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A Call to Holiness
By Judie Brown In a recent homily, Cardinal Robert Sarah told parishioners, Adoration of God will never disappoint us. It was the patient and silent adoration of Saint Anne that allowed Mary, the mother of the Savior—the most beautiful, pure and holy of all creatures—to be born. Those of you whose hearts are filled with suffering and sorrow: your adoration will bear fruit in hope. Relentless...
Catholic without Apology
By Judie Brown News outlets have reported that Pope Francis is “withdrawing Cardinal Raymond Burke’s Rome residence and salary because he sees him as working against the unity of the Church.” Some media have referred to this as a type of punishment, suggesting without...
Unalienable Rights
By Judie Brown After listening to a recent conversation between Dr. Alan Keyes and Lepanto Institute founder Michael Hichborn, I have once again been extremely impressed by the incredible insight our Founding Fathers must have had when they wrote the Declaration of...
The Morally Unconscious
By Judie Brown Recently a brilliant article appeared in the New Oxford Review. Entitled “Engaging the Morally Unconscious Person,” author Christopher M. Reilly delved into the quicksand created by those who refuse to acknowledge the inherent value in looking deeper...
Gratitude
By Judie Brown Donald DeMarco, PhD, one of our favorite Catholic philosophers, once wrote, “There can be no happiness without gratitude.” I agree with that statement one hundred percent. Further, DeMarco wrote of the 10 lepers who were cured by Christ, reminding us...
Bishop Joseph Strickland’s Bloodless Martyrdom
By Judie Brown When Pope Frances removed Bishop Joseph Strickland, the shock was overwhelming, as was our sadness. The event immediately reminded me of a lesson I learned from our first spiritual director Father Denis O’Brien, who explained that bloodless martyrdom is...
Murder in the Twilight Zone
By Judie Brown Being old enough to recall the television series The Twilight Zone, it occurred to me that Webster’s definition—“an area just beyond ordinary legal and ethical limits”—applies to our current age. We see this twilight zone in so many aspects of our...