September 12
“Perilous times, difficult circumstances, tenuous situations, and heartrending trials form the crucible in which hope is tested, refined, purified, and proven. When everything natural tells us to give up and give in, hope springs from the eternal and tells us to hang in and hang on.”
-Johnnette Benkovic
New York’s highest court delivered a stunning defeat to proponents of assisted suicide last week when it issued a unanimous decision to uphold the state’s ban on assisted suicide.
Planned Parenthood and its allies in the abortion industry may be fighting a losing battle in their efforts to prevent videos of employees bartering over fetal body parts as attorneys general in 20 states band together to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to release the videos.
September 10
“We Christians cannot resign ourselves to leading a double life – our life must be strong and simple unity into which all our actions converge.”
-St. Josemaria Escriva
September 9
Feast of St. Peter Claver (1580 – 1896)
On evangelizing to the poor, needy, and sick:
“This was how we spoke to them, not with words but with our hands and our actions. Then, we sat, or rather knelt, beside them and bathed their faces and bodies with wine. After this we began an elementary instruction about baptism, that is, the wonderful effects of this sacrament on the body and soul.”
-St. Peter Claver
In an appalling display of religious intolerance, several Democratic senators grilled Notre Dame Law School professor and judicial nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, citing her Catholic faith as reason to cast suspicion upon her qualifications to serve on an appeals court.
September 8
Feast of the Birth of Mary
“Let all creation sing and dance and unite to make worthy contribution to the celebration of this day. Let there be one common festival for saints in heaven and men on earth. Today this created world is raised to the dignity of a holy place for him who made all things. The creature is newly prepared to be a divine dwelling place for the Creator.”
-St. Andrew of Crete
September 7
“Each Christian has to put aside any fears of ‘rocking the boat’ should his upright conduct provoke criticism or rejection.”
-Francis Fernandez
A recent story about wicca/witchcraft becoming one of the fastest growing religions in the Hudson Valley sheds light on the rising popularity of “the Craft,” thanks in part to pop culture which presents the occult as being “hip” rather than what it is – extremely dangerous.
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