April 3
Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered; and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him.”
--Hebrews 5:8-9
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Third Annual Planned Parenthood Protest Set for April 28
Citizens for a Pro-Life America, which is headed by Women of Grace board member Dr. Monica Miller, is calling upon pro-lifers across the country to get involved in the third annual nationwide protest against Planned Parenthood which is scheduled for April 28.
Satanic Ice Cream Parlor Gets Frosty Welcome in U.S.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A Toronto-based soft-serve ice cream chain known as Sweet Jesus, whose logo features an upside down cross, is trying to expand into the United States where it is getting a frosty welcome from American Christians who are determined to teach them the difference between "edgy" and offensive.
Can an Object be Cursed?
SC writes: “My friend and her husband were given some African prayer beads a few years ago. She has been experiencing some problems with her health, insomnia, and some spiritual warfare. For some reason I remembered last night that they had told me & my husband about these prayer beads. I have a very bad feeling about them. What do you think?"
Judge Delivers Lethal Blow to Birth Control Mandate
In what is being called a smashing victory for religious freedom, U.S. District Court Judge David Russell has issued a ruling in which he declared the Obama Administration’s controversial “birth control mandate” to be a violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and has stopped all enforcement of the mandate against dozens of Catholic dioceses and institutions.
April 2, 2018
April 2
"When we were baptized into Christ and clothed ourselves in Him, we were transformed into the likeness of the Son of God."
-St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures
Walmart Removes Cosmopolitan Magazine From Checkout Racks
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
In a major victory for public decency standards, Walmart has agreed to remove Cosmopolitan magazine, with its covers full of half-naked women and risqué articles, from checkout racks.
Easter Day 2018
April 1
Most glorious Lord of life that on this day
Didst make Thy triumph over death and sin,
And having harrowed hell didst bring away
Captivity thence captive us to win;
This joyous day, dear Lord, with joy begin
And grant that we, for whom Thou didst die
Being with Thy dear blood clean washed from sin,
May live forever in felicity.
And that Thy love we weighing worthily,
May likewise love Thee for the same again;
And for Thy sake that all like dear didst buy,
With love may one another entertain.
So let us love, dear love, like as we ought,
Love is the lesson which the Lord us taught.
--"Easter", Edmund Spenser (1553-1598)
Lenten Journey Day 46
March 31
Adorn Your Soul with Mary’s Virtues, Day 2
Closing Prayer to Our Lady
O Mary, our Mother, with thine arms outstretched – those tender arms in which the eternal God delighted to dwell when He became our blood Brother – plead our cause. With thine eyes of mercy, beseech of Him for us, thy children, the grace that in our exile we may resemble thee, His most devoted follower, and so at last, in union with thee, may glorify Him forever!
Obedience and Surrender
“All that is done by obedience is meritorious . . . It is obedience, which, by the light of Faith, puts self-will to death, and causes the obedient man to despise his own will and throw himself into the arms of his superior . . . Placed in the bark of obedience, he passes happily through the stormy sea of this life, in peace of soul and tranquility of heart. Obedience and faith disperse darkness; he is strong because he has no longer any weakness or fears, for self-will, which is the cause of inordinate fear and weakness, has been destroyed.”
-Saint Catherine of Siena
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