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The Legendary Jesuit, Father John Hardon
By Judie Brown To have known Father John Hardon, SJ, is to have been in the company of one of the most holy men I have ever encountered. Father Hardon was a teacher, a preacher of extraordinary power, and a man committed to making sure Catholics understood the teachings of the Church he loved so much. His written works include a Catechism on the Real Presence, a booklet that he prepared based on...
Here a Baby, There a Baby
By Judie Brown The children’s rhyme “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” enumerates the animals and their sounds. It is all about living, breathing farm animals, and I recall how much my children enjoyed listening to it and singing along when they were young. But my joy at...
The Body of Christ
By Judie Brown On June 7, Catholics will reverence the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ. Perhaps in anticipation of this feast, Pope Leo XIV wrote in Magnifica Humanitas: In the Eucharist we find a visible manifestation of the reality that we “are the Church...
Intelligence Is a Gift
By Judie Brown In the Gospel of John, Christ prepared for His Ascension by praying to God, His Father, regarding His disciples, “May they all be one, just as, Father, you are in me and I am in you, so that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe it was...
A Supreme Disappointment
By Judie Brown The United States Supreme Court is the last bastion of justice when it comes to legal questions up for debate. But as a mere body of human beings, these nine individuals are flawed because they are human. Thus, many of their decisions are equally...
The Hound of Heaven
By Judie Brown Yesterday was the eighty-eighth birthday of my dearly departed husband Paul, who died in his eighty-third year of his life. But our family chooses to celebrate the happy days of his life rather than dwell on the saddest day of my life, the day of his...
Hello, God! Mankind Needs You
By Judie Brown When we hear the hymn “Christ Hath a Garden,” we feel thankful that we are planted in His grace. While this is a particularly remarkable blessing, it is also an enormous responsibility. As His children, His messengers, and His voice in the wilderness,...