"Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully" (2 Cor 9: 6)

Feast of Saint Lawrence, deacon and martyr (8/10/16)
"Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully" (2 Cor 9: 6)

Memorial of Saint Clare, Virgin (8/11/16)

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (8/14/16)

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (8/15/16):
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior” (Luke 1: 46, 47)

 

• Anniversary of Edith Stein’s Death and Bombing of Nagasaki (Zenit, 8/9/16)
  
  
• Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit: Sept 29 - Oct 1 (National Center on Sexual Exploitation)

• We Are Asking the United Nations to Recognize Pornography and Prostitution as Forms of Torture (National Center on Sexual Exploitation)
• Tell Amnesty International to Change Their Policy on the Decriminalization of Prostitution (National Center on Sexual Exploitation)
• Ask Our Next President to Defend Dignity: Presidential Candidate Survey on Sexual Exploitation (National Center on Sexual Exploitation)

• Sign This Petition Against the [8/15/16] Satanic Black Mass in Oklahoma City (TFP Student Action)

• "Let us not move towards weakening marriage but instead endeavor to encourage maturity, fidelity, self sacrifice, respect and follow the right path in all our human relationships especially in building up families, the foundation of society" (Roman Catholic Diocese of Balanga (Phillipines)).

• Hillary Clinton: Abortion Extremist (Gary Bauer, 8/7/16)

• Message From Justice and Peace Council on Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing (Zenit, 8/6/16)

• Call to Prayer (USCCB, 8/5/16)

• "In Europe, in America, in Latin America, in Africa, in some countries of Asia, there are ideological colonizations. And one of these – I say it clearly with name and surname ' is gender!....We must think about what Pope Benedict said: [']It’s the time of the sin against God the Creator!'" (Pope’s Dialogue With Polish Bishops, 8/4/16)

• Friday Fax (C-Fam, 8/4/16) 

• "You fell to the ground after the first stab; you tried to push your attacker with your feet, and you said, 'Go away, Satan.' Again you said, 'Begone, Satan.'  In this you expressed your faith in humanity, created good, but gripped by the devil" (Archbishop Dominique Lebrun at the funeral Mass of Father Jacques Hamel, 8/2/16).

• President Obama’s Sex-Driven War on Science (Notre Dame Law Professor Gerard V. Bradley, 8/2/16)

• Marriage: Unique for a Reason (USCCB, August 2016)

  “You are being enriched in every way for all generosity, which through us produces thanksgiving to God, for the administration of this public service is not only supplying the needs of the holy ones but is also overflowing in many acts of thanksgiving to God. Through the evidence of this service, you are glorifying God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your contribution to them and to all others” (2 Cor 9: 11-13)

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