February 5
“In our language families and generations are called 'houses,' the Hebrews themselves called the generation of children 'building up a house.' In this sense it is said that God built up houses for the Egyptian midwives to show that raising a house -- that is, a family -- does not consist in building a splendid residence and storing up vast worldly possessions but in training children well in the fear of God and in virtue. No trouble or labor should be spared to do this, for children are their father's and mother's crown."
- St. Francis de Sales
Today's Reflection:
How do we "train" our children to have a proper perspective toward material possessions? Toward media? Toward their usage of time?
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In response to last week’s controversies over a new wave of extreme abortion laws that would amount to allowing infanticide should infants be born alive, pro-life Senators attempted to pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act by unanimous consent. Democrat Senator Patty Murray (Wash) objected to the bill, thus preventing its passage – for now.
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Bishop Thomas Daly of the Diocese of Spokane has issued a
letter to his flock in which he calls politicians who support abortion “scandalous” and advises them not to receive Communion in his diocese.
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LM writes: “
Is it possible for the devil to read my mind?”
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February 4
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these."
-Matthew 6: 24-29
Today's Reflection:
Do you trust God? How is this evidenced in how you treat your material possessions?
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Speaking to leaders of Italy’s prolife movement on the eve of the country’s 41st National Day for Life on Sunday, Pope Francis made a special appeal to politicians to respect unborn human life for what it is – the future of our race.
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By Kathleen Beckman
Scripture reminds us, “The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8). Christ chose the Twelve (Apostles) to do the same.
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February 3
"So also you can possess riches without being poisoned by them if you merely keep them in your home and purse and not in your heart."
-St Francis de Sales
Today's Reflection:
How do we cultivate the type of detachment that is referred to in this quote from St. Francis de Sales?
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February 2
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world."
-1 John 2:15
Today's Reflection:
Are there any particular areas where you tend to "love the world?"
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Louise Hay (1926-2017)
(Photo courtesy of Wikicommons Images. Heiko Antoni CC BYU-SA 3.0)
JK asked us for comments about author/publisher Louise Hay.
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