As the Obama administration works with union bosses and dissident Catholic leaders to work out another "compromise" on the HHS mandate, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said the bishops' attempts to work with the White House are "going nowhere."
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Just a day after reporting on a lesbian who is demanding the removal of a priest who refused her communion, we now learn that a man claiming to be the hairdresser for New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez's has refused to do her hair anymore because of her support for traditional marriage.
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“Mary’s surpassing sanctity flowed from the permanent dedication of herself to God at the moment of reason and her constant correspondence with actual grace thereafter.”
For Reflection:
Sanctifying grace flowed into my heart at my baptism. But, tainted by concupiscence, I have not corresponded perfectly with this grace throughout my life. Today, I will seek to do so as best I can and journal about these events at the end of my day.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A lesbian in the state of Maryland who was denied communion at the funeral Mass for her mother is now demanding that the priest be removed from ministry because he refused to give her communion.
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A critical vote will be taken today on the "Respect for the Rights of Conscience Act of 2011" which could be tabled and never reach the Senate floor for a vote.
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The country's top conservative leaders are demanding an apology from Huffington Post publisher Arianna Huffington for publishing an outrageous column that refers to Catholics as pedophiles and attacks the Eucharist as a "barbaric ritual."
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“With Mary’s aid, we will be ever on our guard against the treacherous cunning of all the enemies of our soul. We will meet their full assaults with intrepid determination and their hostile charges with fearless courage. We will be devoted to the service of God.”
For Reflection: What makes Mary’s aid so effective in the spiritual battle? Which battle in my life most needs her assistance? In what one way can I enlist her help more effectively today?
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