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Reflections on Independence Day
by Brett Manero Today marks Independence Day in the United States of America, marking the 249th birthday of this nation. John Adams, one of the key Founding Fathers and the second President of the United States, famously wrote to his wife Abigail of the significance of the new nation’s birthday: “It ought to be solemnized…
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80 Years Since Iwo Jima and Okinawa
by Brett Manero The year 2025 AD marks the eighteenth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, an anniversary which will arrive this August. It has already seen the eighteenth anniversary of V-E Day, Victory in Europe, when Nazi Germany formally surrendered to the victorious Allies. It will also see the eightieth anniversary…
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Juneteenth: Let Freedom Ring
by Brett Manero June 19th is the celebration of Juneteenth, which only recently became a federal holiday in the United States. Of all of the federal holidays of America, it perhaps best represents the journey of this nation, the journey of Scripture, and the journey of the Church and all of humanity: a journey from…
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Rest in Peace, Brian Wilson
by Brett Manero The music world lost an absolute legend in the death of Beach Boys founder and leader, Brian Wilson. Wilson was a titan of music – performing, writing, producing – during his heyday in the 1960’s, when the Beach Boys were at their apex. Founded in California in the early 1960’s, the Beach…
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The Guns of June: Pray for Peace
by Brett Manero The State of Israel, according to almost every major news site, launched a major air attack against Iran, killing one of the top military leaders of Iran and damaging (if not destroying) much of the nuclear infrastructure of the Islamic Republic. Iran has characteristcally promised a counterattack, which will likely come in…
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The American Pope
by Brett Manero It is a truly remarkable thing when a new Pope is elected as the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church. The papacy is one of the longest-running and most enduring institutions in human history. The fact that it remains intact, and that they Church remains intact, is a miracle. Indeed, it is…
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The Glory of the Resurrection
by Brett Manero It is several days past Easter Sunday, but we are still in the octave of Easter, and indeed, the Easter season will last for many more weeks. This is the season of Resurrection, of life, of hope for eternal life. Jesus Christ has done it: He has conquered death in His glorious…
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That Day Which is Called “Good”
by Brett Manero Almost every year, the question of “why do we call Good Friday good?” comes up. It’s a fair question. After all, it’s the commemoration of the most horrific act ever committed by people to another person: the unjust, unlawful, and thoroughly corrupt execution of the greatest man who ever lived, Jesus Christ,…
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I Have Called You Friends
by Brett Manero Friendship is an amazing thing. True, bona fide friendship can also feel like an incredibly rare thing. Perhaps this is why St. Thomas Aquinas – arguably the greatest theologian in the history of the Church – famously says of friendship: “There is nothing more on this Earth more to be prized than…
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That Week Which is Holy
by Brett Manero Sunday, April 13 begins Holy Week in the year 2025 AD. All of human history is centered around the life of Jesus Christ, and here we are, nearly exactly two-thousand years since His Passion, still commemorating that all-important event. Why is Holy Week called Holy Week? After all, the original Sabbath day…