June 28
Feast of St. Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr (130 - 200)
"Where there is order, there is also harmony, where there is harmony, there is also correct timing; where there is correct timing, there is also advantage."
-St. Irenaeus
Today's Reflection:
According to this quote, what is the relationship between order and correct advantage? How does this apply to the practical situations of everyday life and my spiritual life as well?
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June 27
Feast of St. Cyril of Alexandria , Bishop (D. 444)
"That anyone could doubt the right of the holy Virgin to be called the Mother of God fills me with astonishment. Surely she must be the Mother of God if our Lord Jesus Christ is God, and she gave birth to him! Our Lord's disciples may not have used those exact words, but they delivered to us the belief those words enshrine, and this has also been taught us by the holy fathers."
- St. Cyril of Alexandria
Today's Reflection:
Consider the logic of St. Cyril of Alexandria regarding Mary's title of Mother of God. How does this increase my ability to communicate this truth to those who may object to this title?
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AE writes about a "chiropractor" that she and her father have been seeing in California, a suspected illegal immigrant using the name Javier Lozano. They know little about the man except that he is married, goes to Mass weekly, works as a plumber during the day, and will accept only donations for his services. I will let AE describe what this "healer" does when she visits him.
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June 26
"God's will -- peacefully do at each moment what at the moment ought to be done."
-Traditionally attributed to St. Katherine Drexel
Today's Reflection:
What ought to be done at this moment of my life?
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(Nicholas Tonelli, Wikicommons, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en)
CA writes: “I recently heard about a practice called Pow Wowing by the Pennsylvania Dutch. I am sure it is a bad idea. Would you post about this practice? There was a true murder story I saw on Prime Video called “Hex Hollow”. Someone was killed because they were thought to have put a hex on someone. The practice was called PowWow. I never heard of such a thing. Of course, they interviewed someone who claimed it was just a bunch of prayers, but I know it isn’t.”
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June 25
"How often have I thought that I may owe all the graces I've received to the prayers of a person who begged them from God for me, and whom
I shall know only in heaven."
- St. Therese of Lisieux
Today's Reflection
Whom am I secretly praying for today?
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BW writes:
Please do an article on Fr. Rolheiser, especially regarding his Holy Longing book. If you haven't read it, please do, I'm begging. He is so widespread and I see much that discomforts me in his writings.”
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June 24
Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist
" make straight his paths."
-Matthew 3: 3
Today's Reflection
In what one way today can I "prepare the way of the Lord?"
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For the third time in less than a year, a tabernacle containing the Blessed Sacrament was stolen from a Catholic Church, this time in Boone, North Carolina.
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June 23
"My daughter, I see more Pharisees among the Christians than there were around Pilate."
-St. Margaret of Cortona
Today Reflection
Read Matthew 13: 24-30. How does this help me regarding the Pharisees I
may see?
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