September 3
“Your task may appear desperately difficult. Your enemies are more numerous than you; they have at their command inexhaustible resources; they are organized with a cleverness that one is almost tempted to call satanic.”
-Emil Neubert
Yearly Archives: 2023
Love for our heavenly mother
September 2
“Devotion to Mary is much like the love of a child for its mother, since after all, every devotion to Mary is love for our heavenly mother.
-Emil Neubert
Enmity
September 1
“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers. They will strike at your head, while you strike at their heel.”
-Genesis 3:15
Should You Put Castor Oil in Your Belly Button?
Castor oil seeds
The latest TikTok craze is calling for the application of castor oil in the belly button, a so-called “ancient” practice that will do everything from detoxification and improving your digestion to enhancing bowel movements and even making you more fertile. So what is this all about?
We belong to Him
August 31
“Jesus has chosen us for Himself; we belong to Him. Let us be so convinced of this belonging that we do not allow anything, however small, to separate us from this belonging- from this love.”
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
Newly Crowned Mrs. American Gives Powerful Pro-Life Witness
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A young mother of seven children and winner of this year’s Mrs. American contest gave a rousing pro-life speech at the pageant that won her a standing ovation.
Why be afraid to die?
August 30
“When a person loves another dearly, he desires strongly to be close to the other: therefore, why be afraid to die? Death brings us to God!”
-St. Josephine Bakhita
Testimonial: Kathleen experiences Christ’s mercy and love at Malvern retreat
Mary Poppins . . . and the occult?
No, I’m not going crazy! There really is a connection between Mary Poppins and the occult.
The reward of eternal joy
August 29
Feast of the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist
“His persecutors had demanded not that he should deny Christ, but only that he should keep silent about the truth. But to endure temporal agonies for the sake of the truth was not a heavy burden for such men as John; rather it was easily borne and even desirable, for he knew eternal joy would be his reward.”
-St. Bede the Venerable about St. John the Baptist
