August 29
"Never must our wounded sensibilities make us indifferent our hardhearted...”
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Do Nikken Magnets Work?
KS writes: “A woman at our parish spoke to me recently about a line of products from a company she represents called Nikken. They offer items which are purported to ease pain and symptoms of a variety of illnesses and conditions. The focal products contain magnets, but their website doesn't appear to follow "New Age" kinds of marketing. They focus on the natural energy producing properties of magnets, etc., and their influence on the human body; i.e., a physiological kind of influence rather than spiritual. I'm always leery of things of this kind, though I know that the natural world influences us in many ways"Have you heard of Nikken, and if so, what is your opinion?"
Restraining a hasty word
August 28
"Far from being like to those great souls who from their childhood practice all sorts of macerations, I made my mortification consist solely in the breaking of my will, restraining a hasty word, rendering little services to those around me without making anything of it, and a thousand other things of this kind.”
-Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
Where to Find Entertainment Reviews for Christians
PA writes: "Can you suggest a place to go to look at book and movie reviews from a Christian perspective?"
Where is your treasure?
August 27
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
-Matthew 6:19-21
Study: College Students Woefully Lacking in Civics Education
A recent study of more than 3,000 college students from all 50 states found that the average college student is unable to answer basic questions about the U.S. government.
Do you find yourself to be lukewarm?
August 26
"Pay the greatest attention to this: that your heart be ever glowing with love. Boiling water does not attract flies, lukewarm water does. In the same way the devil with all his impure thoughts shuns and keeps his distance from the soul aglow with love for God..."
-St. Camilla Batista Varano
Have you experienced God's mercy?
August 25
"Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy steadfast love; according to thy abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin..."
-Psalm 51:1
What is your predominant fault?
August 24
"The devil only tempts those souls that wish to abandon sin and those that are in a state of grace. The others belong to him; he has no need to tempt them."
-St. John Vianney
Is your spiritual life worth it?
August 23
"If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
-John 8:31-31
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