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Falling Off the Wall
By Judie Brown In a whimsical nursery rhyme we learn that when Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall, “all the king’s horses and all the king’s men could not put Humpty together again.” One presumes that once an egg crashes to the ground, like truth, it cannot be repaired unless vigilance is pursued in the quest to do so. Having dropped more than a few raw eggs in my time, I know that with...
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...
Blazing Fire
By Judie Brown In the Gospel of Luke, Christ says to His disciples, “I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already.” Reflecting on these words, Saint Jose Maria Escriva opined, “An apostolic fire that acquires its strength in prayer:...
Follies
By Judie Brown Saint Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 1:18, “The message of the cross is folly for those who are on the way to ruin, but for those of us who are on the road to salvation it is the power of God.” We put this in the proper perspective by realizing that while...