure the Infant Christ in us; to be not the castle but the cradle of Christ; and, in rocking that cradle to the rhythm of love, to swing the whole world back into the beat of the Music of Eternal Life.”
-Caryll Houselander
December 8
"Open to the Spirit, [Mary] consecrated herself totally as lowly handmaid to the person and work of the Savior. She received Christ in order to share Him with all the world whose hope He is. In her, we recognize the model of the Church’s faith and our own.”
-St. Eugène de Mazenod
December 7
“The exhortation to be watchful resounds many times in the liturgy, especially in Advent, a season of preparation not only for Christmas, but also for Christ’s definitive and glorious coming at the end of time. It therefore has a distinctly eschatological meaning and invites the believer to spend every day and every moment in the presence of the One ‘who is and who was and who is come’ (Revelation 1:4), to whom the future of the world and of man belongs. This is Christian hope!”
-Pope St. John Paul II
Living His Life Abundantly International, Inc.® / Women of Grace® has provided inspiring and informational content for FREE through our blog for more than twenty years. To continue our mission, we need your help. We are seeking a one-time contribution or a monthly donation to support the continued growth and expansion of this free resource. We are abundantly grateful for your support.
