January 23
“Not all of us are expected to die a martyr’s death, but we are called to the pursuit of Christian virtue. This demands strength of character…a constant, persistent and relentless effort is being asked of us right up to the moment of our death.”
-Pope Pius XII
Dr. Daniel Amen (Photo courtesy of Wikicommons Images, Razorface914, CC BY-SA 4.0)
AP writes: ” . . . Dr. Daniel Amen, a former Catholic (now Christian), well-respected brain research psychiatrist, best-selling author, uses SPECT brain imaging to target treatment for his patients at his Amen Clinics in California. He tries to use diet, supplements, exercise, and relaxation/breathing/meditation/self-hypnosis techniques before prescribing psychotropic medication.
January 22
“Be kind to one another, compassionate, and mutually forgiving, just as God has forgiven you in Christ. Be imitators of God as his dear children.”
-Ephesians 4:32
January 21
“Take care, my brothers, lest any of you have an evil and unfaithful spirit and fall away from the living God. Encourage one another daily while it is still ‘today,’ so that no one grows hardened by the deceit of sin.”
-Hebrews 3: 12-13
Kiko Arquello, founder of the Neocatechumenal Way. (Photo courtesy of Wikicommons images, CncMadrid, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)
BB writes: “I know from listening to Catholic Answers that the Centering prayer movement from the teaching of Father Thomas Keating is not in alignment with Catholic teaching. The same Parish wants us to look at their NeoCatechumenal Way. I am finding mixed info, both good and bad…Any input would be appreciated.”
January 20
“Happy are you when you are insulted for the sake of Christ, for then God’s Spirit in its glory has come to rest on you.”
-1 Peter 4:14
A woman called into our radio show a few weeks ago with questions about the Lion’s Club and whether or not it had any connection to the Masons. What I discovered is quite interesting.
January 19
“Here I stand, knocking at the door. If anyone hears me calling and opens the door, I will enter his house and have supper with him, and he with me.”
-Revelation 3:20
From attacks on churches and pregnancy centers to the threat of extreme laws aimed at forcing Christians to perform abortions and gender transition procedures on minors, the U.S. bishops have compiled a comprehensive report on the present state of religious liberty in the United States, the five greatest threats to our freedoms, and why the very lives of religious Americans may be at stake in 2024.
January 18
“Return, says the Lord,
I will not remain angry with you;
For I am merciful,
I will not continue my wrath forever.”
-Jeremiah 3:12
