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Merciful Father, in Frances of Rome
You have given us a unique example of love in marriage
as well as in religious life.
Keep us faithful in Your service,
and help us to see and follow You
in all the aspects of life.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns
with You and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. +Amen.
From the Collect of the Mass on the Feast of St. Frances of Rome
For Reflection:
St. Frances of Rome did not want to marry but desired instead to enter religious life. However, she recognized that marriage was God’s will for her. She did marry and, following the death of her husband, she founded a religious order. How is God speaking to me through the witness of the life of St. Frances of Rome?
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In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a decision by the Alabama Supreme Court to deny an unmarried lesbian woman the right to adopt three children she had been raising with her partner before the relationship ended; however the ruling was based more on the respect due to state law than on the issue of same-sex adoption.
On a recent Women of Grace Live radio program, we discussed the quote below, which came from one of my previous blog posts. It generated a spirit-filled conversation about overcoming fear when we are moving forward in what we believe to be God's will for our lives. I am re-posting the blog below as well as the link to the radio program below. I hope that it provides you inspiration today if you are experiencing fear.
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