Crimes against Catholics continued unabated this week when Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles was found murdered in his bed on the same weekend that a pipe bomb was discovered behind one of Philadelphia’s oldest Catholic churches.
Monthly Archives: February 2023
Frightening Testimony About Reiki Treatment
DB writes: “I listen to your show almost daily on EWTN on my Sirius XM on the way to work. I heard you talking about Reiki a few times over the last couple of weeks and I felt called to share my experience.”
Words matter to a mother whose unborn child died by miscarriage!
by Margalita Poletunow, MA, LPC, LPCMH
During pregnancy, certain medical issues beyond the woman’s control can lead to the death of the child before it is born. The baby will die, for example, if a woman has a miscarriage, a stillbirth, or an ectopic pregnancy to mention a few.
Ordained for salvation
February 21
“Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.”
-St. Catherine of Siena
The things that we love
February 20
“The things that we love tell us what we are.”
-St. Thomas Aquinas
The living expression of God’s kindness
February 19
“Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor… Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.”
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
My director, Jesus
February 18
“My director, Jesus, does not teach me to count my acts, but to do everything for love, to refuse Him nothing, to be pleased when He gives me a chance to prove to Him that I love Him – but all this in peace – in abandonment.”
-St. Therese of Lisieux
An object of His love
February 17
“We must love our neighbor as being made in the image of God and as an object of His love.”
-St. Vincent de Paul
Only one thing is needed to please God
February 16
“Pure love… knows that only one thing is needed to please God: to do even the smallest things out of great love – love, and always love.”
-Divine Mercy in My Soul, St. Faustina
What is the Emotional Freedom Technique?
PW writes: “I recently heard of a technique called EFT-Emotional Freedom Technique from a very devout Catholic friend who found it to be very useful in healing some past emotional wounds she struggled with in combination with deep prayer. She indicated that research has found medical and neurological support of this technique. Not having ever heard of it before, I was wondering what you knew of it and whether or not it is an appropriate avenue for Catholics to pursue.”
