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Marriage in the Crosshairs
By Judie Brown German bishops seem to have a misperception about marriage. Or at least it appears that way to us. Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich and Freising, “has instructed the priests and full-time pastoral staff in the archdiocese to introduce the controversial handout ‘Blessing Gives Strength to Love’ as the basis of pastoral care.” According to the German bishop, this...
Healing Blurred Vision
By Judie Brown As a senior living with macular degeneration, I know a thing or two about blurred vision. When it is the eyes, there are things that can be done, but when it is the soul, well, that’s another thing entirely. When one encounters a man who chooses to...
A Deadly Transition
By Judie Brown The transitioning from principle to political gamesmanship is in many ways as bad and as deadly as the gender transition debates currently in the news. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, of Arlington, Virginia, teaches this regarding gender transition:...
Human Resolve
By Judie Brown Saint Vincent de Paul once wrote, “I have been sent not only to love God, but also to make men love Him. It is not enough to love God if my neighbor does not love Him.” As missionaries in a broken world, we understand that these words of Saint Vincent...
False Politics
By Judie Brown Pope Benedict XVI once wrote, “Wherever politics tries to be redemptive, it is promising too much. Where it wishes to do the work of God, it becomes not divine, but demonic.” Oh how many ways there are to underscore the truth of that simple statement,...
Out of This World
By Judie Brown The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that the Holy Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life.” It continues, “The Eucharist is the efficacious sign and sublime cause of that communion in the divine life and that unity of the...
Champions
By Judie Brown A champion is a warrior, someone who stands for justice and often does so against the world. As Christ said, “I have told you all this so that you may find peace in me. In the world you will have hardship, but be courageous: I have conquered...