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Of Angels and Beasts
By Judie Brown In his Catechesis on the Angels, Saint John Paul II taught: The Church confesses her faith in the guardian angels, venerating them in the liturgy with an appropriate feast and recommending recourse to their protection by frequent prayer, as in the invocation “Angel of God.” This prayer seems to draw on the treasure of the beautiful words of Saint Basil: “Every...
Liberalism Can Be Deadly
By Judie Brown Folks love to put labels on things, especially in the political realm. And when it comes to the word liberalism, you can find everything from it being a “political ideology” to “political doctrine” to a “movement in modern Protestantism.” While each of...
The Political Moment
By Judie Brown Tuesday, November 8, was not a banner day for the babies, nor was it a banner day for truth and honesty. It was a fizzle. But there is a reason for this—a reason we dare not ignore. The public has disengaged from reality. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who...
Of Mice and Women
By Judie Brown The recent actions of President Biden and Hollywood celeb Anne Hathaway remind us of the words Pope Leo XIII wrote in Aeterni Patris (On the Restoration of Christian Philosophy) nearly 150 years ago: “A wise man, therefore, would not accuse faith and...
Justice and the Sycamore Tree
By Judie Brown Zacchaeus climbed a sycamore tree to get a good look at Jesus, who upon looking up said, “Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I am to stay at your house today.” St. Augustine commented on this biblical account, teaching: Zacchaeus climbed away from the...
The Human Tragedy of Erroneous Views
By Judie Brown When sin becomes a matter of opinion, human beings become collateral damage. In the process, naïve individuals rely on what they read as if it were gospel truth, never questioning the written or spoken word. And sadly, there are eternal consequences for...
Hypocrisy and Human Personhood
By Judie Brown NBC news recently ran a pro-abortion commentary about protecting human personhood. The writer, former Texas state senator Wendy Davis, is one of the most rabid pro-abortion political figures in the nation. This is evident from the subtitle which reads:...