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As election day 2023 draws near and in light of all that has happened within our nation over the past few years, many people are finally asking themselves:  Is it proper for a Christian to vote precisely as a Christian?  That is, to make political choices based primarily on Christian values and principles? I would answer yes.  Emphatically Yes!! We, Catholics, have let the secular society in which we live give us a kind of inferiority complex. We, too often, speak and act as if the biblical understanding of man and woman and human society were in some way inferior, […]

It is a commonly known fact that people in the ancient world believed there were many gods.  In the early biblical history, each nation was thought to have its own god, whom they worshipped and upon whom they depended for the necessities of life.   This ancient theology is generally thought to be obsolete.  In our modern, more enlightened age, we now believe in only one God, who is creator and sustainer of all things.  But whether or not that conclusion is true depends upon how we are using the word, God.  If we are speaking of our theological theory, then […]

One of the most obvious facts about our world today is fragmentation, separation, people, as it were, divided into separate, warring and competing groups.  This tragic condition prevails at almost every level of life.  We can observe it on a national and international scale.  How many borders are there in our world that are watched on both sides by guards carrying guns?  A carefully watched border can mean only one thing: the nations on either side are divided.  They do not trust each other. Today our own nation is fighting the war on terrorism.  Hundreds of thousands of our young […]

When Harry Truman was president of the United States, his daughter, Margaret, was aspiring to a career in opera.  The music critics had written some rather discouraging things about her future in that particular field.  Finally, she went to a specialist for an assessment of her chances to become an opera star.  After several days of evaluation, the specialist gave her opinion.  She said to Miss Truman, “You have a beautiful voice.  It is big enough and rich enough for opera.  The problem is with your ear.  And because of your ear, you will never attain greatness.” Maybe that same […]