May 3
“Woman naturally seeks to embrace that which is living, personal, and whole. To cherish, guard, protect, nourish and advance growth is her natural maternal yearning.”
-St. Teresa Benedicta
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Saint Joseph the Worker: Beyond the Carpenter Shop
by Theresa Cavicchio, OFSDuring these early weeks following the death of Pope Francis, the May 1st Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker provides a particularly fitting opportunity this year to turn to the Holy Father’s own teaching on the beloved, saintly foster father of Jesus.
Will Burying Crystals Find Your True Love?
Dating has come a long way from boy-meets-girl at local diner. Now it’s online dating, Tinder and . . . crystals?
Embrace your God-given calling
May 1
“To be a mother is to nourish and protect true humanity and bring it to development.”
-St. Teresa Benedicta
Do you seek the truth?
April 30
“Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it.”
-St. Teresa Benedicta
The "Maharishi Effect" Strikes Again
Another study claiming that the long-term practice of transcendental meditation (TM) can do everything from bring down crime rates to slow aging is once again making the news – and it’s raising the same questions that have plagued this theory for decades.
Where is that in the Bible?
Since we began this blog in 2009, I can’t tell you how many times we have received mail from people asking us to show them where we can find a prohibition against yoga, Reiki, and other New Age practices in Scripture. Because it’s not there (of course), the person feels that it is safe to assume no prohibition exists.
Leaders are magnanimous in their dreams
April 29
“Leaders are magnanimous in their dreams, visions, and sense of mission; in their capacity for hope, confidence, and daring; in their enthusiasm for the effort required to bring their work to a successful conclusion; in their capacity to challenge themselves and those around them.”
-Alexandre Havard, Virtuous Leadership
