August 20
"The more we nourish ourselves on the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Christ, the more we will be able to love... The Eucharist configures us in a special way to God, who is Love."
–Blessed Carlo Acutis
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Painful Fallout from Repressed Memory Therapy
We recently received an email from a reader who was concerned about a family member who was becoming increasingly distant from family and the Church after seeing a therapist who was involved in recovered memory therapy. The alleged “facts” about abuse that were brought out in these sessions began to tear the family apart, bit by bit. What was the family to do?
The value of the Mass
August 19
“I think that many people do not fully understand the value of Mass, because if they recognized the enormous blessing we have in a Lord who gives himself as our food and drink in the Sacred Host, they would go to Mass every day to participate in the fruits of the sacrifice and let go of so many superfluous things.”
–Blessed Carlo Acutis
What sadness do you need to bring to prayer?
August 18
“In prayer the soul rises above life’s sadnesses.”
-Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Gossip steals our peace
August 17
“There is no need to pay attention to gossip, much less get ill by giving in to those who perhaps have never known what truth is.”
-Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Lasting peace
August 16
“True happiness does not consist in the pleasures of this world, or in earthly things, but in peace of conscience, which we only have if we are pure of heart and mind.”
-Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Rise to the Occasion of Your Eternal Soul
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to explain to my children the meaning of the gospel reading for the day, Matthew 18:21. The gospel was the one where Peter asks the Lord how many times should we forgive our brother? 7 times? And the Lord responds, ‘not 7 times, 77 times.’ He continues to tell Peter and the disciples the story of the servant who begs his master to have pity on him when he is unable to pay his large debt.
Jesus is really present
August 15
"Jesus is really present to the world, just as when his apostles and disciples saw him walk the streets of Jerusalem."
–Blessed Carlo Acutis on the Eucharist
Abortion Lobby Desperate to Stop Abortion Defunding
In the past two weeks, legal moves by the abortion lobby are revealing the industry’s desperation to hang on to Medicaid funding that was stripped from abortion facilities in the One Big Beautiful Bill, but how successful will their efforts be?
Is JOGA Different from Yoga?
GS asks: “I was wondering if you could tell me the difference between joga and yoga. Is joga safe or just a “wolf in sheep’s clothing”? It is being introduced into my child’s catholic school health program. I have warning bells going off in my head- should I be concerned?”
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