By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
With the state's same-sex marriage law scheduled to go into effect this Sunday, New York is planning to cash in on what they predict will be a rush to marry by offering gay couples special wedding and honeymoon packages.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Michael D. O'Brien, one of the world's foremost experts on Harry Potter, says the positive review of the latest Potter film published in last week's L'Osservatore Romano ignored the Pope's opinion of the series and raises questions about who is behind the editorial policies at the paper.
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"Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent."
St. John of the Cross
For Reflection:
To what extent would I be called a "complainer?" How can patience help me overcome this?
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The following is a beautiful witness from one of our regular blog readers:
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New mandatory reporting laws in Ireland will not exempt priests from having to report evidence of child abuse obtained in the confessional, a situation that the Catholic Church is promising to challenge.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
According to a new report by the Guttmacher Institute, state governments have passed a record 80 pro-life regulations thus far this year, which breaks the previous record of 34 regulations passed in 2005.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Just three years after belief in the Bible hit a 35-year low in the U.S., an analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics done by polling giant Gallup has found that as unemployment increased, so did belief in sacred Scripture.
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"Patience is so important a virtue because it is impossible in an imperfect world to live without it!"
Ronda Chervin
For Reflection:
How does patience "grease the wheel" of interpersonal relationships? Does my patience with others reflect this need?
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"Patience is the calmer face of courage that proves itself over time."
Donald De Marco
For Reflection:
Have I seen this truth lived out in the life of another? Who? What was the circumstance? What lesson can I apply to my own situation that I have learned from this example?
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"Patience is the queen of the soul. She is seated on the rock of fortitude. She conquers and is never conquered."
Archbishop Ullathorne
For Reflection:
What is the connection between patience and fortitude? Why does patience conquer but is never conquered?
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