MM writes: “I’m listening to trance/techno music, as well as Christian music. I have been told by a priest not to listen to techno/trance type music since I went to a spiritual renewal. But I never got a chance to ask why and what its roots are. . . . “
Yearly Archives: 2024
How do you see yourself?
August 1
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.”
-Jeremiah 1:5
A new saint
July 31
“All people are born as originals but many die as photocopies.”
–Blessed Carlo Acutis
How the Devil Played the French
Commentary
Outrage over the blasphemous Opening Ceremony at the Olympic games in Paris is being dismissed as a “right wing controversy” created by Catholics and conservatives, even though the debacle is a textbook example of how Satan uses the spiritually naïve to do his dirty work.
What do Anagrams, Tea Leaves and Pebbles Have in Common?
MP asks: “Okay, this may be nothing. A friend sent me an email that showed anagrams. I looked it up on the internet since I’ve never seen anything like them, maybe wordsmiths have. The page I found showed uses for anagrams. One of them was divination. Most of the other uses were informal encryption, wordplay, generating passwords, etc. Do you see any harm in using them for innocent games [like word jumbles]?”
No room for despair!
July 30
“We can find God in his Body, Soul, and Divinity present in all the tabernacles of the world! If we think about it, we are much more fortunate than those who met Jesus on this earth two thousand years ago, because we have God ‘really and substantially’ with us always. It is enough to visit a nearby church. ‘Jerusalem’ is in every church! No room for despair!”
–Blessed Carlo Acutis
Meet the Team: Erica Segovia
It’s time to meet the team that makes Women of Grace the impactful apostolate that it is!
Today we’re featuring Erica Segovia, our Benedicta Institute for Women Outreach Coordinator. We hope you enjoy learning more about Erica from her answers to the questions below.
Something extraordinary
July 29
“Do not be afraid because with the Incarnation of Jesus, death becomes life, and there’s no need to escape: in eternal life, something extraordinary awaits us.”
-Blessed Carlo Acutis
Life is a gift
July 28
“Life is a gift, because as long as we are on this planet, we can grow in our ability to love. The more we learn to love, the more we will enjoy eternal blessedness with God.”
–Blessed Carlo Acutis
Love and sacrifice
July 27
“I offer all the suffering I will have to suffer for the Lord, for the Pope, and the Church.”
–Blessed Carlo Acutis
