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How Low Can You Go?
By Judie Brown Eucharistic pilgrimages are part of the lives of many Catholics in our world today. It is a public way of testifying to the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, raising awareness in communities, and publicly glorifying God. So when we learned that there were protesters trailing the pilgrimage in Texas and Oklahoma, we were shocked in more ways than one. Apparently the Church...
Living in a ‘Contraceptive Desert’
By Judie Brown According to the media, a “contraceptive desert” is a place where women at or below the poverty level live in “counties in which there is not reasonable access to a health center offering the full range of contraceptive methods.” The source for this...
A Coronavirus Vaccine Containing Aborted Baby Cells? Yes.
By Judie Brown A dear friend recently reacted to Bishop Joseph Strickland’s statement that he “will refuse” a potential vaccine for the coronavirus if it is made using tissue from “aborted children.” Our friend wrote that he wonders what our national response would be...
Christ Died for You
Today we reflect on Christ’s love and sacrifice for us with this prayer by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Lord Jesus Christ, at the hour of your death the sun was darkened. Ever anew you are being nailed to the Cross. At this present hour of history we are living in...
Life and Love Can Save America
By Judie Brown Saving our nation was the topic of an essay that Fr. Regis Scanlon, O.F.M. CAP, wrote more than 10 years ago. Today, as we confront the many enemies of life, love, and family, it would serve us well to contemplate these words: Because the Bread of Life...
Whose Hand?
By Judie Brown Today we are told to wash our hands often in order to keep our hands free of possible contaminants. We have been told this many times during the course of our lives, more often perhaps when we were children. Sadly, a physical washing cannot clean some...
Our Pro-Life Jeremiad
By Judie Brown Jeremiad: “a prolonged lamentation or complaint” In the context of Jeremiah’s repeated requests to the people of Israel that they repent, the word “jeremiad” cannot really be described as a complaint, but rather a plea. In an inspiring homily...