Mary Did You Know is a pretty song. I rather like it myself. But it is based on the false premise that there is a question as to whether Our Lady knew that the Baby she was carrying was the Messiah, the Son of God, the Lord of Lords, Christ the King. Here’s the short answer to that question: She knew. Here’s how I know she knew. When the Archangel Gabriel spoke to Mary, he asked — not told, but... Read more
I want to have a detailed discussion of euthanasia. I think this is an important point at which faith and public life meet. It is also a worthwhile discussion for Advent. If we are awaiting the day when we either go to Christ or He comes again, then we need to consider what we want our lives to reflect. One of the many ways in which Christians are blessed is that the burden of “deciding” when to kill ourselves... Read more
The Immaculate Conception is the door opening on our salvation. It is God the Father, preparing the way for the birth of God the Son by first preparing a holy mother for Him. The idea that God chose to enter the world as a helpless baby, born to a young girl and her carpenter husband in a backwater province of a conquered nation goes against everything we know and believe about what makes a person important. We live in a... Read more
The Bible ends with a poignant verse. Come Lord Jesus, cries in a voice that resounds in the heart of every Christian. Two thousand years ago, the conquered children of Israel looked forward to Him, even though they didn’t fully understand Who He was, and they certainly misunderstood what He would do. The prophecies of the Christ begin in Genesis when God tells the serpent He will set enmity between the serpent and the Woman, that she would crush his... Read more
I don’t know what it is about the holidays. All I know is that the family alcoholics/drug addicts cannot stand the happiness that might happen at this time of the year. So, they rouse themselves from their self-absorption and go to work, manufacturing crises and doing everything in their power to pull the rest of the family into the traumas of their own devising. They won’t stop until you stop them, or until they’ve made such a mess of... Read more
To join the discussion about Gay and Catholic, or to order a copy, go here. I know a lot of people who are gay and Catholic, on both sides of the altar. Contrary to the media yammerings, being Gay and Catholic is something of a commonplace. I’ve never personally known someone who was Catholic and gay who hated the Church the way that we hear they should. What I have seen is a number of people who are doing just... Read more
Gwin Faulconer Lippert, a reporter at KTOK Radio, a local station here in Oklahoma City, did this interview with me last night. It’s a retrospective on my career in the legislature, which ends officially tomorrow. I plan on taking my family out for Pizza at the Hideaway restaurant here in OKC. Just us. It’s about personal family memories. I woke up this morning, thinking “this is my last day in office.” It kind of got to me. Then I... Read more
November 12, 2014 Human Rights / Social Justice Advocate Leaving Legislature After 18 Years OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Rebecca Hamilton retires from the Legislature next week after 18 years of service during which she exhibited a bulldog’s tenacity on social issues such as abortion, domestic violence, abuse/protection of the elderly, and human trafficking. “Throughout my legislative career I tried to do things that would give people a sense of hope and a brighter future,” the Oklahoma... Read more
If you do not eat of my flesh and drink of my blood, you will no have life within you. Jesus Christ The Eucharist was a scandal. Many of Jesus’ followers left Him when He explicitly told them I am the bread of life. It is popular today to cast Jesus as a Casper Milquetoast god thingy of our devising. According to popular cant, Jesus’ sole purpose in becoming human was to tell us that, hey, I’m ok and you’re ok.... Read more
From what I gather, I’m doing this retreat so wrong that it hardly qualifies as a retreat. I think I’m supposed to go sit in a room and keep silence, waiting for God to speak to me. But, to be honest, if I went off in a room and kept silence for days at a time, I would probably sleep for a couple of days and then start trying to dig a tunnel through the floor. It’s just not me.... Read more
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