A seven year-old orphaned boy with multiple special needs, who weighed just eight pounds a year ago, has been given a new lease on life after a couple from Tennessee saw his picture on Facebook and decided to adopt him.
Monthly Archives: December 2016
Day 26: December 22 – Daily Gracelines – Advent Journey with Mary
Theme: Advent is a time of waiting and preparing for the coming of the Savior. Mary, the Mother of God, waits patiently for the birth of her Son and Savior, Jesus Christ to Whom she has given her life.
Grace: I pray for the grace of Marian surrender and anticipation of the Savior during this holy Advent and Christmas season.
A little while, and then the day was slipping down behind
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Does Food Made with Love Taste Better?
A new study has found that food tastes better to people who are told the meal has been prepared with love.
Pope Francis and the Enneagram
News broke yesterday that Pope Francis told a reporter that he is “not against” a dubious personality typing system known as the Enneagram, but that he is only against ways in which it is abused. Could this possibly be true?
Day 25: December 21 – Daily Gracelines – Advent Journey with Mary
Theme: Advent is a time of waiting and preparing for the coming of the Savior. Mary, the Mother of God, waits patiently for the birth of her Son and Savior, Jesus Christ to Whom she has given her life.
Grace: I pray for the grace of Marian surrender and anticipation of the Savior during this holy Advent and Christmas season.
A Christmas Journey of Prayer*
Then the word came with the iron of empire
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US Psychiatrists Say “No” to Euthanasia
The American Psychiatric Association has issued a policy statement in which they state that a psychiatrist should not prescribe euthanasia for any non-terminally ill patient.
DA Who Protected Planned Parenthood Gets Fired
The same District Attorney from Texas who protected Planned Parenthood at the height of the baby parts scandal last year and convinced a grand jury to indict the pro-life journalists who filmed their transactions was not only voted out of office, but her entire staff was let go as well.
Day 24: December 20 – Daily Gracelines – Advent Journey with Mary
Theme: Advent is a time of waiting and preparing for the coming of the Savior. Mary, the Mother of God, waits patiently for the birth of her Son and Savior, Jesus Christ to Whom she has given her life.
Grace: I pray for the grace of Marian surrender and anticipation of the Savior during this holy Advent and Christmas season.
“No one could ever say more truly than Mary:
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Italian Marriages May Not Require Fidelity
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
In an effort to update an “outdated and obsolete view of marriage,” Italian lawmakers have proposed a new law that will no longer require married couples to pledge fidelity to each other.
Report Links Virginity to Better Health in Teens
A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that virginal teens rate consistently better in nearly all health-related behaviors than their sexually active peers.
