SMB asks: “I often see people engaging in yoga or other forms of eastern meditation with their fingers held in certain positions. What are they doing and do these finger positions have any meaning?”
Nigerian President Muhammadu BuhariJust two years after Jesus uttered these words during a vision to a Nigerian bishop, Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari announced that the Boko Haram terrorist group has been driven from its forest camp and its fighters scattered.
Born with a rare genetic disease that gives her an aged appearance and prevents her from gaining weight, 27 year-old Lizzie Velasquez has turned the heartbreak of bullying into a source of inspiration and motivation for thousands.
Her Feet Shod with Holiness
And, if our faith had given us nothing more Than this Example, of all Womanhood, So mild, so merciful, so strong, so good, So patient, so peaceful, loyal, loving pure~ This were enough to prove it higher and truer Than all the creeds the world had known before. Virgin, who lovest the poor and lonely, If the loud cry of a mother’s heart Can ever ascend to where thou art, Into thy blessed hands and holy Receive my prayer of praise and thanksgiving. Let the hands that bore our Savior bear it Into the awful presence of God; For thy feet with holiness are shod, And, if thou bearest it, he will hear it.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
For Reflection:
What qualities does Longfellow cite that underscore for him why Mary is the “Example of all Womanhood”? How have we seen these virtues expressed in the excerpts from A Woman Wrapped with Silence? Which of these virtues do I need most to acquire? What does the poet admit is the benefit of offering our prayers to Jesus through Mary, His Mother?
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What could be the world’s oldest nativity scene was found sketched into the ceiling of a small cavity in the Egyptian Sahara desert and is believed to be at least 5,000 years old.
Tall men were these, the shepherds come
A little girl had wandered in the night, and now within
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No, and the Dominican Order has been told by Rome that they are free to refer to him as a good and orthodox theologian.
There was no room for them within the inn,
