In his homily commemorating the canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Pope Francis said that she was a generous dispenser of divine mercy in all aspects of her life through her welcome and defense of human life, both born and unborn.
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“Ceremonies may be shadows, but they
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“The Magdalene, most of all, is the model 
I like to follow. That boldness of hers, which would be so amazing if it weren’t the boldness of a lover, won the heart of Jesus, and how it fascinates mine!” ~St. Therese of Lisieux
For Reflection:
In what specific way can I, like Mary Magdalene, “boldly” show my love for Jesus today? When I do, I will thank “the Magdalene” for her good example.
The Authority of Women in the Catholic Church
by Monica Miller; PB 202 pgs
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"Perhaps at no other time in the history of the Church has there been a greater need for a clear, cogent understanding of the authority of the female person and from whence it derives. In her work, Dr. Monica Migliorino Miller cuts through the chimera put forth by the culture of the day and reveals the source of woman's influence, effect, and power, and why woman can "aid humanity in not falling" and "save the peace of the world." A challenging, hard-hitting, and completely liberating study of the authority of woman!"
JOHNNETTE S. BENKOVIC, Founder of Women of Grace and EWTN host
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“Many people are pleased by what
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“So you have failed? … You have not
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Many Americans can’t understand why people like former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner continue to engage in sexting activities even after this behavior has destroyed their lives – and the lives of those they love. Why can’t they stop?
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Just days before the canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, foundress of the Missionaries of Charity, a community of her nuns in Argentina was brutally attacked by three men who broke into the house, beat the sisters and desecrated their chapel.
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Archbishop John J. Myers of the Archdiocese of Newark issued a
letter yesterday in which he stood firmly behind a decision by Paramus Catholic High School to fire an employee who was discovered to be in a same-sex marriage, citing the “confusion and uncertainty” she posed to the moral formation of students at the school.
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“Isn’t it absurd to send children out to jobs
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Why is San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick receiving so much applause from the media for standing up for his beliefs by snubbing the American flag when the same media couldn’t wait to bash Tim Tebow every time he displayed his beliefs by kneeling in grateful prayer on the field?
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