Cardinal Timothy DolanCommentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Apparently, I’m not the only one getting an earful about the Met Gala where Hollywood stars showed up in outrageous costumes that caricatured Catholicism and offended almost everyone I know (even non-Catholics). Cardinal Dolan is also being called upon to explain why this was allowed to happen – and why he attended the event.
Justin Danhof, Esq., the same man who forced an apology out of Joy Behar for offending Christians turned his sights on Prudential at a recent meeting and demanded to know why the company, along with 36 others, signed an amicus brief filed by a radical LGBTQ activist group that sides against the religious freedom of the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC (Wikicommons)Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Social media is abuzz this morning over last night’s Met Gala which was themed “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” and drew stars dressed in costumes that many found to be downright offensive to Catholics.
All life should be respected from beginning to natural end, even when doctors think it’s all over for a patient, because the Author of Life can choose to intervene at any point - which is exactly what happened last week when a 13 year-old “brain dead” boy suddenly regained consciousness.
Annie and John Paul Deddens"Prayer is a surge of the heart, it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy." –St. Therese of Lisieux
I found out about Pray More Novenas years before getting to know Annie. When I learned the backstory of how Pray More Novenas came in existence, I remember thinking- wow! this couple really has something special!
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSBoy Scouts of America has hammered the last nail in its coffin by officially removing the “Boy” from its name, a decision that has left at least one mother very disappointed.
Even before the ink was dry on a new Iowa abortion law that will ban all abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, the abortion industry announced plans to challenge the law – but confident supporters say “See you in court!”
Today is National Star Wars Day and many of the film’s fans will be offering the movie’s famous greeting ,“May the force be with you,” or its pun for the day, “May the fourth be with you.” Judging by world conditions and the strife that abounds both at home and abroad, we could use some force and power to bring relief, order, and justice to our beleaguered globe.
Just as the country of Ireland is preparing to vote on repealing its' abortion ban, an autopsy report on the senseless death of a 32-year-old Irish woman who died after a botched abortion in a UK clinic should give the nation a stark reality check about the so-called “safety” of today’s legal abortion clinics.
President Donald J. Trump used the occasion of the National Day of Prayer to sign an executive order establishing a new faith-based office charged with insuring that religious and community organizations have the full support of the government - and he used a powerful conversion story to highlight what a difference faith can make!
