By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The House Rules Committee has announced that it will meet tomorrow to discuss the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" (H.R. 3) which is a good indication that the bill will come to the House floor for a vote as early as Wednesday of this week.
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"He willed us to have all through Mary."
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
For Reflection:
In what specific ways have we obtained all through Mary?
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Mary, Virgin and Mother
Oh, Virgin Joy of all the world art thou,
In whose white, fragrant steps the countless throng
On souls elect doth follow God with song:
Creation's Queen, whose bright and holy brow
The multitude of Saints, like stars, endow
With changeful splendors, flashing far and strong:
The Main unshadow'd by the primal wrong:
God's Lily, chosen in His shrine to bow.
All these thy glories are, and still a grace
More high, more dread, and yet more sweet and fair,
Doth bind thy royal brows, O Mary blest.
God called thee Mother; yea, His sacred face
The tender likeness of thine own doth wear.
And thou art ours --- we trust Him for the rest.
E. Seton
For Reflection:
The saintly poet ends with the proclamation that Mary is our mother. Have I accepted her as such? Why or why not? To what extent have I seen her maternal influence in my life?
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A Hope-Filled Prayer
O sweetest Lord Jesus Christ, may my soul ever yearn
Towards Thee:
May my soul seek Thee, find Thee, tend
Towards attainment of Thee,
Ever meditate on Thee,
And do all things to the praise and glory of
Thy Holy Name.
Do Thou alone be my hope,
My whole trust,
My delight,
My joy,
My rest,
My peace and my sweet contentment.
Do Thou alone be my refuge and my help,
My wisdom and my possession,
My treasure in whom my heart and
my soul remain fixed immovably,
Forever.
Amen
St. Bonaventure
For Reflection:
I will pray this prayer from my heart, uniting myself to Jesus Christ my Lord, confident in the mercy of the Father and the grace of the Holy Spirit.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Final preparations are underway in Rome for the beatification of Pope John Paul II on Mercy Sunday, including the transporting of his casket from the Vatican crypt to a place of honor in front of the tomb of St. Peter.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The need to bow at the altar of "diversity" sank to new lows this week when it was revealed that the University of Chicago provided $3,200 to a student group's traveling "leather library" exhibit that eroticizes pedophilia, incest, and some of the most deviant pornographic perversions known to mankind.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Attorneys are demanding that a Massachusetts school district cease its practice of requiring students to complete surveys asking overtly intimate and sexually suggestive questions without their parents’ knowledge or written consent.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Cardinal Francis George has suspended Father Michael Pfleger, the controversial pastor of Chicago's St. Sabina Catholic Church and has barred him from performing his priestly duties because of public statements he made about a possible reassignment.
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"Wait upon the Lord: wait upon Him patiently, wait upon Him by avoiding all sin. He will come; doubt it not. To this firm hope, join the practice of virtue, and even in this life you will begin to taste the ineffable joys of Paradise."
St. Bernard
For Reflection:
What great spiritual advice St. Bernard gives us! Which part of this quote speaks most to your heart and why? How can you begin to cooperate with grace to see it through?
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff JournalistA new report has found the U.S. has the highest percentage of children being raised by a single parent in the developed world.
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