November 6
“You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.”
-Luke 12:40
What If . . .
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
It’s decision day in America. Many of us believe this is one of the most consequential elections in our lifetime. So how do we deal with all the “what if’s” that assail us as we wait for those all-important election results?
The focus of your life
November 5
“Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed, in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed…
Death is swallowed up in victory.
Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
-1 Corinthians 15: 51, 52, 55
Blood Jewelry: A Macabre Fashion Trend
We recently had a question from a fan of our Wacky Wednesday radio show who called in to ask about jewelry that contains the blood of a loved one. What is this all about?
Being near Jesus
November 4
“The saints stand around my Son like countless stars, whose glory is not to be compared with any temporal light.”
-The Blessed Mother to St. Bridget
Our eternal inheritance
November 3
“If God were to make every grain of sand into a new world, all these innumerable spheres would not fill the immensity of heaven.”
-Father Martin von Cochem
He prepares a place for you
November 2
“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be.”
-John 14:3
This heavenly reality
November 1
“But, as it is written, ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him…'”
-1 Corinthians 2:9
I live for God alone
Oct 31
“I live for God alone. My sole concern is to know Him that I may love Him more. I have begun the life of heaven here on earth, a life invented and thought of by God through all eternity; a life of love alone and of ceaseless praise.”
-St. Teresa of Jesus of the Andes
Is There Such a Thing as a “Friendly” Ghost?
ST writes: “I read a story about President Bush’s daughters who claim they had encounters with a ‘friendly’ ghost in the White House. Is this even possible?”
