August 24
“If one member suffers, all suffer together.”
-1 Corinthians 12:26
Yearly Archives: 2018
Detachment and the Single Life, Part 1
“The future is in your hearts and in your hands. God is entrusting to you the task, at once difficult and uplifting, of working with Him in the building of the civilization of love.”
-Saint John Paul II
A Powerful Pro-Life Message From . . . a Rapper?
Cardi-B, a 25-year-old rapper and award winning musician used her time on stage this week at MTV’s Video Music Awards (VMAs) to brag about how she not only had the baby everyone wanted her to abort, but that she’s “still winning awards” – thus driving a stake through the heart of the myth that a woman can’t be a mother and have a successful career at the same time.
Forgiveness
August 23
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.”
-2 Corinthians 1:3-5
Study: Catholic Students More Self-Disciplined
A new study has found that a Catholic education helps to improve students’ self-discipline.
16-Year-Old Martyr for Purity to be Beatified September 1
Servant of God Anna Kolesarova, 16, of Slovakia, who was murdered in front of her family after refusing the advances of a Soviet soldier, will be beatified as a martyr on September 1.
Beware of iTunes Scam! Scammers Pose as Priests to Target Parishioners
As if the Catholic faithful don’t have enough to worry about these days, scammers posing as priests are sending emails to parishioners requesting iTunes or other expensive gift cards that the “priest” claims are needed for people on his sick call list.
Queen of Heaven
August 22It Begins: Innocent Priest Attacked in Sacristy
An innocent parish priest was attacked and knocked unconscious in the sacristy of his church in Merrillville, Indiana on Monday by a man who cried out, “This is for all the kids!”
The Coronation of Our Lady: A Crown Like No Other
A fresco of the Coronation of Mary appearing on the Dome of Maria Taferl Basilica in Lower Austria, painted by Antonio Berduzzi (1713-1718). Wikimedia Commons, Wolfgang Sauber
Oh, what joy in heaven on that day!
