April 17
“Mary makes herself completely available as the soil, she allows herself to be used and consumed so as to be transformed into Him.”
-Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI)
Monthly Archives: April 2024
Walking Barefoot and Essential Oils: Healing or Hype?
ML writes: “Many of my friends, suspicious of modern medicine, are turning to nutritional therapies including essential oils. I dabbled in the New Age years ago, although the dabbling got me too close to the fire, so to speak. As my faith life grew, and I began to abandon my New Age philosophies, I began to experience bizarre physical symptoms which I knew were spiritual in origin. Thanks to my wonderful, faithful husband, I got to a priest for deliverance prayer.
An intelligent mind
April 16
“An intelligent mind is simple and teachable; it sees its faults and allows itself to be guided. A mind that is dull and narrow never sees its faults even when shown to them. It is always pleased with itself and never learns to do right.”
-St. Teresa of Avila
God loves you
April 15
“I love you and pray for all of you as if you were my own, and you are.
To young kids, I’m a grandmother, to others a mother, to most of you a nun, and to all of you a friend. God loves you.”
-Mother Angelica
Gain hearts
April 14
“By union with God we shall gain hearts… Without this union we will but make a little noise.”
-St. Julie Billiart
God needs spiritual mothers
April 13
“God needs spiritual mothers–women who can ‘mother’ unmothered children.”
-Dale O’Leary
Her maternal care
April 12
“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin shall be with child, and bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel.”
-Isaiah 7:14
Is Cupping Okay for Catholics?
MD writes: “Is cupping OK for Christians to do? My doctor suggested it for bursitis.”
God’s redemptive plan for the world
April 11
“Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. Be it done to me according to Thy word.”
-Luke 1:38
Make truth sweet
April 10
“Women, you do know how to make truth sweet, tender and accessible, make it your task to bring the spirit of this council into institutions, schools, homes and daily life. Women of the entire universe, whether Christian or non-believing, you to whom life is entrusted at this grave moment in history, it is for you to save the peace of the world.”
-TO WOMEN, VATICAN COUNCIL II CLOSING SPEECHES AND MESSAGES, Pope Paul VI
