The International Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (ICRPD) has issued a death sentence to a young quadriplegic Frenchman whose life support will now be officially withdrawn and will begin the slow process of killing him.
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We received this feedback from a recent Women of Grace® “Wacky Wednesday” radio show during which we discussed The Healing Code and other pseudoscientific alternatives. This listener was generous enough to share the hard lesson she learned from dabbling in alternatives:
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July 9
"But Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart."
-Luke 2:19
Today’s Reflection:
To what extent do I ponder my daily situations in prayer?
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Two Canadian independent theater owners have reported receiving death threats over plans to screen the pro-life movie, Unplanned.
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July 8
"And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; and holy is his name.
-Luke 1:46-49
Today’s Reflection:
Through my vocation as woman, the Lord has done great things for me and invites me to do great things in His name. Do I believe this?
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July 7
"The gift of being a woman is the ability to give life. As Christian women we have an even greater privilege - to give supernatural life to others through a personal relationship with Christ in life."
-Marianne Evans Mount
Today’s Reflection:
How seriously do I take my call to bring spiritual life to others?
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Fresco in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Valencia, of Saint Maria Goretti (1890 - 1902)
If we could have traveled to a poor sharecropping farm in central Italy early in the 20th century, we would have seen a humble building – formerly a cheese factory – sheltering two families of tenant farmers.
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July 6
"Woman's nature is determined by her original vocation of spouse and mother. One depends on the other. The body of woman is fashioned 'to be one flesh' with another and to nurse new human life in itself."
-St. Edith Stein
Today’s Reflection:
What are some specific ways the Lord uses my feminine call as a source of sanctification for myself? For others?
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The parents of a first-grade Canadian student who was left so disturbed by the school’s teachings about gender identity her parents have been forced, due to inaction by the local school board, to appeal to the Human Rights Tribunal for relief.
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July 5
"Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them."
-Genesis 1:26, 27
Today’s Reflection:
God has created the female person to share in His sovereign act of bringing new life to the world, including spiritual life. How can you nurture this aspect of your femininity?
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