February 11
“Love is shown more in deeds than in words.”
-St. Ignatius of Loyola
Monthly Archives: February 2023
The definition of love
February 10
“Love is not a sentiment or feeling. Love is actively willing the good of the other.”
-Bishop Robert Barron
Unpacking the Cloud of Unknowing
DP writes: “Recently on an episode of your show, I heard a priest speak negatively about a book titled, “The Cloud of Unknowing,” saying that it was New Age. . .
Encountering others
February 9
“A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.”
-St. Therese of Lisieux
Smithsonian in Legal Trouble Over Pro-Life Student Incident
After employees of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum kicked out a dozen Catholic high school students for wearing hats inscribed with pro-life messages after the Pro Life March, the institution has been put on notice to prepare for further action by both the U.S. Congress and a law firm that is now representing six of the students.
To love those closest to us
February 8th
“If you want to bring happiness to the whole world, go home and love your family.”
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
Is the Long Island Haunting Really Over?
Several years ago I read a disturbing report about a haunted house in Long Island where the owner believes an evil presence was banished from the home during a pagan ritual and say the home is now being “haunted” by her dead husband.
His constant presence
February 7
“Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.”
-Saint Catherine of Siena
More about Ghosts
LL writes: “I am a 41 y.o. cradle Catholic. I recently saw a book my godmother is reading, about a medium who is from the westside of Cleveland who claims to help people who have died and haven’t gone over to the other side. My godmother is convinced that her mother had a ghost in her apartment before she died, and that this woman helped it “go towards the light,” She also said her sister had this woman come out to her house, to help some other guy who hadn’t crossed over. When I told her that I would’ve called a priest if I thought there was spiritual activity in my home, she claimed that this woman doesn’t communicate with evil spirits – just poor souls who got confused or had reasons that they couldn’t go over to the other side. Yikes! Obviously my godmother is/was Catholic – she’s my godmother. However, she’s drifting into spiritualism. She even said that her sister put some seed over every doorway, to keep any more spirits from entering. Can you give me some resources that I can use when talking to my godmother?”
The sweetness of His love
February 6
“Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and abject in your own eyes.”
-St. Pio of Pietrelcina
