“Gotcha Journalism” Goes Awry: Profoundly Moving E-Mail Found Among Palin Stash

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

It’s a classic case of “gotcha journalism” gone awry. The media frenzy over the release of thousands of e-mails from former Alaska governor Sarah Palin uncovered nothing incriminating but plenty of evidence that she was a hard-working civil servant. And among the stash was one e-mail about her son, Trig, that some say could alter America’s perception of her forever.

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Obedience

“He is a Christian, a true Christian, who subjects himself to the rule of the one and only Word of God.”
Origen

For Reflection:
In light of this quote, am I a “true Christian?” What in me still needs to be brought into right order with the Word of God?

Michigan Priest Under Review for Participating in Forbidden Liturgy

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

In spite of a letter from Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron forbidding clergy in his diocese to participate in a Mass that took place during a conference by heretical Catholic groups this weekend, a 78 year-old retired priest defied the ruling and is now under review for presiding over the liturgy.

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Obedience

“A little drop of simple obedience is worth a million times more than a whole vase of the choicest contemplation.”
St. Maria Maddalena De Pazzi

For Reflection:
Today, I will count my “little drops of simple obedience.” How many have I had?