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Incrementally Yours
By Judie Brown Incremental: gradual, phased, piecemeal This word and its derivatives suggest slow but steady movement of some sort including, according to many, efforts to end the killing of innocent babies. Alexandra DeSanctis opines that while pro-life people work to end every abortion, we must consider political and cultural realities. Thus, she said, “Political prudence requires a more...
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...
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:...