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American Den of Death
By Judie Brown California was once known as literally the land of the fruits and nuts, according to my parents, who knew a great deal about the state that became my family’s home. And it was indeed a state where all sorts of fruits and nuts could be purchased with buyer assurance that they had been locally grown. It was truly an awesome place for a family, but that was nearly 85 years ago, and...
The Triduum
By Judie Brown To belong to Christ, the Author of Life, is to be blessed beyond measure. So as we walk with Him from Golgotha to His Resurrection, we celebrate life in Him with excerpts from this reflection on the Sacred Triduum from Saint John Paul II: Good...
Life Devoid of Value
By Judie Brown As we approach the somber events commemorated on Good Friday, we are called to reflect on what is happening to the value of a single human life. A few years ago commentator Dave Armstrong reminded us that “there never will be a single human being for...
Skating to Hades
By Judie Brown Years ago, 1977 to be exact, there was a popular Paul Simon song entitled “Slip Slidin’ Away.” The song was a musical testimony to the follies of a man who, try as he may, could not reach his goal because he continually seemed to be going backward. In a...
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....