February 6
"Since Mary is the prototype of pure womanhood, the imitation of Mary must be the goal of girls’ education.”
-St. Teresa Benedicta
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Former Head of Planned Parenthood Diagnosed with Terminal Cancer
(Photo courtesy of WikiCommons, Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 2.0)Cecile Richards, who headed Planned Parenthood for 12 years, has been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an incurable brain cancer which has a survival rate of just 15 months.
Self-forgetting love
February 5
“The motive, principle, and end of the religious life is to make an absolute gift of self to God in a self-forgetting love, to end one’s own life in order to make room for God’s life.”
-St. Teresa Benedicta
Speak the truth in love
February 4
“Those who remain silent are responsible.”
-St. Teresa Benedicta
Is your heart open?
February 3
“The soul of woman must be expansive and open to all human beings, it must be quiet so that no small weak flame will be extinguished by stormy winds; warm so as not to benumb fragile buds… empty of itself, in order that extraneous life may have room in it; finally, mistress of itself and also of its body, so that the entire person is readily at the disposal of every call.”
-St. Teresa Benedicta
A Three-fold Celebration: The Presentation of the Lord
by Theresa Cavicchio“Now I am sending my messenger – he will prepare the way before me; And the Lord whom you seek will come suddenly to his temple; The messenger of the covenant whom you desire – see he is coming! Says the Lord of hosts” (Mal 3:1).
God's plan
February 2
“Things were in God's plan which I had not planned at all. I am coming to the living faith and conviction that—from God's point of view—there is no chance and that the whole of my life, down to every detail, has been mapped out in God's divine providence and makes complete and perfect sense in God's all-seeing eyes."
-St. Teresa Benedicta
Would the Archangel Michael Use Automatic Writing to Convey Messages from God?
I couldn't resist writing this blog in response to information I received about a book that supposedly contains words of wisdom from the Archangel St. Michael that were received via automatic writing.
Let go of your plans
February 1
“Let go of your plans. The first hour of your morning belongs to God. Tackle the day’s work that he charges you with, and he will give you the power to accomplish it.”
-St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Benedicta Institute: Catholic Women’s Leadership for Such a Time as This
The Women of Grace® Benedicta Institute for Women® is offering an innovative new certification program designed to train Catholic women to be leaders and mentors in contemporary culture through in-person and online learning opportunities.
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