For the first time ever, a pope addressed the world via video during one of the most watched sporting events of the year and encouraged people to use sports as a way to build a culture of encounter and peace.
February 6
“Someone has said we do not save others by changing and converting and developing them; we redeem them by the love that accepts them and serves them as they are.”--Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit, O.C.D. (Jessica Powers)
February 5
Feast of St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr
“She wore the glow of a pure conscience and the crimson of the Lamb’s blood for her cosmetics...Her robe is the mark of her faithful witness to Christ.”
--St. Methodius on St. Agatha
February 4
“The act and spirit of giving are the best counter to the evil forces in the world today, and giving liberates the individual not only spiritually but materially.”
--Dorothy Day
The days of all-talk-and-no-action in regard to aiding Christians targeted for their faith overseas is now over as President Donald J. Trump promises new assistance to the persecuted.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSThe American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy statement in which it reaffirms its position that teens have a right to obtain an abortion even without the knowledge and consent of their parents.
February 3
Feast of St. Blaise
O God, deliver us through the intercession of Thy holy bishop and martyr Blaise, from all evil of soul and body, especially from all ills of the throat; and grant us the grace to make a good confession in the confident hope of obtaining Thy pardon, and ever to praise with worthy lips Thy most holy name. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.--From the Novena Prayer to St. Blaise
While the mainstream media focuses on a joke made by President Donald J. Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast this morning, they're ignoring his much more substantive comments such as his vow to protect religious liberty, defend persecuted Christians and repeal the oppressive Johnson Amendment which has been suppressing free speech at churches for decades.
After studying the lewd and aberrant behavior on display at last month’s Women’s March, Catholic therapist Allison Ricciardi wonders what role abortion – and its caustic after-affects – may have played in the psychological states of the speakers and participants.
BT asks: “Have you heard of blessing beads? A lady wants to pray over a sick teen in hospital...but she did not say rosary....so since no one in our Catholic circles has heard of such we are assuming something new age? I searched online but couldn't find any info.”
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