January 15
"As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is a mere flattery or platitude; it is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins to be a strength at all. Like all the Christian virtues, it is as unreasonable as it is indispensable."
-G.K. Chesterton
January 14
"We have to uphold the right of all men to live, to own what is necessary to lead a dignified existence, to work and to rest, to choose a particular state in life, to form a home, to bring children into the world within marriage and to be allowed to educate them, to pass peacefully through times of sickness and old age, to have access to culture, to join with other citizens to achieve legitimate ends, and, above all, to enjoy the right to know and love God in perfect liberty."
-St. Josemaria Escriva
Photo by Christian Bowen on UnsplashLess than a week after the 118th Congress got down to business, legislators took three important steps to protect the life of the unborn; they passed a bill protecting babies born alive after an abortion, a measure condemning political violence against pro-life crisis pregnancy centers, and defeated the radical Women’s Health Protection Act that would have legalized abortion up to the point of birth.
January 13
"We need heralds of the Gospel who are experts in humanity, who know the depths of the heart of many today, who share in his hopes and joys, his worries and his sadness, and at the same time are contemplatives, in love with God. For this, new saints are needed."
-St. John Paul II
by Margalita Poletunow, LPCMHWhile facing miscarriage and infertility, are you struggling with setting New Year’s resolutions?
D writes: "My sister went through a very hurtful divorce and turned to an angel reader for help. I went with her to a day of healing and can see where you can get drawn in. She named my angel, knew things about me that had caused pain, performed a healing treatment and gave us all an angel card and stone. . . .
LH wrote to me and expressed concern about a family member who was becoming too interested in ghosts.
January 12
"Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit... and the door that gives access to the other sacraments."
-Catechism of the Catholic Church 1213
Even though the public was not made aware of the change, the Biden administration secretly removed insurance coverage for fertility awareness-based methods of family planning from the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Thanks to a courageous nurse from Texas, coverage has been restored!
January 11
"In the long run, is there any other way of handing on the Gospel than by transmitting to another person one's personal experience of faith?"
-Evangelii Nuntiandi 46
