The Bold Magdalene

gracelinesheader “The Magdalene, most of all, is the model St Mary MagdaleneI like to follow. That boldness of hers, which would be so amazing if it weren’t the boldness of a lover, won the heart of Jesus, and how it fascinates mine!”  

                         ~St. Therese of Lisieux

 

 

 

 

For Reflection:

In what specific way can I, like Mary Magdalene, “boldly” show my love for Jesus today? When I do, I will thank “the Magdalene” for her good example. 

gracelinefeature The Authority of Women in the Catholic Churchb1697

by Monica Miller; PB 202 pgs
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“Perhaps at no other time in the history of the Church has there been a greater need for a clear, cogent understanding of the authority of the female person and from whence it derives. In her work, Dr. Monica Migliorino Miller cuts through the chimera put forth by the culture of the day and reveals the source of woman’s influence, effect, and power, and why woman can “aid humanity in not falling” and “save the peace of the world.” A challenging, hard-hitting, and completely liberating study of the authority of woman!”

JOHNNETTE S. BENKOVIC, Founder of Women of Grace and EWTN host

Symptometry: Where’s the Proof?

42732037 - dna molecule in lab testLB writes: “I am a Family Nurse Practitioner working in a practice providing integrative medical care. Much of my approach is education regarding diet and nutritional supplements along with basic allopathic care. I work with a physician who is a licensed ‘Symptometrist.’ There is little information available as to the foundation and science behind Symptometry. Wondering if you can shed some light and provide some guidance on how a Catholic should approach this.”

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Archbishop Stands Firm On Lesbian Firing

archbishop john j myersArchbishop John J. Myers of the Archdiocese of Newark issued a letter yesterday in which he stood firmly behind a decision by Paramus Catholic High School to fire an employee who was discovered to be in a same-sex marriage, citing the “confusion and uncertainty” she posed to the moral formation of students at the school.

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