During what could be his final year in office, President Barack Obama's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new plans to improve the health and well-being of homosexuals by introducing a variety of initiatives to such as providing "cultural competency" training to health care workers and developing definitions of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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GOP presidential candidates took aim at the increasing anti-Christian bias in the news media and Obama administration policies and promised to put an end to the "war on religion" if conservatives regain the White House.
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A move to ban the popular women's magazine,
Cosmopolitan, from store shelves due to its increasingly racy content picked up steam this week when the publication featured 17 year-old actress Dakota Fanning on its cover surrounded by titles such as "His Best Sex Ever" and "Too Naughty to Say Here: But You Have to Try This Sex Trick."
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JM asks:
After looking up yoga stretches I discovered that many are the same as the ones the doctor gave me to stretch in the am. Do you have some safe (spiritually speaking) back stretches one could use? I'm lost.
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“You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them Our Lord wants to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart…Take note that many souls go to hell because there is no one who prays or makes sacrifices for them. Do you wish to offer yourselves to God, ready to accept all the sufferings He wishes to send you in reparation for the sins with which He is offended and to obtain the conversion of sinners? Say the Rosary everyday. The most holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary listen to your petitions.
Our Lady to the Children of Fatima
For Reflection:
What question does Our Lady ask the children? If she were to ask you that question, how would you respond? What sacrifice does she request? What promise does she make? Who most needs your prayers today? Will you make the sacrifice – why or why not?
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“Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary.”
St. Bonaventure
For Reflection:
Why would the armies of hell fear the name and protection of Mary? Consider this answer in light of Genesis 3:15. What attributes and virtues of Mary most make her the formidable foe of the evil one? Which of these do you possess? Which do you need to acquire? Name one specific way you can work on them today.
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"If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you.”
St. John Vianney
For Reflection:
God permits us to be tempted to strengthen us. When we conquer temptation, we grow in self-mastery and become forceful instruments for God’s work. Why do you think Our Lady is the perfect intercessor for us when we are tempted? How are you being tempted today? What virtue may God be seeking to cultivate in you through it? Ask Mary to intercede for you in this regard.
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Get prepared for the 2012 elections! Catholic authors Deal W. Hudson and Matt Smith have put together a list of ten ways that progressives in America will try to mislead Catholic voters. Read it and pass it along!
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By Fr. Tad PacholczykDuring a 2011 roundtable discussion on Fox News, guest commentator Jay Thomas argued that young people should not be too concerned when it comes to pre-marital sex, because nobody would choose to “buy a car without driving it first. You don’t get married, and you don’t learn about sex, by not having it.”
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“The Immaculata alone has from God the promise of victory over Satan. She seeks souls that will consecrate themselves entirely to her, that will become in her hands forceful instruments for the defeat of Satan and the spread of God’s kingdom.”
St. Maximilian Kolbe
For Reflection:
Ponder this statement in reference to yourself. What emotions does it excite in you? What insights does it provoke? To what extent are you willing to become a “forceful instrument” in Mary’s hands for the defeat of Satan and the spread of God’s kingdom? How does the Saint recommend we do so? Are you willing – why or why not?
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