Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSInternational outrage is growing over photos taken of a catwalk in China where girls as young as five were modeling sexy lingerie.
5 Year-old Girls Model Lingerie in China
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSSteadfast Follower
August 8
Feast of St. Dominic, Priest (1170 – 1221)
“I knew him as a steadfast follower of the apostolic way of life. There is no doubt that he is in heaven, sharing in the glory of the apostles themselves.”
-Pope Gregory IX about St. Dominic
The 432 vs. 440 Hz Music Conspiracy
We recently had a question from a reader asking if there was anything New Age about music that had been deliberately recorded at 432 Hz. At first, I thought this question was a little odd, until I looked into it and made a few surprising discoveries.
Gunmen Launch Murderous Rampage in Catholic Church in Nigeria
An attack on parishioners who were attending Mass at St. Philip’s Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Nigeria, yesterday left at least 11 dead and scores wounded.
Planned Parenthood Promotes Gender Ideology to Preschoolers
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSParents in America who don’t want their child to grow up confused about their bodies ought to avoid Planned Parenthood’s new guidelines concerning preschoolers and gender identity which promotes all of the junk science surrounding today’s gender identity movement.
"Being" rather than "Having"
August 7
“It is not wrong to want to live better; what is wrong is a style of life which is presumed to be better when it is directed toward 'having' rather than 'being.'”
-Pope Saint John Paul II
To Show Us the Way
August 6
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
“Jesus goes before us to show us the way, both up the mountain and into heaven, and – I speak boldly – it is for us now to follow him with all speed, yearning for that heavenly vision that will give us a share in his radiance, renew our spiritual nature and transform us into his likeness, making us forever sharers in his Godhead and raising us to heights as yet undreamed of.”
-Anastasius of Sinai, Bishop
Mary, Mother of God: Precious Vessel
August 5
The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major
“Mary, Mother of God, we salute you. Precious vessel, worthy of the whole world’s reverence, you are an ever-shining light, the crown of virginity, the symbol of orthodoxy, an indestructible temple, the place that held him whom no place can contain, mother and virgin. Because of you the holy gospels could say: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.”
-Saint Cyril of Alexandria
Cardinal Sarah on the Feminist Links to Gender Ideology
In his book, God or Nothing, Cardinal Robert Sarah addresses the “ideological lie” of gender ideology and its links to feminism.
Watchfulness
August 4
Feast of St. John Vianney (1786 – 1859)
“The way to destroy bad habits is by watchfulness and by doing often those things that are opposites to one’s besetting sins.”
-St. John Vianney
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