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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 amidst those who denied that his words had credence. Thankfully Saint John Paul II was among those who appreciated this...
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...
The Difficult Case
By Judie Brown In the state of North Dakota, a strict law making most abortions illegal was recently reinstated by the courts. This has sent many pro-abortion proponents into a frenzy because in their world every act of killing a preborn child should be legal. North...
Cultural Claptrap
By Judie Brown Planned Parenthood recently announced that voters expect elected officials to “fight to protect abortion” and themselves. In other words, PP’s deadly devotion to its own agenda has not moved a millimeter in the last hundred-plus years. If this is not...
Thanksgiving, Lord!
By Judie Brown This week we gather together as families, as fellow Christians, and as neighbors to give thanks for all the blessings we have received. For me personally, this is a bittersweet time of year because nothing about our family would be what it is today...
Father of Orthodoxy
By Judie Brown Religiosity: “the quality or state of being religious.” News reports tell us that religiosity has plummeted among US residents over the last 10 years. Pollsters usually miss the mark, but in this case they missed the truth. Rather than critique the...
The Pro-Life Imperative
By Judie Brown Our nation is at a crossroads, sandwiched between two countries with starkly different political scenarios on the subject of taking the lives of persons deemed unworthy to live. To our south is Mexico, a nation currently enmeshed in debate about whether...