By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A U.S. District Court judge in New York City granted a preliminary injunction yesterday to pregnancy care centers that will block enforcement of a gag law that would have gone into effect today.
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Patience
“When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, don’t try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.”
St. Francis de Sales
For Reflection:
What difficulty or contradiction do I need to “bend with gentleness and time?” Can I exercise the necessary patience to do it?
What Price Are You Willing to Pay to Achieve a “Super Conscious State”?
DS asks: “I was wondering if you would comment on the Unified Therapy approach to healing? As far as I can see there are no contradictions to what the Church teaches and it would be a viable mode of therapy. I had one session (won as a gift certificate) a few days ago that was pretty powerful to me. Here is the website of a Unified Therapist that I met with: http://www.jimfazioib.com/”
Ohio Bishop Instructs Parishes Not to Fundraise for Susan G. Komen Foundation
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Bishop Leonard Blair of the Diocese of Toledo has issued a letter to all parishes instructing them to direct their fundraising efforts to local breast cancer centers rather than contribute to the Susan G. Komen Foundation because of its affiliation with Planned Parenthood and the possibility that it could become involved in embryonic stem cell research.
Alarms Raised Over New “Superbug” Strain of Gonorrhea
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Scientists in Japan have identified a new “superbug” strain of gonorrhea that is resistant to all known antibiotics and could initiate a new era of untreatable gonorrhea.
NY Senator “Takes Catholic Out” of Himself In Order to Vote for Same-Sex Marriage
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New York State Senator Mark Grisanti, a Republican who ran for office in 2010 as an opponent of same-sex “marriage” is under fire for telling a local newspaper that “If I take the Catholic out of me, which is hard to do, then absolutely they should have these rights.”
Illinois Court Rules in Favor of Catholic Charities
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A judge in Springfield, Illinois has granted an injunction to three Catholic Charities groups that will enable them to continue serving the 2,000 foster children under their care after the state refused to renew their contracts because of their religious objections to allowing unmarried cohabiting couples to adopt.
Patience
“When you are excited to impatience, think for a moment how much more reason God has to be angry with you, than you can have for anger against any human being; and yet how constant is His patience and forbearance.”
St. Elizabeth Anne Seton
For Reflection:
For what could God be most angry with me at this moment? Ask for forgiveness and extend His forgiveness to the one you are currently most impatient with.
(See tomorrow’s Grace Line for another saint’s suggestion to acquire patience.)
Latest New Age Quackery Promises to Rewrite Your Quantum Hologram (whatever that means)
KE writes: “I know someone who is undergoing treatment from a holistic healer. During the sessions they use something called quantum therapy vials. The person holds magnetic vials in his hands and his responses to questions are monitored. There is some talk of energy and while I am not entirely certain as to what happens at the appointment it seems like it may be something to avoid. Could you tell me if quantum therapy vials are new age?”
Reality TV Stars to Challenge Criminalization of Polygamy
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New York Archbishop Dolan’s fears that same-sex marriage laws will lead to the acceptance of polygamy will come one step closer to reality tomorrow when lawyers representing the polygamist stars of “Sister Wives” file a lawsuit challenging Utah’s bigamy law – a case believed to be the “strongest factual and legal basis for a challenge to the criminalization of polygamy” ever filed in the federal courts.
