The staff of a Planned Parenthood affiliate in Arizona has recorded a new version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" carol by changing the lyrics to celebrate the giving of "gifts" such as Plan B, diaphrams, depo provera shots and Nuva Rings.
While addressing children at the Vatican the other day, Pope Francis reminded the world that the birth of Jesus is not a fairytale.
Catholics in New Jersey were overjoyed to learn that Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to Miriam Teresa Demjanovich (1901-1927), a Sister of Charity who died in Elizabeth, New Jersey at the age of 26 just one year after entering the order.
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
One of my favorite books for Lectio-Divina (see Week One of the Advent Study) is Divine Intimacy, by Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene.This book provides meditations on the interior life for every day of the liturgical year. I have found it to be very efficacious.
One of the meditations offered by Father Gabriel for the fourth week of Advent is entitled, The Call to the Apostolate.
In it, he offers an insightful perspective of the Christian call to evangelization based on the words of St. John the Baptist, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord" (Luke 3: 4). In the end, he tells us that "Jesus has need of us." When I read these words, they infused me with zeal.
Because I found this meditation so spiritually benefiicial, today I'd like to share with you what Father Gabriel presents.
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