“The Lord could have created a more beautiful heaven, He could have made a larger world, but He could not have created a mother greater than the Mother of God.”
St. Bonaventure
For Reflection:
Why is this statement a true statement? To what extent does it enhance my appreciation of the Blessed Mother and her role in salvation history? Does this quote draw me closer to her?
(See tomorrow’s Grace Line for one holy man’s thoughts on this quote.)
“God sends us joys before sorrows, to prepare our hearts; but the joys themselves contain prophecies of the coming sorrows.”
Father Faber writing about the Blessed Mother
For Reflection:
What insight into the action of God in our lives! What are some examples from the life of the Blessed Mother that show the validity of this statement? What are some examples from my own life?
“Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.”
St. John Vianney
For Reflection:
Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. How do the apparitions of the Blessed Mother underscore the validity of St. John Vianney’s statement? How has she been busy in your life?
A new report by the Eagle Forum raises serious questions about the United Nation’s increasingly fanatical environmental programs that are leading the way back to a primitive reverence for the earth.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A blockbuster new study by Oxford University has found that religion comes naturally, even instinctively, to human beings, a finding that could have a profound implications for religious freedom worldwide.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In the wake of the Navy’s aborted to attempt to authorize their chaplains to perform same-sex marriages, the chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower has introduced a new amendment that will prohibit the unions from taking place on military bases.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Philippine government has announced that any Catholic who refuses to pay their taxes in support of a radical reproductive health bill being debatedin Congress will be charged for civil disobedience.
“As sailors are guided by a star to the port, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary.”
St. Thomas Aquinas
For Reflection:
How does Mary guide us to heaven? How is this in keeping with her spiritual motherhood? How is this in keeping with her role as Queen Mother?Â
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In yesterday’s general audience celebrated in St. Peter’s Square, the Pope reflected on “how prayer and religious feeling are a part of humans throughout their lives.”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Just hours after Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed a law that cuts off all taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider filed for a temporary restraining order to block implementation, but a federal judge has refused to grant it.
