Two weeks ago, EWTN’s Women of Grace aired a series of shows detailing many of the lesser-known facts about the current mindfulness craze. We received the following letter from a woman who said that at the time of the show’s airing, she was grappling with whether or not to quit teaching yoga. After watching just the first half of the first show, she immediately knew what had to be done.
Yearly Archives: 2018
Why Do Religious People Live Longer than Atheists?
A new study has found that people who have religious affiliations tend to live an average of four years longer than those who are not religious – but what exactly is boosting their longevity?
Lord, Save Us!
June 18
“Whenever any grievous temptation or vehement sorrow oppresses thee, invoke they guardian, thy leader; cry out to him and say, ‘Lord, save us, lest we perish!'”
–St. Bernard
Pope: Exploiting Women is a Sin
Pope Francis delivered a powerful homily at morning Mass at his residence in Rome in which he condemned the exploitation of women and reminded men that without women, they cannot be the image and likeness of God.
Where the Mother is, there also is the Son
June 17
“Meditate often on the sorrows of the holy Mother, sorrows inseparable from those of her beloved Son. If you seek the Cross, there you will find the Mother and where the Mother is, there also is the Son.“
-St. Paul of the Cross
Moment to Moment
June 16
“We should not wish for anything but what comes to us from moment to moment, exercising ourselves nonetheless for good.“
-St. Catherine of Genoa
Deeper Needs and Greater Destinies
June 15
“The great women always recall us to the deeper needs and the greater destinies; and so they try to save the world from the shallow, the slick, the facile, and the cruel, and to show us that the world of men is not meant to be either a battlefield or a laboratory, but a family.“
–Gerald Vann, O. P.
A Father Like No Other
“No one is father as God is Father” (CCC No. 239)
Prayer
June 14
“Give up prayer, and you no longer see the inwardness of things; you see only the surface. And with nothing to go by but effects, statistics, and evidence supplied by natural perceptions, you arrive at the wrong conclusions.”
-Dom Hubert Van Zeller
Three Dads, Three Lessons
by Ellen Mongan
As Father’s Day approaches, my mind races to memories of what I learned from my three best dads. Life is full of learning experiences. I try to learn something from everyone I encounter. I have learned the most from the three most important fathers in my life, my dad, my father-in-law and of course my husband. I hope this article spurs you on to remember what your dad has taught you.
