Although the media and many in the country’s medical associations are loathe to report it, a popular drug used to treat girls and boys suffering from gender dysphoria is not approved for this use and is linked to thousands of adverse reactions, including over 6,000 deaths.
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October 4
“The second fault commonly committed in saying the Rosary is to have no intention other than that of getting it over with as quickly as possible.”
-St. Louis de Montfort
For Reflection:
How often I have fallen into this fault! Today, I will begin again to treasure this great prayer that is my privilege to pray.
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“I have been crucified with Christ; yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me …” (Gal 2:20)
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PM asks:
"Can you tell me if Helen Russ is New Age. She advertised in the Catholic Church Porch Meditation as an alternative."
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This week saw the Catholic world celebrate two great angelic feasts - the Feasts of St. Michael and the Archangels and our Guardian Angels - but Christians need to be aware that the New Age has made the existence of these awesome beings into a very dangerous cottage industry.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The PC culture in America has claimed many victims, but a popular French teacher from a public high school in Williamsburg, Virginia, who was fired for refusing to use male pronouns for a female student, is determined not to be one of them and has filed suit against the school.
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October 3
“Take great care to avoid the two pitfalls that most people fall into during the Rosary. The first is the danger of not asking for any graces at all. So, whenever you say your Rosary, be sure to ask for some special grace or virtue, or strength to overcome some sin.”
(See tomorrow’s Grace Line for the second pitfall.)
-St. Louis de Montfort
For Reflection:
What special grace or virtue will I ask to obtain when I say my Rosary today? Is there a sin I need the strength to overcome? What is it? I will tuck this intention into my prayer as well.
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Angels are all the rage these days. Often depicted as plump little cherubs or New Age nymphs, put one of these winged creatures on the cover of a book or greeting card and it’s bound to sell. How much do we really know about the extraordinary beings who keep careful watch over us every day of our lives?
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October 2
“From my youthful years this prayer has held an important place in my spiritual life. The Rosary has accompanied me in moments of joy and in moments of difficulty. To it I have entrusted any number of concerns:
in it I have always found comfort.”
-Saint John Paul II
For Reflection:
What position does the Rosary hold in my spiritual life? Am I in a moment of joy or difficulty? Am I willing to entrust this moment to this prayer?
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Know Thyself, and thy faults, and thus live. – St. Augustine
My mother had me pegged at a very young age. I remember walking into her bedroom as she put down the book Transformed Temperaments by Tim LaHaye and smiled at twelve-year-old me. “You,” she said with certainty, “are a melancholic.” It didn’t mean much then–although I remember it clearly–but years later I would come to learn and appreciate the four temperaments. Sure enough, even as a child, melancholic me was more likely to be writing poetry than playing sports or crying over a poignant novel than hanging out with friends.
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