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‘This Is My Body’
By Judie Brown Father James Buckley, FSSP, wrote extensively during his priestly life. One of his most remarkable commentaries was on the Holy Eucharist. Entitled “The Eucharist, the Greatest of the Sacraments,” he wrote, Not only is the Eucharist a sacrifice; it is also a sacrament. Indeed, St. Thomas Aquinas calls it the greatest of the sacraments. Among the reasons the Angelic Doctor offers...
Female Zealots
By Judie Brown Harpies! Webster tells us that harpies are shrewish women who are capable of awful acts because of their dour nature. They are the sort of females who might have followed behind Christ as He carried His cross on Good Friday, heckling Him and acting in...
Grief or Relief
By Judie Brown Planned Parenthood tells website visitors that “the decision to have an abortion is personal, and you’re the only one who can make it.” The organization then goes on to state: It’s totally normal to have a lot of different emotions after your abortion....
Contra Mundum
By Judie Brown Contra mundum means to stand against the world and/or in defiance of popular opinion. One of the most beloved Catholic saints, Athanasius, embodies the meaning of that Latin phrase and perhaps most importantly represents the position we take when we...
Sterile Days
By Judie Brown The era in which we live is not friendly to fertility, to children, or to the aging. It seems that the more control the human species gains over itself, the more it wants. And as the saying goes, nothing good can come from that. The American Society for...
Beelzebul and Newspeak
By Judie Brown According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Beelzebul is an evil spirit. Matthew 10:25-26 teaches: It is enough for disciple to grow to be like teacher, and slave like master. If they have called the master of the house “Beelzebul,” how much more the...
Courage
By Judie Brown For Catholics, the sacrament of confirmation is a wonderful source of the increase and deepening of the graces we receive at baptism. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that confirmation “unites us more firmly to Christ,” “increases the gifts...