By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Archeologists say the face of a figure drawn on the cover of a tiny booklet recently found in a crevice in the wall of a Jordanian cave may be the first-ever portrait of Jesus Christ created by the hand of someone who actually knew Him.
“None of us lives as his own master and none of us dies as his own master.”
Romans 14:7
For Reflection:
How do the actions of our contemporary society show contempt for this verse from Sacred Scripture? To what extent do I personally do the same?
“When we were baptized into Christ and clothed ourselves in him, we were transformed into the likeness of the Son of God.”
Jerusalem Catecheses
For Reflection:
Of all the people I know, who most images the Son of God to me? How is the “likeness of the Son of God” seen in me?
“Nothing is more pleasing to God than unshaken faith and confidence in the midst of darkness. Make a great practice of acts of confidence even when you feel nothing. It is just in these moments of dryness and darkness that these acts are most meritorious.”
Blessed Columba Marmion
For Reflection:
Why do I think God is pleased with unshaken faith and confidence in the midst of darkness? What act of confidence can I make now?
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Belgian couple who could not imagine life without one another after one was diagnosed with terminal cancer, were euthanized together this week, even though the spouse was in good health.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Doctrine has issued a statement criticizing the doctrinal orthodoxy of a textbook written by Sr. Elizabeth Johnson of Fordham University in which she suggests, among other things, that in order to fully understand the truth about God, we need Jesus plus Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, etc.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Less than a week after the pro life group, Children of God for Life, announced a boycott of companies associated with Senomyx, a biotech firm that uses aborted fetal cell lines to test their artificial flavor enhancers, a second company has announced that they have disaffiliated themselves with the firm.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The heroic band of workers who have been risking their lives to prevent the meltdown of four stricken reactors at the Fukushima nuclear facility in Japan have told their families they fully expect to die from radiation sickness as a result of their efforts.
“Nothing is more pleasing to God than unshaken faith and confidence in the midst of darkness. Make a great practice of acts of confidence even when you feel nothing. It is just in these moments of dryness and darkness that these acts are most meritorious.”
Blessed Columba Marmion
For Reflection:
Why do I think God is pleased with unshaken faith and confidence in the midst of darkness? What act of confidence can I make now?
