June 19
“[God] allows temptation so as to give you maturity, understanding and effectiveness in your apostolic work with souls, and above all, to make you humble, very humble.”
-S. Canals
Monthly Archives: June 2024
More States Block Enactment of New Gender Identity Rule in Schools
An attempt by the Biden Administration to rewrite Title IX rules to include gender identity protections, thereby forcing biological women to share private spaces with gender-confused biological males in schools and colleges receiving federal dollars, has now been blocked by three federal judges across 11 states.
Can An Employer Force You to Practice New Age?
TM asks: “What do you do when your employer is into New Age stuff and may want you to use it with the people you work with?”
To make you holy and happy
June 18
“[God] allows temptation, and uses it providentially to purify you, to make you holy, to detach you more from the things of the earth, to lead you where He is and by the route He wants you to take, so as to make you happy (in a life which may not be comfortable).”
-S. Canals
The Blessed Ulma Family: Ever Together, Here and Hereafter
The Ulma Family
by Theresa Cavicchio, OFS
March 24, 2024, marked the 80th anniversary of a tragic World War II event brought to the forefront of global attention only fairly recently: the execution of seventeen human beings, ranging in age from adult to barely born.
Arm against temptation
June 17
“We are able to arm ourselves against temptation through constant mortification in our work; in the way we live charity; in guarding our external and internal senses; through prayer; by fleeing the occasions of sin; and by having our time fully occupied in the fulfillment of our obligations.”
-Francis Fernandez
Be prepared
June 16
“If we were not prepared to meet the temptations that we are to undergo, we would open the door to a great enemy – discouragement and gloominess.”
-Francis Fernandez
Serve the Lord
June 15
“My son, when you come to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for trials.”
-Sirach 2:1
God’s ways are not our ways
June 14
“Let us not lament if we suffer from some natural defect of body or mind: from poor memory, slowness of understanding, little ability, lameness or general bad health. Who knows? Perhaps if God had given us greater talent, better health, a more personable appearance, we might have lost our souls!”
-St. Alphonsus Liguori
Is Thermography New Age?
AC asks: “I have been told that thermography is a better alternative to mammography. Are there any concerns or dangers with thermography? Is it New Age? Would it be o.k. to undergo thermography for breast cancer screening?”
