A team of British and Swedish researchers have discovered what women have been saying for decades – the Pill triggers mood swings and fatigue.
April 21
Feast of St. Anselm, Bishop and Doctor (1033 – 1109)
“O God, let me know you and love you so that I may find my joy in you; and if I cannot do so fully in this life, let me at least make some progress every day, until at last that knowledge, love and joy come to me in all their plentitude.”
--St. Anselm
The Supreme Court’s newest member, Justice Neil Gorsuch, participated in one the most significant religious freedom cases of this term when oral arguments were presented in a case involving whether or not state benefit programs could exclude churches.
A woman who once branded herself as an “internationally known psychic” is now running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Iowa.
If lawmakers manage to pass an assisted suicide bill that is currently moving through the legislature in Maine, Governor Paul R. LePage (R) says he will veto it.
April 20
“Ceasing to struggle because of our defects when there is opposition to a serious mistake can lead us to that form of pride called pusillanimity, lack of courage and strength to bear misfortune or undertake large enterprises.”
--Francis Fernandez, In Conversation with God, Vol. 2
For Reflection:
Am I being tempted in this way today? Regarding what? How can I overcome this temptation?
(Quote from Graceful Living)
Kori Ali MuhammadBishop Armando Ochoa of the Diocese of Fresno is calling for peace after a shooter claiming to hate white people randomly shot and killed three people, two of whom were outside a Catholic Charities facility, in Fresno, California yesterday.
Christ mosaic in sanctuary of Basilica of Immaculate Conception, Washington, DCFor only the second time in the history of the Catholic Church in America, the U.S. bishops are calling for a convocation of Catholic leaders from all walks of life and every corner of America to "convene, challenge, and motivate Catholic leaders” to embrace the full vision of what it means to be Catholic and to proclaim the Church's vision of the human person.
April 19
"The soul truly in love with God never fails through laziness to do all in its power to seek God's Son, the Beloved "
--St. John of the Cross, The Spiritual Canticle
by Christine Arnold, Women of Grace Regional Coordinator for Western PAOn Palm Sunday, Young Women of Grace from Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Harrisburg posed with Bishop Ronald Gainer at the celebration for World Youth Day with some 500 high school teens held on the grounds at Good Shepherd Parish in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
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