
"The Rosary is a powerful weapon to put the demons to flight and to keep oneself from sin.... If you desire peace in your hearts, in your homes, and in your country, assemble each evening to recite the Rosary. Let not even one day pass without saying it, no matter how burdened you may be with many cares and labors."
- Pope Pius XI
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On this day when we celebrate Our Lord's Ascension into heaven, the headlines are full of the sad tale of a renowned botanist named Dr. David Goodall who ended his life yesterday at the age of 104 in a Swiss suicide clinic. His claims to have had nothing more to live for proves why the great hope of the Ascension is so desperately needed today.
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May 10
"Recognize it or not, our life on earth is a warfare (see CCC, 409), and every day and age from the beginning of time tells the story of dour combat with diabolic forces, a war between good and evil. This battle originated in the heavens before the dawn of humanity but was not confined there. It spilled onto the earth, placing all generations of humanity in a perpetual state of general quarters."
- Johnnette S. Benkovic and Thomas K. Sullivan
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AD asks:
"Can you explain what Colorstrology is?"
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“Discovering that only in Me is your satisfaction to be found, will you be capable of the perfect human relationship, that I have planned for you. You will never be united to another until you are united with Me. Exclusive of anyone or anything else. Exclusive of any other desires or longings. I want you to stop planning, to stop wishing, and allow Me to give you the most thrilling plan existing…one you cannot imagine. I want you to have the best. Please allow Me to bring it to you.” -Be Satisfied With Me, attributed to St. Anthony of Padua.
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May 9
"It is not permissible for anyone to remain idle."
- Christifidelis Laici, 3
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan
(Wikicommons/Heidi Green, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Apparently, I’m not the only one getting an earful about the Met Gala where Hollywood stars showed up in outrageous costumes that caricatured Catholicism and offended almost everyone I know (even non-Catholics). Cardinal Dolan is also being called upon to explain why this was allowed to happen – and why he attended the event.
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Justin Danhof, Esq., the same man who forced an apology out of Joy Behar for offending Christians turned his sights on Prudential at a recent meeting and demanded to know why the company, along with 36 others, signed an amicus brief filed by a radical LGBTQ activist group that sides against the religious freedom of the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC (Wikicommons)
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Social media is abuzz this morning over last night’s Met Gala which was themed “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” and drew stars dressed in costumes that many found to be downright offensive to Catholics.
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May 8
"We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has gone through. I do not think that wide circles of the American society, or wide circles of the Christian community, realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-church, between the Gospel and the anti-gospel. This confrontation lies within the plans of Divine Providence; it is a trial which the whole Church must take up."
- Karol Wojtyla (St. John Paul the Great)
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