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August 23, 2019While Fr. Jerry and Fr. Dave are on vacation an excerpt from the weekly newsletter from the USCCB:
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT God’s creative action is present to every human life and is thus the source of its sacred value. Each human life remains in a relationship with God, who is the final goal of every man and woman. The Fifth Commandment calls us to foster the physical, spiritual, emotional, and social well-being of self and others. For that reason, it forbids murder, abortion, euthanasia, and any life-threatening acts. We are called to create the culture of life and work against the culture of death.
This is an excerpt from the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults (Washington, DC: USCCB, 2006) 389. Copyright © 2006, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington DC. All rights reserved. Background photo: Getty Images.
BL. CHIARA “LUCE” BADANO Chiara “Luce” Bandano was born in 1971, an only child to parents who had waited long for her arrival. As a child, she was bright, friendly, athletic, and had many friends. At age 9, she joined the Focolare movement and was very inspired by this spirituality. She was struck with cancer at age 17, but never lost her bright spirit. After a two-year battle with the disease, she entered eternal rest on October 7, 1990. Her last words were a message of hope: “Be happy, because I am!” She was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. 10/29/1971 - 10/7/1990 FEAST DAY: OCTOBER 29
Copyright © 2019, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. All rights reserved. Image: CNS photo/Alessia Giuliani, Catholic Press Photo.
Fr. Jerry Ragan
