Savior, when my life shall leave me,
Through your mother's prayers receive me
With the fruits of victory.For Reflection:
Consider the above stanza in light of these words written by Reverend Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange: … At the hour of death, that supreme moment when the soul’s destiny is decided, the Blessed Virgin Mary bears in mind the love that has been shown to her, recalling how her servants have said to her time and time again: ‘Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of death’. She holds them up in the struggle of their last agony and defends them against the devil… inspires them with true contrition … and when they have died she watches over them in purgatory that she may lead them at last into heaven.”
To what extent do I offer no resistance to Mary’s good inspirations? To what extent have I recommended myself to her? What hope does this give me?
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A report published jointly by the Department of Education and the Department of Justice revealed that 1,183,700 violent crimes were committed at U.S. public schools during the 2009-2010 school year.
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Three private, evangelical colleges have filed suit in federal court to block the implementation of the HHS mandate which they believe violates their right to free speech and the exercise of their religion by forcing them to provide coverage for services that violate their religious convictions.
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Get this. In 1971, the UK Medical Research Council refused on ethical grounds Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe, the first scientists to successfully use IVF, long-term support for their medical and scientific research on “Studies on Human Reproduction”. The Council was concerned with “patient safety and offspring abnormality”. However, the team moved forward with a large amount of private money and made history with the birth of the first “test-tube baby," Louise Brown.
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College graduates aren't feeling the hope these days as a weak economy is now leaving one in two either out of work or underemployed.
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Virgin, in your love befriend me,
At the Judgment Day defend me.
Help me by your constant prayer. For Reflection:
It is Mary’s desire as Spiritual Mother that all of her children attain eternal salvation. She never ceases praying for us. As the eminent theologian, Reverend Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. tells us, “…[Mary] knows all the graces that we need because she is our Mother and has received from God a universal mission to help us all on the way of salvation. Her prayer is fervent and extends to the last sinner without losing any of its intensity. “[Mary] is sovereignly good and prays for all men, yet she prays especially for those who offer no resistance to her good inspirations and faithfully recommend themselves to her, looking upon them with particular tenderness, interceding for them more pressingly, more absolutely, until she finally obtains what she asks and bring them safe home to the harbor of salvation.”
According to this quote, how then do we reap the full benefit of Mary’s intercession? What is your interior response?
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A group dedicated to enforcing its version of the separation of church and state has reported Peoria bishop Daniel Jenky to the IRS after the prelate delivered a fiery homily in which he compared Obama to Hitler and Stalin.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The Obama Administration continues to shower the pro-abortion lobby with favors as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the same department that issued the controversial birth control mandate, names a former Planned Parenthood spokesman as their new deputy assistant secretary for public affairs.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
ABC's controversial non-reality sitcom, GCB, which is based on the antics of so-called Christian women, is gradually introducing a new and twisted version of the 10 Commandments.
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Women who face fertility challenges need to know that they are not alone, and this is the comforting message they receive from two Catholic women who co-authored a book on the subject and are kicking off National Infertility Awareness Week with a virtual book tour that will introduce women to a variety of bloggers who share their unique struggles.
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