Today's Topics:

1) Gospel - LK 1:39-56 - From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me and holy is his Name.

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Blessed Mother, pray for us!

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2) Why bother to work? There's a growing movement among Gen Z to quit work because the system sets you up for failure. But that's a self-destructive attitude. Human beings were made to work: to create, innovate, and contribute to the common good. Here's a great reflection on why good, honest labor is key to human happiness

https://blog.acton.org/archives/123694-whats-the-point-of-working-anymore.html

3) Exodus from public schools: “Stories about drag queens in kindergarten, forcing students to use preferred pronouns, biological boys who say they are transgender using locker rooms and showers once reserved for girls, along with the pandemic, which convinced growing numbers of parents that homeschooling worked better—all of these are prompting an exodus of parents and now teachers from public schools”

https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/08/09/public-school-system-in-need-of-major-reforms-or-burial/

4) Seven saintly tips on how to discipline a child, from Saint John Bosco

https://aleteia.org/2017/01/31/7-saintly-tips-on-how-to-discipline-a-child/