TR asks: “Please let me know how the Mobius trip, guided imagery and pendulums (in sand) are associated with the New Age. All were found to be either a part of a so called “Christian therapist’s” therapy or simply objects in his office. I also recognized the Ying Yang symbol and other small gadgets (smooth stones, etc.) in a basket that was on the coffee table in his office. Also included was a mini-Zen garden as you entered the front door.
Yearly Archives: 2011
Expert: A Christian is Killed Every Five Minutes
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Speaking at conference in Hungary this past weekend, Massimo Introvigne of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said the number of Christians who are killed for the faith each year amounts to one martyr’s life being taken every five minutes.
Pope: Cohabitation No Replacement for Marriage
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
At an open-air Mass attended by up to 400,000 pilgrims yesterday in Zegreb, Croatia, Pope Benedict XVI called upon the predominantly Catholic nation to counter the disintegration of family values and not to give in to the “secularized mentality” that living together is an acceptable replacement to marriage.
Rainbow Flag at Federal Reserve Receives Flood of Complaints
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The decision to fly a rainbow flag in honor of homosexuality in front of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Virginia has generated a flood of complaints from angry citizens.
Obedience
“For those who have become lazy in fulfilling the commandments and desire to banish murky obscurity, there is no better or more efficient cure than complete obedience in everything, with faith and without argument.”
St. Gregory of Sinai
For Reflection:
How does obedience “banish murky obscurity?” To what extent do I obey the commandments of God and the teachings of the Church with faith and without argument? (Is there an area where I disagree with the Church and obstinately stand in rebellion, driven by my own understanding and arguments?) Am I willing to be “cured?”
Obedience
“He who is his own master is a scholar under a fool.”
St. Bernard
For Reflection:
At first, this quote seems harsh. And yet, upon further reflection, it is filled with wisdom. How have I seen the truth of this in my own life as I have followed my way rather than God’s way?
Obedience
“Obedience is the only virtue that implants the other virtues in the heart and preserves them after they have been so implanted.”
Pope St. Gregory the Great
For Reflection:
What is the relationship between obedience and the other virtues? (Consider: humility, fortitude, hope, honesty, for example.) How does obedience preserve these virtues once we have begun to live them?
A Tae Bo Workout is Not for the Faint-Hearted!
AF asks: “What about Tae Bo for exercise?”
“Dr. Death” Dies at 83
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The infamous Dr. Jack Kevorkian, 83, known for his fierce advocacy of assisted suicide, died early this morning in a Michigan hospital from a pulmonary thrombosis.
German Catholic Doctors Spark Outrage by Offering Homeopathic Treatment for Homosexuality
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Germany’s Union of Catholic Physicians (UCP), which admits that it does not represent official Catholic positions, has sparked outrage over its claim that treatments such as homeopathy can be used to keep homosexual inclinations at bay.
