We need Judie’s timeless wisdom now more than ever!
Beatitudes Matter Now More Than Ever!
By Judie Brown In a recent column, Father Jerry Novotny, OMI, wrote: If I am made in the image of God, my worth cannot be reduced to success, usefulness, beauty, or productivity. A bank account, a job, or public approval do not determine my worth. Dignity isn’t earned – it’s built in and stays with me. When I envision a homeless person shivering through a cold night, a...
Forever Yours
By Judie Brown Paul and Judie Brown celebrated their wedding vows fifty-eight years ago today. Though Paul has moved on in accord with the Lord’s timetable, I am, as the Helen Reddy song explains, “left to carry on.” But as I have found over the intervening four...
A Christmas Story
By Judie Brown As pro-life Americans, we strive to help create a cultural condition in which expectant mothers can comfortably give birth to their babies, giving each of them the opportunity to write their life story as they grow and mature in the way God intends. We...
Come Lord Jesus!
By Judie Brown Catholic Exchange encourages us to reflect: O Root of Jesse’s stem, sign of God’s love for all his people: come to save us without delay! The third O Antiphon [prayed today] calls us very specifically to remember that the Messiah, the Chosen One of God,...
Poison Pills
By Judie Brown Illinois governor JB Pritzker has given a new meaning to the famous Theodore Seuss Geisel tale How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Pritzker has doubled down on his dedication to assuring Illinois women that access to the abortion pill is among his top...
Ego Versus Truth
By Judie Brown Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen once said, “Far better it is for you to say: ‘I am a sinner,’ than to say: ‘I have no need of religion.’ The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no room for God.” He truly understood the human condition, even...
Juan Diego, Albert Einstein, and Common Sense
By Judie Brown Today is the feast day of Juan Diego, the fellow who said, “I am a nobody, I am a small rope, a tiny ladder, the tail end, a leaf.” Juan Diego was a humble man to whom Our Lady of Guadalupe chose to appear. She told him to go to his bishop and ask that...