Reading about death and suicidality can be distressing. Please read this in a moment where you feel safest and ready to do so. Pediatricians, child psychologists and psychiatrists, social workers and pediatric emergency teams know something that many people who care for children don’t: we are much busier during the school year. I’m a full-time… Continue reading Children’s Risk of Suicide Increases on School Days
Participation in the Sacrifice – SpiritualDirection.com
An elderly lady once told me that when she was growing up long before the Second Vatican Council, the Sisters in her Catholic school taught all the students to play their PART at Mass. PART stands for Petition, Adoration, Reparation, and Thanksgiving. In his passion, the Lord Jesus offered up petitionary prayer to the Father,… Continue reading Participation in the Sacrifice – SpiritualDirection.com
Global Sperm Counts Declining At Accelerating Rate: New Meta-Analysis
Authored by David Charbonneau via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A recently published meta-analysis shows that global sperm counts are declining worldwide—at an accelerating rate. The article, published in the journal Human Reproduction Update in November 2022 by an international team of researchers, reviewed 2,936 scholarly abstracts and 868 full articles and analyzed data from… Continue reading Global Sperm Counts Declining At Accelerating Rate: New Meta-Analysis
We Need More Health Clinics at Schools
After more than two years of disrupted lessons during the pandemic, it’s clearer than ever that schools are more than just places to learn: they are vital safe spaces for students to build friendships, receive nourishing meals and talk to trusted adults. And they can be more—schools can also provide health care. Around 3,000 school-based… Continue reading We Need More Health Clinics at Schools
The Spiritual Sufferings of Christ
During Holy Week the Church turns her focus to the greatest sufferings known to man: the sufferings of Christ. But year after year, many people have overlooked one of the most important truths— a truth which I was blind to for so many years until a saint recently revealed it to me. Saint Alphonsus de… Continue reading The Spiritual Sufferings of Christ
America’s Most Admired Men | ZeroHedge
Former and current presidents are the people most commonly named by Americans as the men they most admire. Statista’s Katharina Buchholz notes that, among those being very consistently ranked in a Gallup poll that has been running since 1946 is Jimmy Carter. The 39th president of the United States announced Saturday through his foundation that he had entered… Continue reading America’s Most Admired Men | ZeroHedge
Stay with Us — Easter Monday (Divine Intimacy Meditation)
Stay with Us Easter Monday Presence of God – Do not leave me, O Jesus, gentle Pilgrim; I have need of You. MEDITATION God has made us for Himself, and we cannot live without Him; we need Him, we hunger and thirst for Him; He is the only One who can satisfy our hearts. The… Continue reading Stay with Us — Easter Monday (Divine Intimacy Meditation)
Bold New Jersey Shore Flood Rules Could Be Blueprint for Entire U.S. Coast
No one paid much attention to paragraph 1C of the executive order New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed on Jan. 27, 2020. Its directive for state environmental officials to “integrate climate change considerations” into regulations seemed vague. The deadline — two years — was remote. But New Jersey officials since have made clear they are… Continue reading Bold New Jersey Shore Flood Rules Could Be Blueprint for Entire U.S. Coast
Matt Taibbi Is Still an Outsider
If you happened to be in Manhattan’s Financial District on December 12, 2011, you would have witnessed a herd of giant squid floating toward West Street. The papier-mâché puppets, complete with white canvas tentacles and bulbous, golden heads, and upheld by a half-dozen or so Occupy Wall Street protestors, served as the dramatic final act… Continue reading Matt Taibbi Is Still an Outsider
Crazy Optimism About China’s Economy
Authored by Gordon G. Chang via The Gatestone Institute, China’s propagandists tell us the Chinese economy this year will “accelerate to 4.8%.” Foreign analysts are even more bullish. Goldman Sachs estimates growth of gross domestic product of 5.5%. China’s National Health Commission announced the end of the Communist Party’s “dynamic zero-Covid” policy on December 7. It did not take… Continue reading Crazy Optimism About China’s Economy