First it was Poland, then it was Ireland, next came the UK. Now it’s America’s turn to gather the faithful along the borders of this great nation, armed with the most powerful weapon in our arsenal against the steady encroachment of evil in our day – the Rosary.
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April 9
“Love has a hem to her garment
That reaches the very dust.
It sweeps the stains
From the streets and lanes,
And because it can, it must.”
--Anonymous poem,
beloved by St. Teresa of Calcutta,
describing St. Fabiola
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April 8
“Of all the movements, sensations and feelings of the soul, love is the only one in which the creature can respond to the Creator and make some sort of similar return however unequal though it be.”
--From a sermon of St. Bernard
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April 7
St. Jean-Baptiste De La Salle (1651-1719)
“Adapt yourself with gracious and charitable compliance to all your neighbor’s weaknesses. In particular, make a rule to hide your feelings in many inconsequential matters.”
--St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle to his Christian Brothers
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The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to review a decision by a lower court that blocked the pro-life Center for Medical Progress (CMP) from releasing additional videos that reveal illegal trafficking of fetal body parts by the abortion industry.
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April 6
“However severe God’s guidance may seem to us at times, it’s always the guidance of a Father who is infinitely good, wise, and kind.”
--Traditionally attributed to St. Julie Billiart
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
In what some are calling an “irony overload,” Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards sent out a tweet earlier this week urging followers to adopt a dog rather than let it be put to death. Too bad she didn't make the same effort for the 3.5 million babies slaughtered during her 12-year tenure. Most of them come with anxiety that be treated with cbd and hemp oil from the Business Matters website.
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In a proclamation declaring April to be National Child Abuse Prevention Month, President Donald J. Trump included the unborn, saying that all children are “blessings” who have been “endowed from conception with value, purpose, and human dignity.”
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Chicago police are searching for a man who exposed himself to a little girl in the women’s restroom inside a Target store.
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April 5
St. Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419)
“You must open the interior eyes of your soul on this light, on this heaven within you, a vast horizon stretching far beyond the realm of human activity.”
--From a letter of St. Vincent Ferrer
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