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	=== Anti-Catholic articles in U. S. Catholic ===		=== Anti-Catholic articles in U. S. Catholic ===

	* Anonymous from Buffalo: I found a copy of U. S. Catholic in Church. It had one article about using "religious practices" from non-Christian traditions to "strengthen your Catholic core," and another article that argued against requiring that loyalty oaths be taken by catechists on the grounds that we all must "make up our own minds on important issues." Are those articles really consistent with Catholic teaching?		* Anonymous from Buffalo: I found a copy of ''U. S. Catholic'' magazine in Church. It had one article about using "religious practices" from non-Christian traditions to "strengthen your Catholic core," and another article that argued against requiring that loyalty oaths be taken by catechists on the grounds that we all must "make up our own minds on important issues." Are those articles really consistent with Catholic teaching?

	=== "Queen of Creation" ===		=== "Queen of Creation" ===

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	~~== July 19 ==~~
	* "Do not conform yourselves to this age but '''be transformed by the renewal of your mind''', that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/rom/12:2 (Rom 12:2).]
	* [[St. Patrickâ€™s Breastplate]].
	* Heidi from Facebook: I say the Divine Mercy chaplet frequently. Often, when repeating "Eternal Father, I offer you the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son," I wonder how can we make this offering when it is not ours? The sacrifice that Jesus offered is finished, and it already belongs to God completely.
	~~:: [[Mercy, not sacrifice]].~~
	~~:: [[Priesthood of the faithful]].~~
	~~:: [[Vicarious satisfaction]].~~
	~~:: [[Intercession]].~~
	* Pope Francis has added "with blessed Joseph, her Spouse," to Eucharistic Prayers II, III, IV after "Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God."
	* Anonymous on Monday via e-mail. Please pray for a break in the heat. I am suffering very much because I have no air conditioning, and I have to go to the basement to seek relief.
	* Andrew from e-mail: Jesus, the Son of God, says in Matthew 24:36 that He does not know when He will return. How is this limit in Jesus' knowledge possible if He is God the Son?
	* Steve from Buffalo: Why didn't the Church protest the [http://info.legalzoom.com/new-york-state-divorce-laws-20486.html relaxation of divorce laws in New York State in 2010] with the same passion that it is now showing for opposition to same-sex marriage? Isn't the ease with which divorces can now be obtained just as destructive of the natural order? Is there some "Ick Factor" at work in the very public protests against same-sex marriage that was missing in the change of divorce law? Why can't the Church just get used to same-sex marriage as it apparently has gotten used to no-fault divorces?
	~~:: Next up: polygamy, polyamory, and incest.~~
	* Thomas Peters, Cultural Director of the National Organization for Marriage, has been severely injured and is in need of our prayers. He fractured his fifth cervical vertebra in a swimming accident.

	=== Loss of appetite for marital relations ===		=== Loss of appetite for marital relations ===

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	* [[St. Patrickâ€™s Breastplate]].		* [[St. Patrickâ€™s Breastplate]].
	* Heidi from Facebook: I say the Divine Mercy chaplet frequently. Often, when repeating "Eternal Father, I offer you the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son," I wonder how can we make this offering when it is not ours? The sacrifice that Jesus offered is finished, and it already belongs to God completely.		* Heidi from Facebook: I say the Divine Mercy chaplet frequently. Often, when repeating "Eternal Father, I offer you the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son," I wonder how can we make this offering when it is not ours? The sacrifice that Jesus offered is finished, and it already belongs to God completely.
	:: [[Mercy, not sacrifice]]		:: [[Mercy, not sacrifice]].
	:: [[Priesthood of the faithful]].		:: [[Priesthood of the faithful]].
			:: [[Vicarious satisfaction]].
			:: [[Intercession]].
	* Pope Francis has added "with blessed Joseph, her Spouse," to Eucharistic Prayers II, III, IV after "Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God."		* Pope Francis has added "with blessed Joseph, her Spouse," to Eucharistic Prayers II, III, IV after "Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God."
	* Anonymous on Monday via e-mail. Please pray for a break in the heat. I am suffering very much because I have no air conditioning, and I have to go to the basement to seek relief.		* Anonymous on Monday via e-mail. Please pray for a break in the heat. I am suffering very much because I have no air conditioning, and I have to go to the basement to seek relief.
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	* Steve from Buffalo: Why didn't the Church protest the [http://info.legalzoom.com/new-york-state-divorce-laws-20486.html relaxation of divorce laws in New York State in 2010] with the same passion that it is now showing for opposition to same-sex marriage? Isn't the ease with which divorces can now be obtained just as destructive of the natural order? Is there some "Ick Factor" at work in the very public protests against same-sex marriage that was missing in the change of divorce law? Why can't the Church just get used to same-sex marriage as it apparently has gotten used to no-fault divorces?		* Steve from Buffalo: Why didn't the Church protest the [http://info.legalzoom.com/new-york-state-divorce-laws-20486.html relaxation of divorce laws in New York State in 2010] with the same passion that it is now showing for opposition to same-sex marriage? Isn't the ease with which divorces can now be obtained just as destructive of the natural order? Is there some "Ick Factor" at work in the very public protests against same-sex marriage that was missing in the change of divorce law? Why can't the Church just get used to same-sex marriage as it apparently has gotten used to no-fault divorces?
	:: Next up: polygamy, polyamory, and incest.		:: Next up: polygamy, polyamory, and incest.
			* Thomas Peters, Cultural Director of the National Organization for Marriage, has been severely injured and is in need of our prayers. He fractured his fifth cervical vertebra in a swimming accident.

