Feast of St. Patrick
(385 - 461)
from "The Breastplate of St. Patrick"
"Christ shield me this day: Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I arise, Christ in the heart of every person who thinks of me, Christ in the eye that sees me, Christ in the ear that hears me."
St. Patrick
For Reflection:
Considering this prayer of St. Patrick and in light of Ephesians 6: 11-17, what "armor" do I wear daily? How convinced am I that I need to wear the armor of God?
Only weeks after a pro-life organization caught the nation's largest abortion provider in the act of aiding and abetting the sex trafficking of minors, Planned Parenthood is now lobbying against an Illinois law that would broaden the duty to report such abuse.
In an act of selfless heroism, fifty workers at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have opted to stay on the job in order to continue trying to stabilize the situation, even though they risk life-threatening radiation exposure.
A former winner of the British version of the Big Brother reality show told an interviewer this week that she cried for hours after her boyfriend pressured her into having an abortion, and warned other women to "not have an abortion for any man."
"You must pray the prayer of action, which is the fragrant flower of the soul. A good man is a prayer."
St. Catherine of Sienna
For Reflection:
Why is the prayer of action "the fragrant flower of the soul?" Am I a prayer?
The latest budget bill which will keep the government running until April 8 has once again failed to include the cut to Planned Parenthood funding that was approved by the House last month. In addition, two Senators who once supported the bills are now either withdrawing or seriously reconsidering their support.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The church approved apparition site of Our Lady of Akita, in which Our Lady predicted a number of calamities even worse than the March 11 quake that destroyed parts of Japan, was spared major damage in spite of being located in one of the hardest hit areas of the country.
The nuclear crisis in Japan has become critical as a third explosion sends plumes of radioactivity into the air and government officials are telling people to remain inside and make their homes as airtight as possible.
Jeanne Monahan, Director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council, says there have been a number of media outlets reporting on a link between the morning after pill and an increase in the number of young girls who are developing heart disease.
