November 6
“Do now, do now, what you will wish to have done when your moment comes to die.”
-St. Angela Merici
November 5
“Happy is the man who keeps the hour of death always in mind, and daily prepares for it.”
-Thomas à Kempis
November 4
“The foolish fear death as the greatest of evils, and the wise desire it as a rest after labors and the end of all ills.”
-St. Ambrose
November 3
“The ‘suffering’ of purgatory is very real, and it is twofold: a profound remorse for sin and a profound longing for the fullness of God’s presence.”
- Father John Hampsch, C.M.F.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSThe House heard arguments this week for a new pro-life bill that will ban any abortion past the point of detection of a heartbeat, which usually occurs at around six weeks gestation.
November 2
The Commemoration of All Souls
“We know our union with the brethren who have died in the grace and faith of Christ is not the least weakened or interrupted by their death. On the contrary it is strengthened by our conveying spiritual goods for their benefit.”
-Second Vatican Council
Lumen Gentium, 49
MS writes: “Is all mindfulness related to the Buddhist practice that is so popular today? I am a Catholic and I have been devoted to the practice of the presence of God and the sacrament of the present moment – which is also a kind of mindfulness. Are these Catholic versions related in any way to the Buddhist version?”
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