	=== Loss of appetite for marital relations ===		=== Loss of appetite for marital relations ===

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			== July 19 ==
			* "Do not conform yourselves to this age but '''be transformed by the renewal of your mind''', that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect" [http://www.usccb.org/nab/rom/12:2 (Rom 12:2).]
			* [[St. Patrickâ€™s Breastplate]].
			* Heidi from Facebook: I say the Divine Mercy chaplet frequently. Often, when repeating "Eternal Father, I offer you the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son," I wonder how can we make this offering when it is not ours? The sacrifice that Jesus offered is finished, and it already belongs to God completely.
			:: [[Mercy, not sacrifice]]
			:: [[Priesthood of the faithful]].
			* Pope Francis has added "with blessed Joseph, her Spouse," to Eucharistic Prayers II, III, IV after "Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God."
			* Anonymous on Monday via e-mail. Please pray for a break in the heat. I am suffering very much because I have no air conditioning, and I have to go to the basement to seek relief.
			* Andrew from e-mail: Jesus, the Son of God, says in Matthew 24:36 that He does not know when He will return. How is this limit in Jesus' knowledge possible if He is God the Son?
			* Steve from Buffalo: Why didn't the Church protest the [http://info.legalzoom.com/new-york-state-divorce-laws-20486.html relaxation of divorce laws in New York State in 2010] with the same passion that it is now showing for opposition to same-sex marriage? Isn't the ease with which divorces can now be obtained just as destructive of the natural order? Is there some "Ick Factor" at work in the very public protests against same-sex marriage that was missing in the change of divorce law? Why can't the Church just get used to same-sex marriage as it apparently has gotten used to no-fault divorces?
			:: Next up: polygamy, polyamory, and incest.

	=== Loss of appetite for marital relations ===		=== Loss of appetite for marital relations ===

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	== ~~July 12~~ ==
	* Concluding prayer from ''Lumen Fidei'': [[Prayer to Mary, Mother of Our Faith]].		=== Loss of appetite for marital relations ===
	* Anonymous from e-mail: I am aware that if one knowingly omits a mortal sin in the Sacrament of Confession, he has committed sacrilege and invalidated the Confession. But if someone omits a particular venial sin, this does not invalidate the Confession or cause sacrilege (even though it is not a practice the Church recommends). Is this correct or incorrect?
	* From Caroline via e-mail: Matthew, Mark, and Luke all have passages in which Jesus tells His disciples that they must "pick up their cross" and follow Him.
	# In these passages, was Jesus specifically prophesying that He would die on a Cross? I get the impression from the gospels that the apostles did not understand the crucifixion while it was happening.
	~~# If Jesus really said exactly these words, then what possible meaning could they have had~~ for those who heard Him? Crucifixion was a Roman instrument of public torture. Without foreknowledge of Jesus' death on the cross and victorious resurrection, what picture would the command to "pick up your cross" have given the disciples?
	~~# If Jesus did not say "pick up your cross" to the disciples, how did the saying ever get attributed to him by the evangelists?~~
	* Thomas from Amherst: I was listening to a podcast by Jimmy Akin about the resurrection of the body. He said that, just as with Jesus, our resurrection will cause our bodies to rise from the tomb. But he didn't talk about the case of bodies that have turned entirely to dust, or that have been cremated, either on purpose at the time of burial or by accidents like the train derailment in Canada or by being bombed during a war.
	* Anonymous from iCatholicRadio: A Protestant friend told me he plans to have a vasectomy in a couple of weeks. Do you know of anything I can send him quickly to try to change his mind? Please pray for him and for me as I speak with him.
	* Anonymous from Buffalo: A friend of mine no longer wants to have marital relations with her husband. Should I give her Christopher West's books on the theology of the body?		* Anonymous from Buffalo: A friend of mine no longer wants to have marital relations with her husband. Should I give her Christopher West's books on the theology of the body?

			=== Anti-Catholic articles in U. S. Catholic ===

	* Anonymous from Buffalo: I found a copy of U. S. Catholic in Church. It had one article about using "religious practices" from non-Christian traditions to "strengthen your Catholic core," and another article that argued against requiring that loyalty oaths be taken by catechists on the grounds that we all must "make up our own minds on important issues." Are those articles really consistent with Catholic teaching?		* Anonymous from Buffalo: I found a copy of U. S. Catholic in Church. It had one article about using "religious practices" from non-Christian traditions to "strengthen your Catholic core," and another article that argued against requiring that loyalty oaths be taken by catechists on the grounds that we all must "make up our own minds on important issues." Are those articles really consistent with Catholic teaching?

