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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: there is no better way than this to carry on, throughout the whole world, the battle of peace to which every Christian is called to...
Our Cultural War on Nature
By Judie Brown Years ago, before affirming life became a political question, it was a way for women to emulate the virtues of the Blessed Mother. That is not to say that women were free of moral challenges, but they did not have the likes of Betty Friedan yacking...
The Procreative Power of God
By Judie Brown The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches, “By its very nature the institution of marriage and married love is ordered to the procreation and education of the offspring and it is in them that it finds its crowning glory.” The procreative act...
Diversity
By Judie Brown In the Sesame Street song from ages ago, we heard these words: “One of these things is not like the others.” It was a simple way of teaching young children that being different is okay. But today this concept has taken on a more chilling connotation....
Teaching Truth to Power
By Judie Brown It is the role of each person who comprehends the unrepeatable miracle of human life to be defenders and educators when the dignity of the human person comes into question or is challenged in any way. When Louisiana senator John Kennedy, for example,...
Thirty Pieces of Silver
By Judie Brown “Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?’ They paid him thirty pieces of silver, and from that time on he looked for an opportunity...
America’s Reproductive Assault Weapons
By Judie Brown The Incredible Shrinking Woman was a 1981 movie about a housewife who grows smaller after being exposed to chemicals found in household products and cosmetics. It was a fictional comedy, but what is happening today as women ingest a different type of...