EC writes: “We are having a parish ‘retreat’ day with a priest who also is heavily involved with the Silva Mind Control Method. Can you point me to any Vatican documents which expressly state that the Silva Mind Control Method is New Age and therefore incompatible with our Catholic faith? I want some ‘backup’ from the Church, so I can voice my objections to the Parish Priest.”
Yearly Archives: 2023
Guiding light on the journey
August 3
“I must never allow the world to evangelize me, so that I forget God’s power and wisdom and look to worldly power and wisdom. Jesus gives us the Church, our guiding light on the journey…whose mission it s to urge us continually on the journey to God.”
-Sister Briege McKenna
Christ gives us every grace
August 2
Feast of St. Peter Julian Eymard (1811 – 1868)
“We must keep in mind that the Holy Eucharist, is Jesus Christ past, present, and future; that the Eucharist is the last development of the Incarnation and mortal life of our Savior, that in the Eucharist Jesus Christ gives us every grace; that all truths tend to and end in the Eucharist; and that there is nothing more to be added when we have said, ‘The Eucharist,’ since it is Jesus Christ.”
-St. Peter Julian Eymard
Is the Barbie Ouija Board for Real?
Thanks to a faithful listener, we were able to check out reports of a Barbie Ouija board which are appearing on various social media sites and made a few surprising discoveries about these claims.
Woman Quits Yoga After Injury
We received the following witness from a woman who was injured during the practice of yoga. As this blog details, physical injuries during yoga classes are surprisingly common. Consumers need to be made more aware of the very real possibility of these types of injuries!
For paradise
August 1
Feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori (1696 – 1787)
“Contradictions, sickness, scruples, spiritual aridity, and all the inner and outward torments are the chisel with which God carves His statues for paradise.”
-St. Alphonsus Liguori
Fire of love
July 31
“If we but paused for a moment to consider attentively what takes place in this Sacrament, I am sure that the thought of Christ’s love for us would transform the coldness of our hearts into a fire of love and gratitude.”
-St. Angela of Foligno
His presence to the world
July 30
“Let us be a Eucharistic People who are transformed by the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ and bear His presence to the world!”
-Johnnette Benkovic Williams
Speak, Lord
At every moment of every day
July 28
“At every moment of every day, somewhere in the world, bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus.”
-Johnnette Benkovic Williams
