A recent study by Stanford University’s Dr. Ilana M. Horwitz found that students with the highest GPA were also the most most religious.
Monthly Archives: April 2018
Scandal Rocks Holy Cross
A scandal concerning the depraved writings of a professor who portrays Jesus as a feminine figure and possible “drag king” is causing outrage among the faithful who wonder why this professor is holding an endowed chair in New Testament studies at a 175-year-old Jesuit college.
The Fire of the Holy Spirit
April 23
St. George, Martyr (280-303)
“As for Saint George, he was consumed with the fire of the Holy Spirit. Armed with the invincible standard of the cross, he did battle with an evil king and acquitted himself so well that, in vanquishing the king, he overcame the prince of all wicked spirits, and encouraged other soldiers of Christ to perform brave deeds in his cause.”
–From a homily of St. Peter Damian on St. George
The Heart of a Child
April 22
“Lord, give me the heart of a child, and the awesome courage to live it out as an adult.”
–Catherine de Hueck Doherty, Molchanie
Let me Know You and Love You
April 21
St. Anselm, Bishop and Doctor (1033-1109)
“O God, let me know you and love you so that I may find my joy in you; and if I cannot do so fully in this life, let me at least make some progress every day, until at last that knowledge, love and joy come to me in all their plentitude.”
–A prayer of St. Anselm
Have Courage
April 20
“Ceasing to struggle because of our defects when there is opposition to a serious mistake can lead us to that form of pride called pusillanimity, lack of courage and strength to bear misfortune or undertake large enterprises.”
–Francis Fernandez, In Conversation with God, Volume 2
Southwest Airline Captain Hailed as Hero
Former navy pilot and committed Christian, Tammie Jo Shults, 56, who piloted Southwest 1380 to safety on Tuesday after part of an engine ripped off, is being hailed as a hero for how calmly and skillfully she landed the plane.
Exorcism Course Reveals Changing Face of Evil
Regina Apostolorum in Rome where the week-long course “Exorcism and the Prayer of Liberation” is being held. (Wikicommons)
More than 250 people from 50 countries converged on Rome this week to attend a week-long course on exorcism and discuss the changing face of evil in our day.
Pope Take Steps to Help Ailing Alfie Evans
(SaveAlfieEvans.com)
Pope Francis met with the father of Alfie Evans, a two-year-old suffering from an undiagnosed neurological condition in a hospital seeking the removal of his life support, and has opened the door to allowing the child to be transferred to Bambino Gesu in Rome.
A Soul Truly in Love with God
April 19
“The soul truly in love with God never fails through laziness to do all in its power to seek God’s Son, the Beloved.”
–St. John of the Cross, The Spiritual Canticle
