Bishop Jacques Benoit-Gonin of the Diocese of Beauvais in France has announced the official recognition of the 70th miracles that took place in Lourdes which involved the miraculous healing of a paralyzed nun.
February 12
"The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread."
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
The hectic pace of life has a way of reeling out-of-control, which often means neglecting what we cherish for the sake of doing what “has to get done.” Lent is the perfect time to reel it back in, to pay attention to what’s really important – including our marriage!
February 11
"Today people are suffering from poverty, but also from lack of love."
-Pope Francis
February 10
""Love is not a sentiment or feeling. Love is actively willing the good of the other."
-Father Robert Barron
February 9
"A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul."
-St. Therese of Lisieux
When it comes to following God’s will, the most challenging task can be figuring out just what His will is. Of course, prayer is a vitally important tool in this discernment process. Best case scenario: we ask God to disclose His plan for us, and circumstances fall into place, quickly and effortlessly, to lead us in the right direction.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSIn the age of the #Metoo movement and women taking a stand against sexual abuse, it’s not surprising that a boycott is already underway against the latest and, hopefully, last film rendition of the sado-masochistic “love” story known as Fifty Shades which one critic likened to “a bad Tinder date that lasted three years.”
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