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The Tragedy of Vengeance
By Judie Brown The Catechism of the Catholic Church addresses vengeance thusly: Anger is a desire for revenge. “To desire vengeance in order to do evil to someone who should be punished is illicit,” but it is praiseworthy to impose restitution “to correct vices and maintain justice.” If anger reaches the point of a deliberate desire to kill or seriously wound a neighbor, it is gravely...
Mainstreaming Wickedness
By Judie Brown The challenges to those of us who love God grow ever greater with the passing of each day. There are times when Saint Paul’s words to the Thessalonians seem much more appropriate to our own era than his. When he addressed the fact of wickedness, he...
Virginity Is Not a Myth!
By Judie Brown Planned Parenthood recently posted a sex education video on its social media platforms claiming that virginity is a “completely made-up concept” designed to control and shame people, mainly women. According to Planned Parenthood, a virgin is “someone...
Mind-Numbing Discourse
By Judie Brown When a highly respected news source like Catholic Vote chooses to focus on entertainer Taylor Swift, I take notice. But the silliness of the headline gave me even greater pause. It reads: “Poll: 18% of Voters Likely to Back Whoever Taylor Swift Endorses...
‘Fiducia Supplicans’: Much Ado about Something
By Judie Brown The well-known Shakespearean play Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy filled with romance, courtship, and various human foibles. It is a very funny story, totally unlike the most recent Vatican declaration, Fiducia Supplicans. The document addresses the...
DEI Is Latin for GOD!
By Judie Brown Yours truly is one of those strange folks who studied Latin for four years, so I know a thing or two about this root language, including the fact that dei is the plural of deus—God. And the words Agnus Dei mean Lamb of God, a meaning far from the...
A Nation Awash in Death
By Judie Brown There comes a point in the history of every civilization when a brink is confronted. Tottering on that edge, people are faced with a choice between continuing to self-destruct and resolving to correct their evil ways and make reparations for the carnage...