July 17
“It shall happen as God shall choose, for assuredly we depend not on our own power but on the power of God.”
- St. Perpetua
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Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
July 16
Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Alma Redemptoris Mater
Kindly Mother of our Redeemer; great portal of heaven ever open, the sea's far-shining star:
O succour thy people who though fallen strive to rise again. O thou who brought forth to all nature's wonder, nature's Lord, thine own Creator: Mother yet a Virgin ever more, who at Gabriel's speaking didst receive the Ave: Towards us sinners show thy pity.
Today's Reflection:
What special petition do I wish to entrust to Mary’s Immaculate Heart on this her feast day?
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Attitudes of Heart
Media Labels Christian Law Center as “Hate Group”
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSABC News reporters Pete Madden and Erin Galloway led a mainstream media smear campaign against the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), one of the country’s most respected religious liberty law firms, causing a national outcry after referring to them as a “hate group.”
Breakthrough in Charlie Gard Case
During a second day of hearings, Justice Nicholas Francis, the judge presiding over the case of Charlie Gard, an 11 month old baby who is dying of mitochondrial depletion syndrome, has agreed to allow a New York doctor to examine the child to assess the efficacy of further treatment before rendering his decision on July 25.
God Loves All People
July 14
“I want to be like you – Christian. You help me to believe I am special when you say God loves all people, no matter how different they are.”
-St. Kateri Tekakwitha
“Lilly of the Mohawks”
Today's Reflection:
To what extent do I help people believe they are special, no matter how different they are? Who can I help in this way today?
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Inside Charlie Gard Court Proceedings
Sky News is publishing a minute-by-minute blog on today's court proceedings involving 11 month-old Charlie Gard, including the dust-up between Charlie’s parents and the judge as well as testimony from a US expert who describes the kind of treatment he is proposing to improve the boy’s life.
Study: Man In Shroud of Turin Suffered Violent Death
A new study of the Shroud of Turin, the linen cloth that many believe was wrapped around Jesus’ body after the crucifixion, has found particles indicating the man in the shroud was tortured and died violently.
Pope Creates New Category for Beatification
Pope Francis issued a Motu proprio earlier this week in which he declared a new category of Christian life which will now be suitable for consideration of beatification – the “offering of life, or oblatio vitae, which occurs when a person dies prematurely because they have offered their life for love of God and neighbor.
Meditation Retreat Blamed for Woman’s Death
A 25 year-old Pennsylvania woman committed suicide after attending an intense 10-day meditation retreat at the Dhamma Vipassana Meditation Center in Claymont, Delaware that left her psychotic and suicidal.
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