This past year saw several remarkable wins for life from defunding Planned Parenthood to making childbirth free in the U.S. and commencing a long-needed investigation into the safety of the abortion pill.
Christmas is supposed to be a time of “peace on earth” and, thankfully, it still is, but this joyful season has its detractors - such as those who promulgate the idea that Christmas was founded on a pagan feast. Is this true?
December 23
“We desire to be able to welcome Jesus at Christmas-time, not in a cold manger of our heart, but in a heart full of love and humility, a heart so pure, so immaculate, so warm with love for one another.”
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
December 22
“Wake up, O human being! For it was for you that God was made man. Rise up and realize it was all for you. Eternal death would have awaited you had He not been born in time. Never would you be freed from your sinful flesh had He not taken to Himself the likeness of sinful flesh. Everlasting would be your misery had He not performed this act of mercy. You would not have come to life again had He not come to die your death. You would have perished had He not come.”
–St. Augustine
December 21
"... the imitation of Our Lady is the answer; in contemplating her we find intimacy with God, the law which is the lovely yoke of the one irresistible love.”
-Caryll Houselander
December 20
“At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God’s own love and concern.”
–St. Teresa of Calcutta
December 19
“The light is shining in the darkness, but the darkness does not comprehend it. To a soul in such a condition, peace will come as soon as it turns to Our Lady and imitates her. In her the Word of God chose to be silent for the season measured by God. She, too, was silent; in her the light of the world shone in darkness. To-day, in many souls, Christ asks that He may grow secretly, that He may be the light shining in the darkness.” -Caryll Houselander
MB writes: “Do you know anything regarding a so-called Medical Medium named Mr Anthony William? I couldn't find much about his background. Apparently he discovered some kind of 'healing gift' when he was a child. What bothers me is that he claims this gift comes from the 'Spirit?' but never refers to God or Jesus Christ. Which tells me it might be he got a 'gift' from the wrong spirit.”
December 18
“Rejoice and be glad that so great and good a Lord, on coming into the Virgin’s womb, willed to appear despised, needy, and poor in this world, so that men who were in dire poverty and suffering great need of heavenly food might be made rich in him.”
–St. Clare of Assisi
December 17
“If we would please this Divine Infant, we too must become children, simple and humble; we must carry to Him flowers of virtue, of meekness, of mortification, of charity; we must clasp him in the arms of our love.”
-St. Alphonsus Ligouri
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