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	== July 12 ==		== July 12 ==
	* Concluding prayer from ''Lumen Fidei'': [[Prayer to Mary, Mother of Our Faith]].		* Concluding prayer from ''Lumen Fidei'': [[Prayer to Mary, Mother of Our Faith]].
			* Anonymous from e-mail: I am aware that if one knowingly omits a mortal sin in the Sacrament of Confession, he has committed sacrilege and invalidated the Confession. But if someone omits a particular venial sin, this does not invalidate the Confession or cause sacrilege (even though it is not a practice the Church recommends). Is this correct or incorrect?
	* From Caroline via e-mail: Matthew, Mark, and Luke all have passages in which Jesus tells His disciples that they must "pick up their cross" and follow Him.		* From Caroline via e-mail: Matthew, Mark, and Luke all have passages in which Jesus tells His disciples that they must "pick up their cross" and follow Him.
	# In these passages, was Jesus specifically prophesying that He would die on a Cross? I get the impression from the gospels that the apostles did not understand the crucifixion while it was happening.		# In these passages, was Jesus specifically prophesying that He would die on a Cross? I get the impression from the gospels that the apostles did not understand the crucifixion while it was happening.

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	# If Jesus did not say "pick up your cross" to the disciples, how did the saying ever get attributed to him by the evangelists?		# If Jesus did not say "pick up your cross" to the disciples, how did the saying ever get attributed to him by the evangelists?
	* Thomas from Amherst: I was listening to a podcast by Jimmy Akin about the resurrection of the body. He said that, just as with Jesus, our resurrection will cause our bodies to rise from the tomb. But he didn't talk about the case of bodies that have turned entirely to dust, or that have been cremated, either on purpose at the time of burial or by accidents like the train derailment in Canada or by being bombed during a war.		* Thomas from Amherst: I was listening to a podcast by Jimmy Akin about the resurrection of the body. He said that, just as with Jesus, our resurrection will cause our bodies to rise from the tomb. But he didn't talk about the case of bodies that have turned entirely to dust, or that have been cremated, either on purpose at the time of burial or by accidents like the train derailment in Canada or by being bombed during a war.
			* Anonymous from iCatholicRadio: A Protestant friend told me he plans to have a vasectomy in a couple of weeks. Do you know of anything I can send him quickly to try to change his mind? Please pray for him and for me as I speak with him.
			* Anonymous from Buffalo: A friend of mine no longer wants to have marital relations with her husband. Should I give her Christopher West's books on the theology of the body?
			* Anonymous from Buffalo: I found a copy of U. S. Catholic in Church. It had one article about using "religious practices" from non-Christian traditions to "strengthen your Catholic core," and another article that argued against requiring that loyalty oaths be taken by catechists on the grounds that we all must "make up our own minds on important issues." Are those articles really consistent with Catholic teaching?

	=== "Queen of Creation" ===		=== "Queen of Creation" ===

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	# If Jesus really said exactly these words, then what possible meaning could they have had for those who heard Him? Crucifixion was a Roman instrument of public torture. Without foreknowledge of Jesus' death on the cross and victorious resurrection, what picture would the command to "pick up your cross" have given the disciples?		# If Jesus really said exactly these words, then what possible meaning could they have had for those who heard Him? Crucifixion was a Roman instrument of public torture. Without foreknowledge of Jesus' death on the cross and victorious resurrection, what picture would the command to "pick up your cross" have given the disciples?
	# If Jesus did not say "pick up your cross" to the disciples, how did the saying ever get attributed to him by the evangelists?		# If Jesus did not say "pick up your cross" to the disciples, how did the saying ever get attributed to him by the evangelists?
			* Thomas from Amherst: I was listening to a podcast by Jimmy Akin about the resurrection of the body. He said that, just as with Jesus, our resurrection will cause our bodies to rise from the tomb. But he didn't talk about the case of bodies that have turned entirely to dust, or that have been cremated, either on purpose at the time of burial or by accidents like the train derailment in Canada or by being bombed during a war.

	=== "Queen of Creation" ===		=== "Queen of Creation" ===

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"Queen of Creation"

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			== July 12 ==
			* Concluding prayer from ''Lumen Fidei'': [[Prayer to Mary, Mother of Our Faith]].
			* From Caroline via e-mail: Matthew, Mark, and Luke all have passages in which Jesus tells His disciples that they must "pick up their cross" and follow Him.
			# In these passages, was Jesus specifically prophesying that He would die on a Cross? I get the impression from the gospels that the apostles did not understand the crucifixion while it was happening.
			# If Jesus really said exactly these words, then what possible meaning could they have had for those who heard Him? Crucifixion was a Roman instrument of public torture. Without foreknowledge of Jesus' death on the cross and victorious resurrection, what picture would the command to "pick up your cross" have given the disciples?
			# If Jesus did not say "pick up your cross" to the disciples, how did the saying ever get attributed to him by the evangelists?

	=== "Queen of Creation" ===		=== "Queen of Creation" ===