I will meet with your reading group!
We have a winner of the giveaway of the signed copy of my new book! If it is you, an email will be wending its way, so look for it!
Thank you all for your kind and encouraging comments about God Has No Grandchildren! You really know how to make a gal’s week! Now my turn:
For this week only, receive 20% off your order of God Has No Grandchildren from Arouca Press! Use the code PiusXI (case sensitive) to receive a 20% discount on the book. This offer is good until June 14th!
And — I had an idea…
How about this? If you organize a reading group to study Casti Connubii using my guided reading, God Has No Grandchildren, I will join you via some form of online conferencing (like Zoom or whatever platform you prefer if I can make it work) for your last meeting!
I will talk to your group, if you like, for free! It will be fun! You can gather your thoughts and questions and arguments and we can have a good talk for about an hour or so.
I can offer this online get-together to 10 groups. (I charge $$$ for an online conference, so this is quite a giveaway!)
Email me at LMLDblog@gmail.com to set it up. First come, first served!
Remember: for this week only, receive 20% off your order of God Has No Grandchildren from Arouca Press! Use the code PiusXI (case sensitive) to receive a 20% discount on the book. This offer is good until June 14th!
And don’t forget, the publisher will offer a discount on bulk orders (email him at info@aroucapress.com for details.
On to our links!
bits & piecesThe Heroic Capuchin Friar Who Saved Thousands of Jews During World War II: “The first reason for my action is justice,” Father Marie-Benoît wrote in a note that Lormier found in the Archives of the Capuchin Order in Paris. “The reign of Jesus Christ, which is a reign of love, is also, because of this, a reign of justice: whoever sincerely loves his neighbor, respects first of all his right to life, and therefore cannot remain indifferent and passive in the face of a persecution which is as atrocious as it is unjustified. The duty to intervene is therefore imperative …” A three-part (but not over-long) series on beauty in the spiritual life, by David Clayton.Someone posted a meme around Mother’s Day that was a mug that said something like “I
my Birthing Person” and I just want to say that making lame jokes that aren’t really jokes is how things get normalized. (I am all for good jokes that go for the jugular, however). It’s already happened; the experiment already succeeded: The dark, enduring legacy of Friends (not to mention a whole host of sitcoms before that one).A homily worth listening to again, when the subject of obedience comes up: Obedience & Prudence, Liberty & Responsibility.If you want to know what is being sold online, the answer is… you — literally, your engagement and its optimization. Figuring out how to use this tool is the challenge of our day. “Social media is initially appealing to us because of our natural sociability (which evolved in face-to-face societies). But, like an engineered virus that escapes the lab, it has taken on a life of its own.” I found this article well written and penetrating without completely dismissing the value of this means of communication: “Social media tribalizes thought, but it also liberates thought from the monopoly power of the propaganda state that operates through the legacy corporate media.”The implications of the state taking over matters that are not proper to it: Young Chinese professionals reject having more children. The issue is not as simple as oppression and then the lifting (if even partial) of oppression. Habit and custom affect how people live. Even in a free society like ours, popular pressure to limit family size coupled with the assumption that a woman’s highest calling is to work will affect childbearing, even when the government begins to realize that population has been suppressed and perhaps should be stimulated. What one has switched off is not so easy to switch on again.Do you have a good article about magnesium supplements to help children with anxiety, moodiness, and picky eating? I found this one: Magnesium Supplements for Children with Anxiety – Are They OK? (answer: yes) I think it was one of our readers who mentioned that children who are excessively picky about food sometimes have a magnesium deficiency… which of course is not helped by their pickiness! I’d like to see what you have found on this subject too!from the archivesWell, I wouldn’t have put “grandmother” in the title, necessarily, but in case you missed it, here is an interview with me about Bishop Schneider’s recommendations for a “survival plan” for keeping the faith in the family.How to overcome the sort of “child resistance” that is reported in China and exists here too: My third secret for destruction-proofing your family.Time for strawberry rhubarb pie!liturgical livingMemorial of St. Boniface, bishop and martyr
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