One sign that a society is heading for the cliff is when medicine, once revered as the gatekeeper of ethical and moral decision-making, no longer fulfills that role. The curtain was drawn back for all to see during the COVID pandemic, when the majority of healthcare embraced the juggernaut of ridiculous and harmful policies devoid … Continue reading Another Evil Manifestation of Euthanasia
Category: Religion
Forgive Seventy Times Seven Times
Twenty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time-A Peter said, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.” The enormous number Jesus uses drives home the point that Christianity is synonymous with being forgiving. After laying the … Continue reading Forgive Seventy Times Seven Times
Remembering the Virtue of 9/11
Tomorrow is the lamentable twenty-fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks perpetrated by Islamic terrorists in New York, Washington, D.C, and Shanksville, PA. The terrorists commandeered commercial airplanes to crash into buildings and kill many Americans on that fateful day. Much has transpired in twenty-five years since the attack, and the resolve of a nation to … Continue reading Remembering the Virtue of 9/11
Love One Another as Yourself
Twenty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time-A “Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.” In this one sentence, St. Paul summarizes that all of the laws and commandments are dependent on the mandate to love another as you do yourself. St. Paul lists commandments such … Continue reading Love One Another as Yourself
Pick Up Your Cross and Follow Me
Twenty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time-A A large portion of advertising dollars goes to relieving or mitigating the suffering of the human condition. These messages claim they can help with physical and mental maladies. Some even claim they can eliminate the pain. Pharmaceutical companies don’t spend the money for nothing; the ads actually work.Not everyone, but … Continue reading Pick Up Your Cross and Follow Me
My Job Is to Get My Daughter Into Heaven
Recently, we heard a remarkable statement from a public figure rarely heard in our secular society. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, a Catholic and father of nine, told the world his most important work is helping his children get to heaven. How rarely do you hear a statement like this? More often than not, a parent’s … Continue reading My Job Is to Get My Daughter Into Heaven
What’s Wrong With the Women in Massachusetts?
The Democratic Governor of Massachusetts, Maura Healy, recently signed a new law allowing abortion up until the moment of birth. If this was not bad enough, she was surrounded by a cadre of ghoulish women who smiled with approval and applauded as Healy signed this barbaric practice into law. This legislation, for all intents and … Continue reading What’s Wrong With the Women in Massachusetts?
Who Do You Say I Am?
Twenty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time-A Today’s Gospel justifies the papacy. It recalls a moment in Jesus’ ministry when he asked his disciples what they had heard people saying about him. In response, the disciples recalled they thought he was St. John the Baptist; others thought he was the prophet Elijah or Jeremiah or some other … Continue reading Who Do You Say I Am?
Massachusetts Joins Nine Other States in Killing Infants
The pro-life community was ecstatic when Roe vs. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court. One of the reasons the high court gave in its decision was that the question of the so-called right to abortion was a state issue, not a federal one. Some of the more liberal states quickly amended their constitutions to … Continue reading Massachusetts Joins Nine Other States in Killing Infants
Even the Dogs Eat the Scraps
Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time-A This weekend, the task is to reflect on the conversation between Jesus and a Canaanite woman pleading for him to exorcize a demon from her daughter. The encounter occurred when Jesus retreated to the region of Tire and Sidon, presumably to rest and pray. The Canaanite woman called out to … Continue reading Even the Dogs Eat the Scraps