BW writes: “My husband is a very sick man with several serious medical problems and while I was looking up different medicinal ways of helping him I came across a different way of practicing medicine which is called Functional Medicine. After asking someone about Functional Medicine I was told that it works, and many people have been healed by it. My concern is if you know anything about it and if you do does it have anything to do with New Age or the occult? I do not want us to get involved with anything like that.”
Catholics & The Witches of Cambridge
The Witches of Cambridge, another book glorifying the use of witchcraft and magic by Alice Hoffman, author of the Practical Magic series, has become an instant best-seller on the New York Times Bestseller List. But is this book appropriate for Catholics?
Saint Francis of Assisi: A Very Special Feast Day
by Theresa Cavicchio, OFS
Each year, the October 4th feast of Saint Francis of Assisi (1182 – 1226 A.D.), is
celebrated by Christians, non-Christians, and non-believers alike; not only in Franciscan
circles but all over the world. The beloved “Little Poor Man” of Assisi — gentle, humble,
and joyful — has gathered quite a diverse following indeed!
Kratom Controversy Reignites Over Student Deaths
The deaths of two University of Mississippi students last week, both of whom were found to be in possession of kratom, has reignited the controversy over the dangers associated with this opioid-like supplement.
Books are the most wonderful friends in the world
September 30
“Books are the most wonderful friends in the world. When you meet them and pick them up, they are always ready to give you a few ideas. When you put them down, they never get mad; when you take them up again, they seem to enrich you all the more.”
-Blessed Archbishop Fulton Sheen
What’s the Difference Between a Yoga Pose and an Exercise?
LJ writes: “What is the difference between yoga exercises and secular isometric exercises, and why do so many of them look exactly alike? It’s very confusing for those of us who want the health benefits of yoga but without the religious baggage.” Read the rest…
Patience is power
September 29
“Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is ‘timing’ it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way.”
-Blessed Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Criticism of others
September 28
“Criticism of others is thus an oblique form of self-commendation. We think we make the picture hang straight on our wall by telling our neighbors that all his pictures are crooked.”
-Blessed Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Authentic love
September 27
“It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have nothing else to do but love each other soon find there is nothing else. Without a central loyalty life is unfinished.”
-Blessed Archbishop Fulton Sheen
The way of the Cross
September 26
“Never forget that there are only two philosophies to rule your life: the one of the cross, which starts with the fast and ends with the feast. The other of Satan, which starts with the feast and ends with the headache.”
-Blessed Archbishop Fulton Sheen
