Tag: Justice

The Prayer of the Lowly Pierces the Clouds

Once there was an older, very stern, upright, humorless womanโ€”weโ€™ll call her Mrs. Pendergastโ€”who wasnโ€™t feeling well.  She went to see a doctor, who began by asking her some routine questions.  โ€œDo you drink at all...

The Outcry for Justice and Peace

On Thursday, February 24, 2022, Russian forces invaded Ukraine. It is ironic that this despicable act of aggression was initiated on a Thursday, the day when in the Rosary we contemplate the mysteries of light. Theย worsening situation in Ukraine, as...

Crocodile Tears for the Constitution

โ€œIt does violence to the Constitution and the vision of our founders to appoint such a person in such a manner to be the chief legal officer in our country.โ€โ€”Nancy Pelosi. In the above quotation, Pelosi is referring to President Trumpโ€™s appointment...

Celibacy, Sexual Abuse, and the Denigration of Women

In a recent essay I noted that, while allegedly seducing a young priest who later committed suicide, Albany Bishop Howard Hubbard justified his homosexual acts by claiming that celibacy means nothing more than โ€œbeing free of sexual contact with...

The Lord our Justice

The Prophet Jeremiah (23:1-6)ย introduces Godโ€™s new order by announcing to us an unusual title for Jesus: โ€œThe Lord our Justice.โ€ Now, such a title has nothing to do with Jesusโ€™ fairness as judge or about meting out of reward or punishment for...

The Father Gordon J. MacRae Story

I recently received an email from a well known American journalist asking if my investigation and articles on the case of falsely accused and wrongly imprisoned priest, Father Gordon J. MacRae, can be found in one place. I had never thought of this...

A Grievous Error

I am not here to cast Donald Trump-like aspersions upon a judge whose decision I simply do not like. I have no doubt that Father Gordon MacRae would bar me from publishing here if I did. I am simply here to describe a grievous error that occurred in...