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Take My Son…

January 21, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Take My Son…

BY JOE SIXPACK I got the following in an email from a Joe Sixpack reader the other day, and I liked it so much I thought it should be shared with all of you:A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire the great works of art.When the Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war. He was very courageous and died in battle while rescuing another soldier. The father was notified and grieved deeply for his only son.About a month later, just before Christmas, there was a knock at the door. A young man stood at the…Continue Reading

Neither Left Nor Right, But Catholic . . . Corporate America’s Embrace Of Wokism

January 20, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Neither Left Nor Right, But Catholic . . . Corporate America’s Embrace Of Wokism

By STEPHEN M. KRASON We have observed the striking phenomenon of the American corporate community embracing the woke worldview. These are the corporations that the political left — now so firmly ensconced in the Democratic Party, which is perhaps the major institutional advocate of wokism — had for so long claimed were against the people and the good of the country. What has changed the character of corporate America? Why has it embraced wokism and thus seemed to side now with the left that for so long despised it?While the left likes to think of wokism as being against racial discrimination and what it considers to be social inequalities — without, of course, ever analyzing what the latter means —…Continue Reading

Archbishop Gómez . . . Sounds The Alarm On “Political Religions”

January 19, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Archbishop Gómez . . . Sounds The Alarm On “Political Religions”

By CHRISTOPHER MANION This past November, Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles, president of the USCCB, gave a video address the Congress of Catholics and Public Life in Madrid. His topic: “The Rise of New Secular Ideologies and Movements for Social Change in the United States and the Implications for the Church.” His remarks focused on “the wider context of the global movement of secularization and de-Christianization and the impact of the pandemic.”His bold condemnation of the “spirit of the age” in the Western World was simply stunning.“An elite leadership class has risen in our countries that has little interest in religion and no real attachments to the nations they live in or to local traditions or cultures,” he said.“This…Continue Reading

A Beacon Of Light . . . The Ministry Of Jesus And The Anointing Of The Sick

January 18, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on A Beacon Of Light . . . The Ministry Of Jesus And The Anointing Of The Sick

By FR. RICHARD D. BRETON JR. (Editor’s Note: Fr. Richard D. Breton Jr. is a priest of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn. He received his BA in religious studies and his MA in dogmatic theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Conn.) + + Our survey of the Catechism of the Catholic Church has allowed us to examine one of the sacraments of healing, namely, the Sacrament of Penance. Today we will discuss the second sacrament of healing, which is the Anointing of the Sick.The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick finds its origins in the ministry of Jesus. As Jesus journeyed with His disciples, He encountered many who were sick. The sick sought out Jesus because…Continue Reading

Social Justice Or Claptrap?

January 17, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Social Justice Or Claptrap?

By DEACON MIKE MANNO Maybe I’ve been laid-up a little too long from my stroke, but without the ability to read well I’ve been left with only two options to keep me busy: watching TV and thinking.TV loses its appeal the third time you see the same rerun or the sixth time you are force fed your most unfavorite commercial. Since football is almost over, and watching the news raises my blood pressure higher than my doctors want it to be, I’ve reluctantly turned to thinking.But thinking is not my first choice, since it hurts my head. I think it is because I have a four-cylinder brain while trying to do some eight-cylinder thinking.So to stave off boredom, I decided…Continue Reading

Neither Left Nor Right, But Catholic . . . Corporate America’s Embrace Of Wokism

January 16, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Neither Left Nor Right, But Catholic . . . Corporate America’s Embrace Of Wokism

By STEPHEN M. KRASON We have observed the striking phenomenon of the American corporate community embracing the woke worldview. These are the corporations that the political left — now so firmly ensconced in the Democratic Party, which is perhaps the major institutional advocate of wokism — had for so long claimed were against the people and the good of the country. What has changed the character of corporate America? Why has it embraced wokism and thus seemed to side now with the left that for so long despised it?While the left likes to think of wokism as being against racial discrimination and what it considers to be social inequalities — without, of course, ever analyzing what the latter means —…Continue Reading

Will Republican Victories Continue Beyond Virginia?

January 15, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Will Republican Victories Continue Beyond Virginia?

By CHRISTOPHER MANION The January 15 inauguration of Republican Glenn Youngkin as Virginia’s governor marks a significant milestone in the efforts of families nationwide to restore their primacy of place in the education of their children.In Virginia, the efforts have advanced significantly with recent events in Loudoun County, one of America’s richest counties and the home of thousands of powerful government employees, consultants, and contractors, along with the prospering infrastructure that supports them. (In fact, the wealthy counties surrounding the nation’s capital are uniquely immune to the economic hardships faced by the rest of the nation).We recall that Loudoun was the focus of the rebellion by parents against the county’s school board and its efforts to advance the “gender” agenda,…Continue Reading

The Forgotten Person

January 14, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on The Forgotten Person

By JOE SIXPACK Everything in Catholicism, as in all Christianity, focuses on Jesus Christ. We focus on Him for a great variety of reasons: His sacrificial death on the cross, our redemption through Him, He’s the founder of the faith we profess….The list could go on and on.The Mass, of course, is the highest form of worship of God. In fact, the Mass is the worship of God the Father with a re-presentation of the sacrifice of the Lamb (the Son) in atonement for the sins of man. So the Mass is, to most Catholics’ way of thinking, all about the Father and the Son. But when it comes to the Holy Spirit, most of us sort of neglect Him…Continue Reading

The Big (Almost) Return

January 13, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on The Big (Almost) Return

By DEACON MIKE MANNO (Editor’s Note: The Wanderer is delighted to welcome Mike Manno back to our pages, and we ask our readers to continue to pray for his full return to good health.) + + Well, I’m back.Sort of. You probably read in this space that I suffered a stroke last October. Fortunately, my wife took me to the hospital immediately and I missed the worst aspects of a stroke.For what seemed an eternity, people kept coming into my room wanting me to squeeze their fingers, and give them the date. It’s Halloween, I’d say, only to be asked a question I kept getting wrong: what year is it?Once they even asked me who the president was, when I…Continue Reading

Politics Promises An Interesting Year In Store

January 12, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Politics Promises An Interesting Year In Store

By CHRISTOPHER MANION It’s going to be a long year.Most Americans today are working hard to recover from the China Virus and bring our resilient country back to its full potential.Unfortunately, some folks have other plans.A long time ago, a fellow named Rahm Emanuel, a senior adviser to Bill Clinton, laid down the law for the next generation of Democrat politicians:“Never let a crisis go to waste.”And for the past two years, the American Left has done everything it can to create an Emanuel-style “Crisis Syndrome,” and to perpetuate it as long as possible.Yes, it started with the virus, but they don’t want it to end there. The year 2020 was full of mandates “to keep us safe” while Democrats…Continue Reading