Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSPphubbing is the newest phenomena of the cell phone culture and it refers to the bad habit of checking your cell phone when you’re supposed to be fully present to your significant other. A new study says this could be hazardous to your relationship!
There’s nothing that Planned Parenthood would like more than to jump on the Wonder Woman bandwagon, but this production is hardly the epitome of the old-school feminism that inspired the story nearly 75 years ago.
June 13
Feast of St. Anthony of Padua (1231)
"Actions speak louder than words. Let your words teach and your actions speak."
--St. Anthony of Padua
We recently received a question from a reader who was wondering if Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has any basis in the New Age. We are happy to report that it does not!
Even though Americans enjoy life in a representative democracy with leaders who represent the various constituencies that make up this great nation, Senator Bernie Sanders sparked outrage last week by suggesting that the Christian belief in salvation through Christ alone makes us unfit to serve.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSValerie Huber, a tireless champion of sexual risk avoidance education for teens, has been appointed as Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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June 12
"Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages."
-St. Francis de Sales
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June 11
“A quality unique to woman is her singular sensitivity to moral values and an abhorrence of all which is low and mean; this quality protects her against the dangers of seduction and total surrender to sensuality.”
-St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
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June 10
“Yes, we are all sinners, but let us never forget that we are saved sinners. It is obvious that we are going to stumble a million times between our birth and death. But when we look at the Gospel, we see immediately that God came, not for the perfect ones, but for sinners. That means each one of us."
-- Catherine Doherty
Today's Reflection:
What solace these words bring to me as I consider my latest regret, my latest transgression! Thank you, Jesus, for reminding me today of your saving act of redemption.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSThe conventional wisdom that teen pregnancy rates are reduced by promoting birth control and "safe sex" suffered a serious blow in a new study by British researchers which found empirical evidence to support the fact that reductions in sex education budgets has resulted in lower teen pregnancy rates.
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