Today is National Star Wars Day and many of the film’s fans will be offering the movie’s famous greeting ,“May the force be with you,” or its pun for the day, “May the fourth be with you.” Judging by world conditions and the strife that abounds both at home and abroad, we could use some force and power to bring relief, order, and justice to our beleaguered globe.
The National Day of Prayer was the perfect backdrop for the signing of the Trump Administration’s Religious Liberty Executive Order except that the order itself has disappointed both sides of the debate.
A 20 year-old Mexican woman who was recently crowned as a beauty queen in her native town has decided to give it all up for the religious life.
KM writes: “I am most sure if you ever heard of Eileen Anglin. I came across her on you tube. I downloaded a prayer yesterday and prayed it and I did so again today. But today after really listening to the words of this dedication to Mary, I felt an uneasiness although the music and words were soothing and relaxing and the words were nice, I could not shake the uneasiness and something told me not to say it. . .
May 4
“A priest without a Rosary is like a knight without a sword. With this heavenly weapon, a priest can defeat falsehood, conquer evil, and win innumerable souls for Jesus Christ!”
– Fr. Donald Calloway
Citing a long list of questionable associations and inappropriate role modeling for young girls, the Archdiocese of Kansas City has officially cut ties with the Girl Scouts.
On May 12, 2017, the United Nations World Apostolate of Fatima Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be carried into Conference Room 2 at the UN for a two-hour event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the apparitions at Fatima. What most people don’t know is that she’s been here before – in 1952 – and she has been orchestrating a return journey ever since.
May 3
“Today we have the greatest need of saints, for whom we must assiduously implore God.”
—1985 Extraordinary Synod of Bishops
A new form of physical and emotional abuse of women is winding its way into the already twisted world of casual sex – stealthing – which is the practice of deliberately removing a condom during intercourse even though both partners agreed to use one, and then bragging about it online.
The bloated omnibus budget deal proposed by Congress, and likely to pass this week, will keep the government in funds through September, but it also failed to cut Planned Parenthood’s funding. Why didn’t Congress cut these funds when they had the chance?
