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The Blessing of Humiliations
Who, in their right mind, would want to be humiliated? What would you do if you were humiliated? Most people would be tempted to seek ways to avoid humiliation. Some would become deeply hurt as a result. Others would become...Read more
SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY OVER YOUR CHILDREN
QUESTION? / COMMENT!
You have had many prayers for fathers to say for their children. My husband died; can I say these prayers over my children or are there ones for mothers? Do I have the same authority as...Read more
Daily Reflections with
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Below, you'll discover a daily reflection, taken from this incredible bishop.
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Man and woman in the Church
Our Blessed Lord said the word is the seed, the seed is the word. Man gives the seed. The woman receives the seed, fosters it, nourishes it, gives birth to it, loves it, trains it. There's no such thing as inferiority or superiority. Instead of being a question of inferiority and superiority, it is only a question of the different roles that we play--the man is the symbol of Christ, and the woman is the symbol of the Church. Many people no longer have an understanding of the Church as the body of Christ. Jesus loves his body. So when we forget the Church and begin to call her an institution, an establishment, the whole character of the nuptial bond is disrupted. The Blessed Mother beneath the cross is the symbol of the Church, and John is the firstborn. At Pentecost we find that the body has grown: here are 120, with the apostles, Mary in the midst of them.