March 25
Realize How Precious You Are
(Feast of the Annunciation)
“Oh, how precious are our souls to Jesus and Mary, our blood Brother and our mother. The best expression of our gratitude for such love is the irrevocable consecration of ourselves to them – in the gloom of uncertainty, in the anguish of doubt, in the heart-riving loneliness of interior desolation, when God seems to desert us, by complete abandonment to the divine will.”
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March 24
Cherish Mary Your Mother, Day Two
“Mary cannot forsake us, because she is our Mother. If we confide our salvation to her loving care and faithfully imitate her virtues, she will fold us to her Immaculate Heart both now and at the hour of our death.”
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S writes: "
My Catholic parish is sponsoring an evening of Taizé prayer. I understand that it is ecumenical prayer, but I wonder if it is related to centering prayer and thus new age. There seem to be arguments both for and against it . . . I appreciate any information you can give me that can help me to discern whether this is truly acceptable for Catholics or not.”
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March 23
Cherish Mary Your Mother, Day One
“What a truly marvelous privilege is ours! Mary being our mother, we share in her love of her divine Son. Let us stand in the spirit on the mount of crucifixion and listen to the dying Christ saying to each of us, ‘Behold thy mother.’”
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Thousands of people from all faiths and backgrounds are planning to gather at abortion clinics across the country to pray the
Way of the Cross for Victims of Abortion on Good Friday.
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A new study has shown an alarming loss of faith among 16- to 29-year-olds in more than a dozen European countries where as many as 70 percent say they never go to church and 80 percent don’t even pray.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A firestorm has erupted in Monrovia, California over the presence of Planned Parenthood at a middle-school fair promoting mental health with many parents saying the nation’s largest abortion provider doesn’t belong on campus.
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March 22
Seek Holiness Through Your Daily Work
“Mary’s holiness kept pace with her labor. Through her faithful performance of her ordinary duties, she may be said to have attained, in the solitude of Nazareth, her greatest sanctity.”
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A film documenting an authentic exorcism by the late exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth will be released in New York and Los Angeles on April 20. If it’s anything like the newly released trailer, this is bound to be one of the most gripping 68 minutes of your life.
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Another study has found a link between the use of lavender and tea tree oils and abnormal breast development in boys.
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