October 1
"Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother. Love the Madonna and pray the Rosary, for her Rosary is the weapon against the evils of the world today. All graces given by God pass through the Blessed Mother."
-St. Padre Pio
September 30
"Whatever the good God has given me has always pleased me, even the gifts which have appeared to me less good and less beautiful than those received by others."
~St. Therese of Lisieux
For the third time this year, the planet Mercury has gone into retrograde and once again, the internet astrologers are trying to outdo one another with dire warnings about how this cosmological event can wreak havoc on planet Earth. Too bad it’s nothing but hype to sell natal charts and good luck charms.
September 29
"Although the difficulties, temptations, and different events that occur in the course of carrying out our plan may cause us some uncertainly as to whether we have chosen well, once our resolution has been made, we must never doubt the holiness of its execution."
~St. Francis de Sales
September 28
"After we have implored the light of the Holy Spirit, applied our thought to search for His good pleasure, taken counsel with our director and perhaps two or three other spiritual persons, we must come to a resolution and decision in the name of God."
~ St. Francis de Sales
Bishops in California are raising objections to a new California law that will allow human remains to be composted and returned to the soil as a way of protecting the environment from the contaminants of embalming fluid and the carbon emissions from cremation. But this is just one of many new eco-friendly burial methods being offered today.
The FBI and Department of Justice are coming under heavy criticism in the wake of an FBI raid on the home of pro-life activist, Mark Houck, of Kintnersville, Pennsylvania for trumped-up charges while doing nothing about far more serious attacks on Catholic churches and pregnancy care centers perpetrated by pro-abortion activists earlier this summer.
September 27
"An inspiration urging us to give up some true good we already possess in order to pursue a future good is suspect."
~St. Francis de Sales
September 26
"The voice of the Spouse, that is, His inspiration, in no way disturbs or troubles her, but draws her so gently that He causes her soul to melt with delight and, as it were, to flow into Him."
~St. Francis de Sales
September 25
"When God sends his inspirations into a man's heart, the first one He gives is that of obedience."
~St. Francis de Sales
