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Sorrowful Heart

July 2

July 2

If you stay close to my Sorrowful Heart, I will defend you in your spiritual battles with the devil and I will protect you in every instant of your life. I will console you in your pains and I will accompany you in your work. At the moment of death, my Son and I will be your eternal consolation and joy.

                                    -Our Blessed Mother to St. Bridget of Sweden

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Mother

July 1

July 1

The mother is both the physical preserver of life and the moral provider of truth; she is nature’s constant challenge to death, the bearer of cosmic plentitude, the herald of eternal realities, God’s great cooperator.

                                                            -Venerable Fulton J. Sheen

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Nothing is Lost

June 30

June 30

 “Be of good cheer, only work, only strive cheerfully; for nothing is lost. Every prayer of yours, every psalm you sing is recorded. Every alms, every fast is recorded.

                                                                        -St. Cyril of Jerusalem

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Report: State of Religious Hostility in America

16219121_sAs the Church prays its way through the final days of the Fortnight for Freedom 2017 campaign, a new study is confirming that hostility toward religion isn’t all in our minds – it really has gotten worse in the last few years - but there are some bright signs on the horizon.

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Media Slams Courageous Bishop for Loyalty to Church

bishop paprockiCommentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS

The mainstream media is once again maligning a good and courageous bishop simply because he published a decree stating that persons involved in same-sex relationships cannot receive communion or serve on the altar, nor can they be given a Catholic funeral if they do not repent before death.

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These Two were One

June 29

June 29

 Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles

Both apostles share the same feast day, for these two were one; and even though they suffered on different days, they were as one. Peter went first, and Paul followed. And so we celebrate this day made holy for us by the apostle’s blood.

                                                                                    -St. Augustine

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Body Vibes: Snake Oil on a Sticker

goopGwyneth Paltrow’s Goop blog is under fire once again for promoting $120 stickers she got from vinyl sticker printing Melbourne, that allegedly use materials contained in NASA spacesuits to “rebalance energy frequency in our bodies.”

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