A new poll asking respondents if they think we are currently living in the "end times" revealed that one in four Americans believe this to be true.
Our Lord and Our Lady
They warned Our Lady for the Child
That was Our Blessed Lord,
And She took Him into the desert wild,
Over the camel’s ford.
And a long song She sang to Him
And a short story told:
And She wrapped Him in a woolen cloak
To keep Him from the cold.
But when Our Lord was grown a man
The rich they dragged Him down,
And they crucified Him in Golgotha,
Out and beyond the Town.
They crucified Him on Calvary,
Upon an April day;
And because He had been her little Son
She followed Him all the way.
Our Lady stood beside the Cross,
A little space apart,
And when She heard Our Lord cry out
A sword went through Her Heart.
They laid Our Lord in a marble tomb,
Dead, in a winding sheet.
But Our Lady stands above the world
With the white Moon at Her feet.
-Hilaire Belloc
For Reflection:Of the seven swords that pierced Our Lady’s heart, how many are represented in this poem? How do her swords relate to the pains of my heart?
A federal court ruled in favor of a Christian-owned business who is suing the government to prevent the imposition of the controversial birth control mandate, making the lawsuit "scorecard" 26-6 in favor of conscience rights.
Even the most "progressive" readers of The Washington Post are pounding the newspaper's editor over an opinion piece published two weeks ago that called for decriminalizing "consensual sexual activity" between high school students and teachers.
