September 28
"After we have implored the light of the Holy Spirit, applied our thought to search for His good pleasure, taken counsel with our director and perhaps two or three other spiritual persons, we must come to a resolution and decision in the name of God."
~ St. Francis de Sales
Bishops in California are raising objections to a new California law that will allow human remains to be composted and returned to the soil as a way of protecting the environment from the contaminants of embalming fluid and the carbon emissions from cremation. But this is just one of many new eco-friendly burial methods being offered today.
The FBI and Department of Justice are coming under heavy criticism in the wake of an FBI raid on the home of pro-life activist, Mark Houck, of Kintnersville, Pennsylvania for trumped-up charges while doing nothing about far more serious attacks on Catholic churches and pregnancy care centers perpetrated by pro-abortion activists earlier this summer.
September 27
"An inspiration urging us to give up some true good we already possess in order to pursue a future good is suspect."
~St. Francis de Sales
September 26
"The voice of the Spouse, that is, His inspiration, in no way disturbs or troubles her, but draws her so gently that He causes her soul to melt with delight and, as it were, to flow into Him."
~St. Francis de Sales
September 25
"When God sends his inspirations into a man's heart, the first one He gives is that of obedience."
~St. Francis de Sales
September 24
"Let each look to himself and see what God wants of him and attend to this, leaving all else alone."
~Blessed Henry Suso
September 23
"He who wills only what God wills, possesses all that he desires. For whatever happens to him, happens by the Will of God."
~St. Alphonsus Liguori
TC writes: "I have a question about Bach Flower Remedies. I am trying to find out if these remedies are considered New Age. I have a few books book about them which state that it “treats the individual not the symptoms / or disease. They work on an emotional condition of the person concerned.” “The effect of taking the remedies is not to suppress negative attitudes but transforms them into positive ones, stimulating self-healing.” Can you let me know what the Church teaches about this product?"
September 22
"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
