Jeanie Hannaman

August 18, 2023

Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation: What God Has Joined Together

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Matthew 19:3-12 - And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?" He answered, "Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, `For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? ....

August 18, 2023

The Lord’s Call to Give Up Everything, by Constance T. Hull

By Constance T. Hull, Catholic Exchange - What does being a disciple of Jesus cost? This is the question the rich young man poses to Our Lord in Matthew 19:16 when he asks: “Teacher what good must I do to gain eternal life?” The answer the Lord gives to him in the verses that follow is astonishing to both the young man and the disciples who are present during this discourse. The Lord tells this earnest young man that he must follow the commandments, but then He goes further, and tells the young man to give up everything—all of his earthly treasures— to follow Him. ...

August 18, 2023

Follow the Science, Not the Crowd, by William Kilpatrick

By William Kilpatrick, Crisis Magazine - The hottest, new, jump-on-the-bandwagon idea in medicine, psychology, and education is “transitioning.” The theory behind the trans movement, however, is based on the work of a fraud... Take the case of Johnson Varkey, a biology professor at St. Philip’s College in San Antonio, Texas. He was recently dismissed from his position after four students complained that he taught that sex is determined by chromosomes—something that Varkey had taught for 20 years.

August 18, 2023

Former Liberation Theologian Says Movement Fueled Decline of Catholicism in Brazil, by Marcelo Musa Cavallari

By Marcelo Musa Cavallari, Catholic News Agency - The long dominance of liberation theology is at the root of the decline of Catholicism in Brazil, according to Friar Clodovis Boff... in a move that alienated him from his famous brother (Leonardo), Clodovis Boff published the article “Liberation Theology and Return to Fundamentals,” in which he accused liberation theologians of making the poor the center of theology instead of Jesus Christ... Boff has written a book calling for a re-centering of the Latin American Catholic Church in Christ.