While addressing members of a plenary assembly on women in Rome on Saturday, Pope Francis said the time to rise to the challenge of finding new ways for women to be full participants in both social and ecclesial life “can no longer be postponed.”
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Troubles and Tribulations
“God said: ‘Why do you never stop asking to
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Tens of Thousands Boycott Fifty Shades of Grey
As the Valentine’s Day premier of the violent sado-masochistic film, Fifty Shades of Grey nears, tens of thousands of Americans have joined a growing coalition of groups that are accusing NBC Universal of “using a romantic holiday to promote a movie about abuse and degradation.”
Feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, Virgin (1869 – 1947)
“If I were to meet the slave-traders who
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Quiet & Patient Suffering
“Suffering borne in the will quietly and patiently
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The Power of a Mother’s Prayer
John Smith surrounded by family
Doctors fighting to resuscitate a 14 year-old drowning victim say the boy’s heart mysteriously started beating again just seconds after his mother invoked the Holy Spirit.
Prayer Breakfast Backlash
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Pope Francis’ prayerful greeting at yesterday’s prayer breakfast is being drowned out by a national outcry against President Barack Obama for using inaccurate historical accounts of the Inquisition and the Crusades in an attempt to put Christian violence in the name of religion on the same footing as the atrocities being committed by Islamic extremists such as ISIS and al Qaeda.
Redeemed By Love
“Someone has said we do not save
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Pope to Address Joint Session of Congress in September
Pope Francis has accepted an invitation from U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) to address a joint session of Congress during his upcoming visit to the U.S.
Join Our #50ShadesofGrace Rosary Novena!
“Those whose hearts are pure are the temples of the Holy Spirit.”
– Saint Lucy
We invite you to participate in our #50ShadesofGrace Novena to pray against the potentially devastating impact of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” movie. This prayer campaign will begin on February 6th and end on February 14th, the Feast of St. Valentine, coinciding with World Marriage Day.To join this effort, just pick up your rosary beads and fervently pray the rosary every day for the intention of helping people embrace the gift of true intimacy versus the perversion of it that is so rampant in our culture today.Here are some helpful links to aid you in your participation in this Novena along with some other resources to work against the impact of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” movie.
- Join our St. Valentine Novena of Masses for Marriage.
- Click here to learn how to pray the rosary via EWTN.
- Support “Old Fashioned,” an alternative movie that upholds virtue and God-honoring courtship, also opening on St. Valentine’s Day.
- Say “no” to porn by joining the “50 Shades Boycott” here.
- Help someone who is struggling with pornography by sharing this book.
- Click here for free videos on the rosary, pornography addiction, and recovery from sexual abuse.
Please be sure to share this information as widely as possible via Facebook, Twitter, and every means of media using the hashtag #50ShadesofGrace so that we can create a tidal wave of grace upon our land.
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
