September 23
Feast of St. Pio of Pieltracina, Priest (1887 – 1968)
“…when a soul does everything possible and trusts divine mercy, why would Jesus reject such a spirit? If you have given and consecrated everything to God, why be afraid?
-St. Pio
September 23
Feast of St. Pio of Pieltracina, Priest (1887 – 1968)
“…when a soul does everything possible and trusts divine mercy, why would Jesus reject such a spirit? If you have given and consecrated everything to God, why be afraid?
-St. Pio
September 22
“To most, even good people, God is a belief. To the saints, He is an embrace.”
-Francis Thompson
September 21
St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
“The other Evangelists, out of respect for Matthew, did not call him by his common name, so they said Levi. But Matthew called himself Matthew and a publican, that he might show his readers that no one ought to despair of salvation … since he himself suddenly changed from a publican to an apostle.”
-St. Jerome on St. Matthew

We recently had a question about a so-called “Psychic Vampire Repellent” being sold on Gwyneth Paltrow’s outlandish Goop site which supposedly contains tiny “Reiki-charged crystals.” As ridiculous as it might sound, there’s a whole cottage industry devoted to distributing “Reiki-infused” products from jewelry to “kid calming mists” that should alarm anyone familiar with this occult-based practice.
September 20
Feast of Sts. Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest and Martyr; Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions, Martyr
“Hold fast to the will of God and with all your heart fight the good fight under the leadership of Jesus; conquer again the diabolical power of this world that Christ has already vanquished.”
-St. Andrew Kim Taegon
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