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Father of Orthodoxy
By Judie Brown Religiosity: “the quality or state of being religious.” News reports tell us that religiosity has plummeted among US residents over the last 10 years. Pollsters usually miss the mark, but in this case they missed the truth. Rather than critique the report, I have chosen to turn to the wisdom of Saint Athanasius—a heroic saint who, standing against Arian heretics in the Catholic...
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:...
Follies
By Judie Brown Saint Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 1:18, “The message of the cross is folly for those who are on the way to ruin, but for those of us who are on the road to salvation it is the power of God.” We put this in the proper perspective by realizing that while...
The Assumption of Our Lady
By Judie Brown Today commemorates the feast of the Assumption of Mary, the mother of God. The feast day came about when “Pope Pius XII confirmed this belief about the Virgin Mary as the perennial teaching of the Church. . . . He defined it formally as a dogma of...
Be a Pro-Life Superhero!
By Judie Brown In the commentary “5 Ways to Help Your Child Become a Faith-Filled and Pro-Life Superhero,” Susan Ciancio struck gold, not just for young people but for you and me. Expanding on this theme, I would like to invite the reader of this commentary to look...
Murders and Potatoes
By Judie Brown Just when you thought we had seen it all, Idaho is now witnessing an exodus from its borders. No, the potatoes are not moving, but the baby killers are. They do not like the state law that they argue bans abortion. But there is something in these news...
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...