MG writes:
"I was listening to your program today on Sacred Heart Radio in Cincinnati OH. I heard you discussing new age. My 12 yo son wants a necklace called a phiten. Many of the sports players wear them. Are they new age or just a fad?"
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to announce today its decision to require all health insurance plans to cover birth control and sterilization for women, with little more than what are some are calling a toothless exemption for religious institutions.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Thousands of youth who descend upon Madrid for World Youth Day later this month will have a new iPhone app, named after Blessed John Paul II, to help them keep up with events and fuel their devotions.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The day after the president and congressional leaders announced that they had reached a deal on raising the nation's debt limit before tomorrow's deadline, the real test will take place - can it pass through both Houses of Congress?
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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
St. Augustine
For Reflection:
Consider St. Augustine's statement about humility. Why do you think humility is the foundation of all the other virtues? Why is the appearance of any other virtue merely pretense if humility is lacking?
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For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
For Reflection:
What "time" is it in my life? How can patience help me make the most of it?
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"With Christians, a poetical view of things is a duty. We are bid to color all things with hues of faith, to see a divine meaning in every event."
Cardinal John Henry Newman
For Reflection:
Do I "color all things with hues of faith?" Do I see "a divine meaning in every event?" If I were to do so, how would this encourage the virtue of patience in me? What one situation or circumstance am I presently facing that can give me this opportunity?
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In addition to its affiliations with Planned Parenthood and radical feminism, the Girl Scouts are continuing their liaison with another questionable bedfellow - the New Age.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Only a month after an international foundation ranked Pakistan as the third most dangerous country in the world for women, news is breaking about a horrendous "honor killing" in Pakistan where a man gunned down six of his daughters - in front of their mother - because two of them were suspected of having boyfriends.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Archbishop Pietro Sambi, 73, passed away Wednesday evening at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore from complications following lung surgery.
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