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June 13

“The purpose of our lives is to reveal God to men. And only where God is seen does life truly begin. Only when we meet the living God in Christ do we know what life is.”

-Pope Benedict XVI

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We have had an inquiry about a meditation CD called EquiSync which is supposed to enable a novice to “meditate like a Zen monk without the years of practice.” Is it safe? Is it okay for Catholics to use?

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June 12

“The net of the Gospel pulls us out of the waters of death and brings us into the splendour of God’s light, into true life. It is really true: as we follow Christ in this mission to be fishers of men, we must bring men and women out of the sea that is salted with so many forms of alienation and onto the land of life into the light of God”

- Pope Benedict XVI

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The New York State Catholic Conference is condemning the passage of a bill legalizing assisted suicide in the state and is calling upon Governor Kathy Hochul to veto the bill that is now heading to her desk.

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June 11

“The first form of witness is the very life of the missionary, of the Christian family, and of the ecclesial community, which reveal a new way of living. The missionary who, despite all his or her human limitations and defects, lives a simple life, taking Christ as the model, is a sign of God and of transcendent realities. But everyone in the Church, striving to imitate the Divine Master, can and must bear this kind of witness; in many cases it is the only possible way of being a missionary.”

-Pope St. John Paul II

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BGL writes: “I have come across this system of psychotherapy by Richard C. Schwartz known as IFS [Internal Family Systems]. Do you know what is in involved with this program? It seems to be coming from different religious traditions. I’m concerned that it is being facilitated in Catholic organizations and I’m not sure it is valid for healing as it portrays.”

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June 10

"People today put more trust in witnesses than teachers, in experience than in teaching and in life and action than in theories. The witness of a Christian life is the first and irreplaceable form of mission: Christ, whose mission we continue, is the “witness” par excellence and the model of all Christian witness. The Holy Spirit accompanies the Church along her way and associates her with the witness he gives to Christ”

-Pope St. John Paul II

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June 9

“Techniques of evangelization are good, but even the most advanced ones could not replace the gentle action of the Spirit. The most perfect preparation of the evangelizer has no effect without the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit the most convincing dialectic has no power over the heart of man.”

-Pope Paul VI

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June 8th

“Evangelization will never be possible without the action of the Holy Spirit… It is He who explains to the faithful the deep meaning of the teaching of Jesus and of His mystery. It is the Holy Spirit, who, today just as the beginning of the Church, acts in every evangelizer who allows himself to be possessed and led by Him.

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June 7

“We still have one short question to answer: 'How are Catholic women to accomplish their providential role as spiritual mothers (with Mary) of the human race?' The answer is simplicity itself. Like Mary –

• They are to know Jesus from daily intimacy with Him in prayer
• They are to receive Jesus by often receiving Him into their hearts
• They are to love Jesus, by spending themselves in serving the needs of Christ's children as they have never done before.”

-Fr. John A Hardon, S.J.

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