“God sends to us the one who personifies his love: Mary, the spouse of the Spirit – a spirit of maternal love – immaculate, all beautiful, spotless, even though she is our sister, a true daughter of the human race.”
St. Maximilian Kolbe
For Reflection:
How have I experienced an increase in Mary’s maternal love through my meditations of the Grace Lines this month? Have I experienced an increase of God’s love? In what specific ways?
“I have placed you in the care of my holy Mother, as a deposit in trust, so that she may fashion you according to my pattern.”
Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alocoque
For Reflection:
In what way do Jesus’ words to St. Margaret Mary speak to the wonderful cooperation between Mother and Son in the work of a soul? If Jesus trusts His mother in such a way, should I not trust her, too?
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Toronto couple who has decided not to identify their four month-old child as either a boy or girl in order to protect the child’s right to “choose” what he or she wants to be later on in life.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Satanic graffiti that was spray-painted on the doors of the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Minnesota last weekend is being investigated by police as a possible hate crime.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Obama Administration has created a new position in their communications department that is intended to build up the president’s online presence and squash any negative stories.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The world’s most famous doomsday prophet, Harold Camping, has finally emerged from hiding after Saturday’s predicted end failed to materialize to say his calculations were off by five months and the world is now scheduled to be obliterated on October 21.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In an important and refreshing exchange, U.S. bishops conference president Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York and the author of a proposed new budget deal, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), have corresponded with one another regarding the moral implications of the ongoing budget debate.
“Devotion to Mary is not the whole of our religion. The whole of our religion is Jesus. But whoever gives himself to Mary is led by her to her Son.”
Brother Marie- Leonard
For Reflection:
Mary desires to lead me to her Son, Jesus Christ. What one Marian devotional practice can I include in my daily life specifically for this purpose?
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Kevin Jennings, a homosexual activist who has served in the U.S. Department of Education as the “Safe Schools Czar” for the last 18 months has stepped down, with some saying Jenning was pushed out for fear that his unsavory past would become an issue in the 2012 elections.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Included in the devastation caused yesterday by the deadliest tornado to hit Missouri since 1953 was a Catholic hospital and parish church, both of which took direct hits from the deadly twister.
