The Blessed Virgin Mary, assumed into heaven, gives hope to the human race. Like her, we are destined for eternity with God. Mary, Our Mother, pray for us!
Almighty and everlasting God,
You have taken up body and soul
into the heavenly glory the Immaculate Virgin Mary,
Mother of Your Son: Grant, we beseech You,
that, ever intent upon heavenly things,
we may be worthy to be partakers of her glory.
Through Jesus Christ Your Son, our Lord,
who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
One God, forever and ever. Amen.
From the Roman Missal
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
British Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to get to work immediately on the creation of new policies that will reverse the "slow motion moral collapse" of his country, which he blames for fostering last week's riots that left five people dead, thousands in jail, and hundreds of millions in property damage.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Friday's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to strike down the core provision in President Obama's signature health care law has many believing the case may head to the Supreme Court as early as this fall.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
As millions of young people from around the world converge on Madrid this week for what is expected to be the largest World Youth Day (WYD) ever, Pope Benedict XVI is asking the faithful to keep this event in prayer.
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"You're not humbled when you humble yourself, but when you are humbled by others and you bear it for Christ."
St. Josemaria Escriva
For Reflection:
Is God currently offering me an opportunity to grow in humility through others? What does St. Josemaria Escriva recommend so that I might mine the grace being offered me?
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"The day you see yourself as you are, you will think it natural to be despised by others."
St. Josemaria Escriva
For Reflection:
To what extent do I see myself as I am - not embellishing my weaknesses nor excusing them either. How would both of these extremes be a false humility?
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"You ought to use great caution, even in doing good things. For it may be that, in carrying out some good works, you are seeking only the favor and good graces of men: or the desire of praise may overtake you, and what is done for outward effect, fail of its inward reward."
Pope St. Gregory the Great
For Reflection:
What are two counterfeits of humility mentioned by Pope St. Gregory the Great? To what extent have I fallen victim to them? What one strategy can I employ in the future?
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"When tempted to despair, I have only one resource: to throw myself at the foot of the tabernacle like a little dog at the foot of his master."
St. John Vianney
For Reflection:
How does St. John Vianney recommend we find the grace we need to make it through a trial with right intention, fervency, courage, and trust in God? How much time a week do you spend before the Blessed Sacrament?
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Mississippi voters were in an uproar on Wednesday when Planned Parenthood Seattle Chaplain Vincent Lachina was exposed during a Mississippi Secretary of State's Personhood Amendment hearing.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Bishop Nicholas D'Marzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn is promising to assist parents who wish to assert their parental rights against a new mandate by the City of New York that all students must have two semesters of sex education.
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Almighty and everlasting God,
You have taken up body and soul
into the heavenly glory the Immaculate Virgin Mary,
Mother of Your Son: Grant, we beseech You,
that, ever intent upon heavenly things,
we may be worthy to be partakers of her glory.
Through Jesus Christ Your Son, our Lord,
who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
One God, forever and ever. Amen.
From the Roman Missal
