“The perfection of a Christian consists in mortifying himself for the love of Christ. Where there is no mortification, there is no great sanctity.”
- St.Philip Neri
For Reflection:
As I begin this season of Lent, how is God asking me to mortify myself that I might be filled more with the things of God than the things of the world? How does this show my love of Christ and lead to greater sanctity?
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Pope Benedict XVI has announced that due to an increasing inability to keep up with the demands of the papacy, has announced that he will resign, effective February 28.
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Brooklyn's Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was not mincing words in his latest column, accusing the pro-abortion President Obama of advocating for "that which is shameful and criminal in the eyes of Almighty God" and says those who voted for him are responsible for "a step deeper in the culture of death."
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FD asks: "
Can you please tell me why Fr. Richard Rohr is so popular among Catholics? I have read some of his stuff and it is definitely new age. Also, can you say something about Fr Diaumid O'Murchu who is even more far out and deals more with religious. I know the bishops of Spain issued a condemnation about his views of religious life."
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International outrage is growing after dozens of unconscious women were found abandoned in a field beside a rural "sterilization camp" in West Bengal, exposing the women to infection and the eyes of onlookers.
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“I am the Immaculate Conception”
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“What do you think His will is?
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“If you would attain the purity you ask of me,
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A recent survey has found that millennials, people age 18-33, are reporting the highest levels of stress and depression of all Americans.
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In a hard-hitting piece published in
The Edmunton Journal, Naomi Lakritz says that 50 years after the publication of Betty Friedan's landmark book,
The Feminine Mystique, too many women are still being abused and oppressed around the world while others remain hostages to "feminist groupthink".
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“The perfection of a Christian consists in mortifying himself for the love of Christ. Where there is no mortification, there is no great sanctity.” 