CB asks: “What can you tell me about Spirit Daughter? It was mentioned in an article about Kerry Washington’s birthday party. Is this some kind of New Age movement?”
A love beyond our capacity
March 6
“There are ways of being crucified that do not involve rough wood or heavy nails, but a love beyond our capacity to love, which means a love that has been given to us by God…”
-Servant of God Catherine Doherty
The ‘door’ to Lent
Help! I Can’t Find an Exorcist!
by Msgr. Stephen Rossetti
Daily I receive emails from people around the globe crying out for help saying, “Help me! I can’t find an exorcist.” My heart goes out to these suffering people who cannot find an exorcist, whom they believe they must have to solve their problems.
Make this Lent different
March 4
“O Lord, make this Lenten season different from the other ones. Let me find you again. Amen.”
-Father Henri Nouwen
Your true homeland
March 3
“Christ has gained for us not only new dignity in our life on earth, but above all the new dignity of the children of God, called to share eternal life with him. Lent invites us to overcome the temptation of seeing the realities of this world as definitive and to recognize that ‘our homeland is in heaven’ (Phil 3:20)”
-Pope St. John Paul II
Give it to Jesus
March 2
“There are a lot of things you can give to Jesus—I don’t like to say, ‘Give it up.’ Well, you’re going to take it back. But give it to Jesus for Lent.”
-Mother Angelica
Prayerfully consider how to spend this Lent
March 1
“Do you wish your prayer to fly toward God? Make for it two wings: fasting and almsgiving.”
-St. Augustine
Do you trust Him?
February 28
“The good God does not need years to accomplish His work of love in a soul; one ray from His Heart can, in an instant, make His flower bloom for eternity.”
-St. Therese of Lisieux
Is all “self discovery” New Age?
CB writes: “Could you give me a statement regarding the phrase ‘self discovery’? This rings alarm bells for me but in the absence of clear cut info, I am struggling to find the right words.”
