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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...
Ignoring Grievous Sins
Last year, Cardinal Raymond Burke said: “I can’t imagine that any Catholic wouldn’t know that abortion is a grievous sin, but if they don’t, once they’ve been told, then they either have to cease to support abortion or accept the fact they are not a Catholic in...
‘Dobbs’ Contradictions and Fictions
Countless words have been written now that the Supreme Court has started hearing arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case. Yet the question remains: Where is the truth? For as we see it, the Mississippi law in question before the court is itself...
Balancing Faith and Science
Pope Benedict XVI’s 2008 prayer at Ground Zero included these words: God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world:peace in the hearts of all men and womenand peace among the nations of the earth.Turn to your way of lovethose whose hearts and mindsare...
Some of Us Are Hellish Creatures
C.S. Lewis once described what it takes to become either a better person or a hellish one. When I think about this, I am convinced that his description suits those who spend their waking moments striving to convince everyone that aborting an innocent child...
A Thanksgiving Prayer
O God, of Whose mercies there is no number, and of Whose goodness the treasure is infinite; we render thanks to Your most gracious majesty for the gifts You have bestowed upon us, evermore beseeching Your clemency, that as You grant the petitions of them that ask You,...
Canceling Atrocity
Last year, Professor Victor Davis Hanson wrote about the cancel culture: Each generation deals with its own manifestations of age-old mob frenzies, bullying and public shaming. Salem, Mass., had its witch trials in the 1690s. The 1950s endured its...