October 21
“Contemplating the scenes of the Rosary in union with Mary is a means of learning from her to ‘read’ Christ, to discover his secrets and to understand his message.”
-St. John Paul II
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The Contemplative Gaze of Mary
October 20
“The contemplation of Christ has an incomparable model in Mary. In the recitation of the Rosary, the Christian community enters into contact with the memories and the contemplative gaze of Mary.”
-St. John Paul II
A Foretaste of Heaven
October 19
“If [the pray-er of the Rosary] should listen daily to this secret teaching in the depth of his heart, this prayer would kindle in him the desire of heaven, of the glory of God, and the salvation of souls; it would give him a love of the cross and strength to carry it, and from time to time a foretaste of heaven, a certain savor of eternal life.”
-Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
2019 March for Life Theme Announced
by Jeanne ManciniEach year the March for Life board and staff choose a theme that will best contribute to building a culture of life; and as they do so, they take into account cultural norms and current events to help make their message resonate with Americans. This year, March for Life leadership wanted to draw attention to the fact that science and technology continue to reveal the humanity and life of an unborn person even in its very earliest stages. That’s why the 2019 March for Life theme is “Unique From Day One: Pro-life Is Pro-Science.”
Planned Parenthood to Profit from Kavanaugh Hexing
Planned Parenthood will be one of the recipients of the money raised during a “Ritual to Hex Brett Kavanaugh,” which is being organized for tomorrow evening, October 20. The event is being met by a flood of prayers from Christians as well as Masses by San Jose exorcist, Father Gary Thomas.
Fire Chief Fired for Faith Awarded $1.2 Million
In a huge victory for religious freedom, former Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran, who was fired for writing a men’s devotional book containing biblical views of marriage, received $1.2 million from the city after a court found that it had violated his constitutional rights.
(Some) Women Want to Ban Term “Pregnant Woman”
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSA feminist organization based in Melbourne, Australia is coming under fire for insisting that because “all genders can fall pregnant” nowadays, the term “pregnant woman” should be stricken from the world’s vocabulary.
Mary as Mediatrix
October 18
“The proficient who would thus live a little better each day by the spirit of the Rosary, would reach the contemplation of the mystery of Christ, a certain penetrating understanding of the life of the mystical body, or of the Church militant, suffering, and triumphant. Under the continual direction of Jesus and of Mary Mediatrix, he would enter increasingly into the mystery of the communion of saints.”
-Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
Mothers Bombard French President With #PostcardsforMacron
French President Emmanuel Macron stepped into a virtual hornet’s nest when he made a statement insinuating that more education prevents women from having too many babies. As a result, educated women from all over the world are proving him wrong.
Planned Parenthood’s Plan for Post-Roe America
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSIn keeping with their usual tactic of using scare tactics and hyperbole to manipulate women, Planned Parenthood is unveiling its plan for how to provide abortion to women should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.
