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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"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."
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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.
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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.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
When parishioners of St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church in Roswell, Georgia arrived for Mass on Easter Sunday morning, they discovered grotesque Satanic and obscene symbols spray painted on a new statue of Jesus Christ that had just been gifted to the parish.
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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.
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"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?"
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