The U.S. Conference of Bishops is vigorously condemning the violent protests that occurred this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia that left three dead and injured at least 19, and are asking the faithful to pray for an end to the evil ideologies that brought about the carnage.
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At the beginning of what could be a pivotal week in the tensions between the U.S. and North Korea, residents on the tiny island nation that has found itself in the crosshairs of a possible missile attack are turning to prayer in the quest for peace.
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August 14
“The fruit of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love, and the fruit of love is silence.”
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
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August 13
“Pray. Pray and sacrifice yourselves for sinners, for many souls go to hell because they have no one to sacrifice or pray for them.”
-Blessed Virgin Mary (Fatima, August 13, 1917)
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August 12
“It is amusing to see souls who, while they are at prayer, fancy they are willing to be despised and publicly insulted for the love of God, yet afterwards do all they can to hide their small defects; if anyone unjustly accuses them of a fault, God deliver us from their outcries!"
-St. Teresa of Avila
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Ever since a Wisconsin company implanted microchips into their employees to do away with company badges, concerns have been rising about how widespread this practice might become in the future – and what threats this practice will pose to American freedom.
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August 11
Feast of St. Clare, Virgin (1193 – 1253)
“Happy indeed is she who is granted a place at the divine banquet, for she may cling with her inmost heart to him whose beauty eternally awes the blessed hosts of heaven; to him whose love inspires love, whose contemplation refreshes, whose generosity satisfies, whose gentleness delights, whose memory shines sweetly as the dawn; to him whose fragrance revives the dead, and whose glorious vision will bless all the citizens of that heavenly Jerusalem.”
- St. Clare
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The Belgian arm of the Brothers of Charity have been ordered by Pope Francis to stop offering euthanasia in their psychiatric hospitals and to sign a statement of allegiance to the Magisterium.
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Parental rights are under increasing assault in our culture these days, particularly in the area of education, medicine and child welfare, which is why they will want to get behind newly reintroduced legislation aimed at amending the U.S. Constitution to protect the rights of parents to raise their children as they see fit.
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During an episode of
ABC’s Somewhere Between, a very candid discussion about abortion takes place in which the trauma and sorrow women experience after the procedure is clearly communicated.
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