July 3
"O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens...What is man that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man that thou visitest him? Thou hast made him little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honor."
-Psalm 8:2, 5-6
Today’s Reflection:
Woman participates in a unique way in God's sovereign role of Creator. How does this specially "crown" the female person with God's glory?
Most of us have an ideal of what a good mother is and what a good mother does. Mary is the prefect mother, tending to all the details of our lives, as long as we are open to letting that relationship grow and we are open to her.
July 2
"The woman's humanity is realized in the specific ways of a woman. She is a complete human being no less than the man, but according to her own nature. Her sex is not a mere accidental condition that could be abstracted. Her sex, on the contrary, is a reality that fundamentally defines her being and action and corresponds to the specific design of the Creator. Her physical and psychological qualities proclaim clearly what it truly means to be woman."
-Jutta Burggraf
Today’s Reflection:
What does femininity mean to me?
July 1
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you."
-Jeremiah 1:5
Today’s Reflection:
Everything about me was God's deliberate choice - even my gender. Are there any issues I need to resolve about my femininity?
French prosecutors have ruled out any criminal intent into the devastating fire that nearly destroyed Notre Dame Cathedral this past spring and now say that a badly stubbed-out cigarette or an electrical fault are likely to have started the blaze.
“The heart that resembles that of Christ more than any other is without a doubt the Heart of Mary, His Immaculate Mother, and for this very reason the liturgy holds them up together for our veneration” (Pope Benedict XVI).
by Carrie GressFor the past five decades, the painful irony is that women, not men, have been their own worst enemy.
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