Rachel’s Vineyard is a beautiful and powerful weekend ministry for helping to heal women who have had an abortion. The time away helps women to examine their abortion experience; to identify the ways that the loss has affected them; and to acknowledge any unresolved feelings they may have so that they may be able to enter the grieving process and achieve peace and inner healing.
Read MoreThe gospel of the woman caught in adultery has a special relevance for us these days. Our Lord did not deny the validity of the Jewish law to execute the woman for her crime.However, He refused to implement it. “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her”.
Read MoreBy now, many Catholics and institutions have set up the manger scene, the representation of the birth of the little child Jesus that was popularized by St. Francis.
Let us make use of these representations of Jesus’ birth in order to grow in our piety. It also gives witness to our pro-life cause, for it shows in all its splendor the dignity and beauty of the Little Babe who was in Mary’s womb.
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