RATHER THAN ASK WHAT MAKES A MAN POOR, INQUIRE INSTEAD ON WHAT CAN MAKE HIM PROSPER
Poverty and prosperity
Croatian marriage rite and the Cross
TAKING UP OF THE CROSS IN MARRIAGE
St. Pius X founded sporting tradition in the Vatican
//In 1905 a major international gymnastics event was hosted at the Vatican, during which the pope gave a speech that is considered the first Vatican manifesto on sport.
“I admire and bless from my heart all your games and pastimes, gymnastics, cycling, mountaineering, boating, running, walks, competitions, contests and academies, to which you devote yourselves,” the pope told participants. “Because the material exercises of the body will admirably influence the exercises of the spirit; because these entertainments, while requiring work, will remove you from idleness, which is the father of vices; and because finally the same friendly competitions will be in you an image of emulation in the exercise of virtue.”//
Read more: https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2021/08/st-pius-x-founded-sporting-tradition-in-the-vatican/
Push to victory
Padre Pio's humility and obedience
On June 9, 1931, the Feast of Corpus Christi, Padre Pio was ordered by the Holy See to desist from all activities except the celebration of the Mass, which was to be in private. By early 1933, Pope Pius XI ordered the Holy See to reverse its ban on Padre Pio’s public celebration of Mass, saying, "I have not been badly disposed toward Padre Pio, but I have been badly informed."
Five rules for spiritual growth: weekly confession, daily Communion, spiritual reading, meditation and examination of conscience.
Praying for discernment
iPads and Modesty
"I put an anti-scratch sticker on the screen and bought a cover for the iPad" she replied.
"Did someone force you to do so?"
- "No"
"Don't you think it's an insult to the manufacturer?"
- "No dad! In fact they even recommend using a cover for the iPad"
"Did you cover it because it was cheap & ugly?"
- "Actually, I covered it because I didn't want it to get damage and decrease in value."
"When you put the cover on, didn't it reduce the iPad's beauty?"
- "I think it looks better and it is worth it for the protection it gives my iPad."
The father looked lovingly at his daughter and said,
"Yet if I had asked you to cover your body which is much more precious than the iPad, would you have readily agreed???"
--https://www.facebook.com/secretkeepergirl/