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Wit & Wisdom

What would the baby choose?

July 1, 2022
By Father Joseph Breighner
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Respect Life, Wit & Wisdom

We want to be pro-life. We want to be pro-kindness!

Prayer is the first resort

June 21, 2022
By Father Joseph Breighner
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Wit & Wisdom

The rosary offers us the chance to pray as we go.

Go to the heart of God

May 2, 2022
By Father Joseph Breighner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Crisis in Ukraine, Wit & Wisdom

Evil is real. But the power of goodness is greater. With Christ in us, and Mary with us, we dare to overcome evil with goodness and Godness.

‘With great love’

April 5, 2022
By Father Joseph Breighner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

Vladimir Putin has chosen to inflict death. Can we use this as an incentive for us to choose life?

Measure of life: Goodness is here to stay

February 26, 2022
By Father Joseph Breighner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Wit & Wisdom

Life reveals the basic goodness of people. Yes, there are cruel and ruthless dictators. There are people who resort to crime and violence. Fortunately, they are the exceptions. Most people live good and decent lives.

Do the next right thing

February 8, 2022
By Father Joseph Breighner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

Do the next right thing and chances are you’ll be doing God’s will.

Called to forgive, not condemn

January 12, 2022
By Father Joseph Breighner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Respect Life, Wit & Wisdom

We pro-life people are trying to save lives. I’m not interested in condemning anyone who has had an abortion. Abortion is its own punishment.

Take back joy

December 4, 2021
By Father Joseph Breighner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

Of all the lines written and spoken about Christianity, the words of St. Athanasius always speak to me: “God became human so that humans could become God.”

Fundamentally good

November 4, 2021
By Father Joseph Breighner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

We are made in the image and likeness of God. And God came to earth in the person of Christ to remind us of who we are, and to empower us to live like God.

Modern miracle workers, part two

October 7, 2021
By Father Joseph Breighner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

You and I live in what any previous generation would call an age of miracles.

Modern miracle workers

September 14, 2021
By Father Joseph Breighner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

I suggest that we take some time in prayer to thank God for our various healing professions. I hope we will see them as expressions of God’s healing love and power.

What’s in a life?

July 6, 2021
By Father Joseph Breighner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

By the time this article appears, our friends, the cicadas, will have gone.

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