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Contra Mundum
By Judie Brown Contra mundum means to stand against the world and/or in defiance of popular opinion. One of the most beloved Catholic saints, Athanasius, embodies the meaning of that Latin phrase and perhaps most importantly represents the position we take when we defend Truth regardless of public opinion. It has been written that “in and out of season, Athanasius followed our Lord.” Like this...
Sterile Days
By Judie Brown The era in which we live is not friendly to fertility, to children, or to the aging. It seems that the more control the human species gains over itself, the more it wants. And as the saying goes, nothing good can come from that. The American Society for...
Beelzebul and Newspeak
By Judie Brown According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Beelzebul is an evil spirit. Matthew 10:25-26 teaches: It is enough for disciple to grow to be like teacher, and slave like master. If they have called the master of the house “Beelzebul,” how much more the...
Courage
By Judie Brown For Catholics, the sacrament of confirmation is a wonderful source of the increase and deepening of the graces we receive at baptism. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that confirmation “unites us more firmly to Christ,” “increases the gifts...
The Miracle of Nine Months
By Judie Brown Today marks the first day on our journey toward the celebration of the birth of Christ, which occurs nine months from today. But there are other momentous events that require nine months, including—and most especially—the gestational age of a preborn...
In Praise of Christian Morality
By Judie Brown We are disgusted by everything Planned Parenthood does, and its most recent effort to shut down its competition drips of wanton decadence. Apparently, the abortion behemoth does not like the competition it is receiving from online, do-it-yourself...
The Poison Within
By Judie Brown There has been a cultural shift in America that defies every aspect of the human nature with which God created us. In fact, we could say that according to many in our midst today, it is they, not God, who choose what is and is not a human person. We can...