By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican Press Office has just released a communique announcing the planned exposition of a reliquary containing the blood of the late John Paul II during this weekend’s beatification ceremony.
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Satanic Desecration of Pro-Life Display at Clarion University
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pro-abortion acdtivists desecrated a Christian pro-life display at Clarion University last week, using fake blood to scrawl the words “Pro-Choice” on the sidewalk.
NY Libraries Under Fire for Allowing Free Access to Porn
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Religious leaders and library patrons alike are fuming after a representative of the New York public library system mistakenly said the First Amendment gives their taxpayer-funded libraries the right to provide access to as much smut as their patrons want.
Survey: Majority of Newly Ordained Will be Traditional Catholics
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
According to a survey of the nearly 500 young men who will be ordained to the priesthood this year, the typical new priest is about 31 years-old, prays the Rosary and attends Eucharistic Adoration, and was encouraged to consider a vocation by a parish priest.
Hope
“Brothers, I do not think of myself as having reached the finish line. I give no thought to what lies behind but push on to what is ahead. My entire attention is on the finish line as I run toward the prize to which God calls me – life on high in Christ Jesus. All of us who are spiritually mature must have this attitude.”
Philippians 3: 13- 15
For Reflection:
What is the “finish line” according to St. Paul? How does he exhibit hope in achieving it? Am I spiritually mature by St. Paul’s definition? Read tomorrow’s Grace Line to see how we can come to “full stature in Christ Jesus.”
Cursed by the Wizard: Potter star heckled out of Brown
Ivy League students weren’t feeling the magic of Harry Potter when they heckled one of its most famous stars right out of Brown University.
“Spring Spheres,” Phony Crucifixion Nails and other Easter “Crazies”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The holiest holiday of the year for Christians has a way of bringing out the “crazies,” says Catholic League president Bill Donohue.
Satanic Desecration at Georgia Catholic Church on Easter Sunday
President Marks Ramadan and Earth Day, But Not Easter
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
President Barack Obama is facing criticism over his failure to issue the traditional Easter proclamation this year even though he was careful to release several statements in the past year marking Muslim holidays and Earth Day.
Hope
“If our hopes in Christ are limited to this life only, we are the most pitiable of men.”
I Cor. 15:19
For Reflection:
Hope is the theological virtue that directs us toward eternal life. Why do you think seeking Christ only for temporal needs make us “pitiable?”
