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The Tragedy of Vengeance
By Judie Brown The Catechism of the Catholic Church addresses vengeance thusly: Anger is a desire for revenge. “To desire vengeance in order to do evil to someone who should be punished is illicit,” but it is praiseworthy to impose restitution “to correct vices and maintain justice.” If anger reaches the point of a deliberate desire to kill or seriously wound a neighbor, it is gravely...
Grief
By Judie Brown In Isaiah we read: He had no form or comeliness that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their...
Taking on the World
By Judie Brown Our current culture is deadly for people of all ages, and yet we persist in our efforts to defend, protect, and nurture human persons. Christ’s words inspire us: “I have told you all this so that you may find peace in me. In the world you will have...
Humankind
By Judie Brown Genesis 5:2 tells us, “He created them male and female. When they were created, he blessed them and named them humankind.” In recent years, however, this truth has been undermined, denied, and otherwise ignored by human beings who perceive themselves as...
Just the Facts, Ma’am
By Judie Brown Detective Joe Friday’s famous line from Dragnet, “Just the facts, Ma’am,” seems so appropriate when we consider the terrible crush of deception surrounding President Trump’s support for the Biden administration’s position on the deadly abortion pill....
‘This Is My Body’
By Judie Brown Father James Buckley, FSSP, wrote extensively during his priestly life. One of his most remarkable commentaries was on the Holy Eucharist. Entitled “The Eucharist, the Greatest of the Sacraments,” he wrote, Not only is the Eucharist a sacrifice; it is...
Your Faith Has Saved You!
By Judie Brown A culture-of-death universe leaves no room for the miracles the Lord can work in our lives. The following account, for example, would never pass the scrutiny of the deniers who market death and destruction as human rights. Matthew 9:20-22 reads: A woman...