March 22, 2008Â
"Manifest yourself. You have not time to occupy your thoughts with that complacency or consideration of what others will think. Your business is simply, "What will my Father in Heaven think."
St. Katherine Drexel
For Reflection:
In what one situation, circumstance, personal relationship do these words apply to me at this time? How can I now respond to it?
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In an appeal launched after reciting the Angelus yesterday in St. Peter's Square, Pope Beneidcct XVI addressed the "alarming news" coming out of Libya and called upon those in positions of military and political responsibility to keep the well-being of the citizens at heart and to guarantee the arrival of humanitarian aid.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a stunning reversal of a lower court ruling, the "Grande Chambre" of the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Friday that crucifixes in public school classrooms in Italy do not violate a student's freedom of conscience.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Father John Corapi is asking for prayer after being put on administrative leave after a former female employee filed a three-page letter to several bishops falsely accusing him of "everything from drug addition to multiple sexual exploits" with her and several other women.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In spite of the extensive coverage given whenever an act of violence is perpetrated against an abortion clinic, when an unknown assailant threw a Molotov cocktail at an elderly woman who was part of a 40 Days for Life protest last week in Kalispell, Montana, not even the local police paid much attention.
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"For the Christian there is no such thing as a "stranger". There is only the neighbor, the person near us and needing us."
Saint Edith Stein
For Reflection:
Today I will make a conscious effort to see what "neighbors" God brings into my life and in what way they may need me.
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"For the Christian there is no such thing as a "stranger". There is only the neighbor, the person near us and needing us."
Saint Edith Stein
For Reflection:
Today I will make a conscious effort to see what "neighbors" God brings into my life and in what way they may need me.
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"O tender Father,
You gave me more, much more,
than I ever thought to ask for.
Thank you, and again thank you,
O Father,
for having granted my requests,
and for having granted those things
that I never realized
I needed or sought."
St. Catherine of Sienna
For Reflection:
Make a list (mental or written) of the petitions God has answered for you. Now make a list (mental or written) of the many blessings God has bestowed upon you for which you did not make an appeal. Praise and thank Him.
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Feast of St. Joseph,
Husband of Mary
"Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, 'Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt. Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt."
Matthew 2:13- 14
For Reflection:
St. Joseph responded to the word of God immediately. How quickly do I respond to God's word and the promptings of the Holy Spirit? St. Joseph's obedience to God saved his family from calamity. Can I remember a time when my obedience to God saved me from some disaster or unfortunate situation? To what extent will this help me to promptly obey God today and in the future?
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IB asks: "
I wanted to know what you thought of Donna Eden's books and workshops on Energy Medicine."
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