The Only Permanance The world around us is in turmoil and changing in front of our very eyes. Is thre anything "out there" that we can count on as a reliable anchor?
History Not Always Repeats Itself Challenge: Offer to God today the sacrifice necessary to change something in your behavior that might be an obstacle for someone else coming to know Christ better.
The Grumpy Catholics Guild Challenge: If you find yourself thinking critically about someone today, pray for this person.
Holy Gospel: October 16 "Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” (Luke 11: 47-54)
Holy Gospel: October 15 “Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God." (Luke 11: 42-46)
Signs of the Times Campaign yard signs are sprouting all over the neighborhood.
Laws that Bind or Free Challenge: If there is a rule or custom of the Church that you don’t understand or don’t practice, study it to understand better how it frees you and guides you in your relationship with Christ.
The Queen, the Ninevites and Me Challenge: At some point today offer a prayer of thanksgiving. Be grateful to Christ for the blessings received over the past few days.
The Banquet Is Prepared! Challenge: Respond to God’s love today, accept willingly any difficulty or hardship that comes your way.
Body, Heart and Soul The respect due to the human body and the Church teaching on cremation.
Happy Being a Woman The truly fulfilled woman is one who loves and is loved in return, one who gives completely of herself to her husband, her children, and to society
Be an Instrument of God Father Nicolás Schwizer teaches that true piety consists in dependence on God and that our weaknesses should be like a force which pushes us into the arms of God.
Hearing and Doing Challenge: Be courageous in your fidelity to your conscience – that inner sanctuary where God speaks to you. In your conversations and human relations, represent the values of your faith and not cave in to peer pressure, whether at home, in school or in the workplace.