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Prepare yourself for testing

Posted on Friday, February 18, 2022 by Johnnette Benkovic Williams

 

Happy February to you and your family, the month when we celebrate love, marriage, and the Holy Family!

Thank you for your continued partnership in our mission to transform the world one woman at a time. I'm so grateful for you!

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Craniosacral Therapy

Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2022 by Susan Brinkmann

PT asks: “I am writing you about craniosacral treatment. It is a kind of massage, physical therapy variant. In the Vatican document it is not referred to directly but I understand that it is based on oriental "energy" belief system. Would it be possible for you to enlighten me about this some more. People have been asking me.”

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Built up by their mutual love

Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2022 by Women of Grace Staff

February 17
Feast of the Seven Founders of the Order of Servites
“In the beginning our Lady was the chief architect of this new order which was founded on the humility of its members, built up by their mutual love, and preserved by their poverty.”
-Legenda de Origine of the Order of Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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With arms outstretched

Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 by Women of Grace Staff

February 16
"One of the favorite images I like to use for describing the Christian life is of a person standing with arms outstretched.  One hand, in faith and prayer, touches God; the other hand is extended in service to the neighbor.  Thus a person is cruciform, touching God and touching neighbor."
--Catherine de Hueck Doherty

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The Strange World of Falun Gong

Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 by Susan Brinkmann

Falun Gong exercises taking place in Toronto (Image courtesy of Joffers951, Wikicommons, https://bit.ly/34XHzaf

RG writes: "I met a woman on a plane ride back from CA who told me about some 'exercises' her husband did 10 yrs ago which seemed to have cured his MS type debilitation [Guillian Barre]. It goes by two names- one is 'falun gong' another is 'falun dafa' and The Strbegan in China.  He had been unable to walk, could not work and was very depressed. After doing the exercises he regained movement and was healed. The doctors were stunned and said it was a complete recovery. There are meditation type practices as well. . . ."

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For the love of God

Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 by Women of Grace Staff

February 15
"It is amusing to see souls who, while they are at prayer, fancy they are
willing to be despised and publicly insulted for the love of God, yet
afterward do all they can to hide their small defects; if anyone unjustly
accuses them of a fault, God deliver us from their outcries!"
-St. Teresa of Avila

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