June 13
Feast of St. Anthony of Padua
"Anyone, then, who desires to live chastely in Christ Jesus, must flee not only the mouse of lust, but even from its very scent."
-St. Anthony of Padua
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Perfect – and Powerful – Summer Devotions for the Holy Souls in Purgatory
By Susan TassoneAh, summertime, and the living is easy. Vacation. A few days at the beach. An afternoon picnic in the park. And …
China Fumbling to Fix It's Family Planning Mess
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSReliable sources are predicting that the People’s Republic of China may be ending it’s notorious family planning program altogether as early as the end of this year due to the demographic nightmare it created after four decades of severely restricting births.
Firm Purpose of Amendment
June 12
"Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages."
-St. Francis de Sales
Witchcraft, Ouija & the House of Horrors
New revelations from a family member of Louise Turpin, the woman accused of starving her 13 children in their Perris, California home earlier this year, suggest that Turpin's fascination with witchcraft and Ouija boards may have influenced the crimes.
Compass Therapy
TG writes: “I was just wondering about Compass Therapy. It has what I think to be a resemblance to the Enneagram, which I understand to be a bit new agey. A priest who is a chaplain for my local youth group explained it all to us and I had some concerns about its value as a tool in the spiritual life.”
A Unique Quality of Woman
June 11
"A quality unique to woman is her singular sensitivity to moral values and an abhorrence of all which is low and mean; this quality protects her against the dangers of seduction and total surrender to sensuality."
-St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
Women Rethink the Sexual Revolution
In a groundbreaking conference held in Washington DC last month, some of the Church’s most influential women spoke about how the #MeToo movement proves the abject failure of the now 50-year-old sexual revolution that was supposed to liberate us and set us free.
Not for the perfect ones
June 10
"Yes, we are all sinners, but let us never forget that we are saved sinners. It is obvious that we are going to stumble a million times between our birth and death. But when we look at the Gospel, we see immediately that God came, not for the perfect ones, but for sinners. That means each one of us."
-- Catherine Doherty
Immaculate Heart of Mary
June 9
The Daily Offering to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
"O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and suffering of this day in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world.
I offer them for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart: the salvation of souls, reparation for sins, the reunion of all Christians;
I offer them for the intentions of our Bishops and of all Apostles of Prayer and in particular for those recommended by our Holy Father this month."
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