“The virtue of obedience is an exalted virtue, eminently reasonable; it is not in the least servile or blind, but requires on the contrary the greatest freedom of spirit and the strongest discernment.”
Jacques Maritain
For Reflection:
What do I think makes the virtue of obedience an exalted virtue? An eminently reasonable virtue? Why does obedience require the greatest freedom of spirit and the strongest discernment?
“Obedience to the will of God – or even what is merely believed to be the will of God – is actually more meritorious not less, when it is unaccompanied by emotional consolations and sensible fervor.”
R. H. Benson
For Reflection:
Why is an act of obedience more meritorious when it is unaccompanied by emotional consolations and sensible fervor? How can this insight help me to be spontaneously obedient even when I don’t “feel like it?”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A review by The Chicago Tribune has found that thousands of abortion procedures are not being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health, with many abortion providers also failing to adequately detail complications as required by law.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new report published by The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) is warning of the emotional and physical costs of casual sex among students at Catholic Universities.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The pro-abortion governor of New Hampshire, John Lynch, has vetoed a new law which would have required abortionists to give written notice to at least one parent or guardian 48 hours before performing an abortion on a girl under the age of 18.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The results of one of the most extensive national research surveys of its kind has found that 62 percent of Americans believe marriage should be between a man and a woman.
“Obedience is a little dog that leads the blind.”
St. Joseph Cupertino
For Reflection:
How does obedience give spiritual insight as well as clarity to our daily occupations? How have I seen this to be so in my own life?
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new poll has identified five countries as being the most dangerous for women, where females routinely suffer every kind of violence from gang rape and honor killings to domestic abuse and acid attacks, as well as blatant discrimination.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The trend to defund the nation’s largest abortion provider continues as pro-life lawmakers in the North Carolina statehouse voted to override Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto, effectively stripping Planned Parenthood of all funding beginning July 1.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New analysis by a researcher at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) has found that the number of Catholic marriages celebrated in the Church has declined 60 percent since 1972.
