Nine Days Of Prayer, Penance And Pilgrimage On January 22nd and January 25th our nation will remember the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Since that tragic decision, more than 55 million children’s lives have been lost to abortion, and the lives of millions of their parents have been shattered. As part of the bishops’ recent call to prayer, “Nine Days of Prayer, Penance and Pilgrimage” will take place January 19-27, 2013. This time period, focusing on the theme of... Read more
It is not, ever, about us. It is not, ever, about this country. Congress is once again heading for another titanic fight over a deadline. This time it’s the debt limit. Now, I ask you, what would you consider important enough to shut down the government, damage America’s credit rating (all you credit card holders out there, think what happens to your payments when your interest rate goes up) and further traumatize an already traumatized citizenry? The HHS Mandate? Would saving... Read more
If your computer goes wacko, don’t blame Obama. NASA scientists say the sun itself is getting testy these days, and the way things are turning (literally) we might be in line to get a blast of that testiness here on planet Earth. Solar flares, which have been relatively quiescent in recent history, are revving up. Not only that, but the sun is rotating and the planets are aligning in such a way that one of these blasts might be on... Read more
It isn’t civil disobedience. It’s disobedience of bullies with a word processor. Refuse to let them tell you what to do. That’s all it takes to stand up to the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the self-appointed United States Supreme Court in absentia who rains down threatening letters on unsuspecting government officials at laser printer speed. Just don’t do what they tell you to do. A case in point is the Jackson Country School District in Ohio. They’ve decided to keep... Read more
Supporters estimate 1 million. Official estimates range as high as “at least 800,000.” That’s how many people showed up to support marriage in Paris Sunday. They came from all over the country, and they engaged in a peaceful march through the streets of Paris carrying signs that made it clear they were not attacking gay people, but supporting marriage. The reason for this protest was a proposed law that would re-write the French legal definition of marriage, changing it from... Read more
Stop Slogan-Voting. Stop Hate-Voting. Stop Being Manipulated. MONDAYS Why are Christians losing the Culture Wars? Read Stop Slogan-Voting. Stop Hate-Voting. Stop Being Manipulated beginning Monday, August 20 for home truth on real-world politics from a Christian/Catholic perspective. The series runs every Monday. I discontinued this series for the election and the holidays. Now, I’ll be starting it again. Public Catholic has picked quite a few new readers since I discontinued the series. So, I’ll re-run the old posts, one each... Read more
Ten reasons Catholic Church is cool 1. It was founded by Jesus Christ. It was founded by the Second Person of the Trinity, the Son of God, the Word of God made flesh. Ladies and gentlemen: Jesus Christ. 2. We don’t conform to society. Ahem: Chastity, Modesty, Pro-life, traditional marriage, care for the poor, disenfranchised and vulnerable, defense of the right to private property and a just wage. So basically, the exact opposite of Hollywood/MTV/the media in general/and trendies on... Read more
My friend Judge Twyla Gray died a year ago last October after a twenty year battle with breast cancer. A few months before she died, she gave this speech at TEDxOKC. Twyla and I were first elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives together in 1980. She and her husband, Charles, set up the blind date that kicked off the courtship between me and my husband. Twyla was a brilliant woman whose career ultimately led her to spend many years... Read more
Mother Teresa gave this speech at the National Prayer Breakfast on February 5, 1994. On the last day, Jesus will say to those on His right hand, “Come, enter the Kingdom. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was sick and you visited me.” Then Jesus will turn to those on His left hand and say, “Depart from me because I was hungry and you did not feed me,... Read more
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