Archive: August 2015

This Was Her Promise

Jesus said, “Have you not read that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female and declared, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and cling to his wife, and the two shall become as one?’ Thus they are no...

Farewell Responsibility

In a letter to his daughter, Thomas Jefferson wrote this about debt: “Be assured that it gives much more pain to the mind to be in debt, than to do without any article whatever which we may seem to want.” More than a century later, while...

Capitalizing on Republican Resources

Though it’s much too early to predict the outcome of the Republican presidential sweepstakes, it’s not too early to speculate about which two candidates would provide the strongest, most electable ticket and to imagine what offices the other...

How Closely Do We Follow Him?

After reading the 6th chapter of the Gospel of John and reflecting on Jesus as the Bread of Life that the Father has given to his adopted children, it is time to draw some vital conclusions. What the risen Lord teaches us is something that is...

Militant Atheists are On the March

I don’t know how many people are aware of it but atheism — make that militant atheism — has been on the rise in the United States for years. Perhaps it was all the years of the religious right and the strident battles over abortion and the...

Our Catholic Faith is Increasingly Under Attack

When, by a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this past June 26 that same-sex “marriage” must be allowed in all fifty states, the four dissenting justices warned that this decision, among other grave consequences, threatened the religious...

America’s Economic Quagmire

If our government raises the debt ceiling in October, we are heading for another Greece. Forget all the news garbage of decreasing deficits. A deficit is still a deficit regardless of what the number is. Every government program today is in trouble...

The Coming Attacks on Trump

Donald Trump has already been the subject of one attack ad by Senator Rand Paul, and other candidates are reportedly planning to launch similar attacks in the coming months. I believe this will be a serious mistake. I should begin by pointing out...

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