Darkness and Light

By Charlie Johnston The first thing to understand is that God wins. There is no doubt whatsoever about that. That being the case, there is only one question that is relevant in each of our lives. It is not whether or not the Church will survive and what we must do to save it. Nor […]

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The End of the Beginning

I wrote the following piece just a year ago – on December 14, 2020. It has held up pretty well. In this Advent Season, while many look with joyful hope to the anniversary of the birth of our Savior, there is also a profound sense of dread about what will happen when the calendar turns […]

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Weak but Willing

By Charlie Johnston My dear friend, Fr. Regis Scanlon, OFM, passed on Saturday night in Denver. He worked with St. Mr. Teresa, doing Eucharistic Formation for her nuns. What a glorious man with a lively sense of humor. Thank God we got to visit just before I hit the road – but it had to […]

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Deliver Us From Evil

By Charlie Johnston I promised that on this, the 104th anniversary of the penultimate day of the apparitions at Fatima, I would offer a prayer of repentance and renewal for all those who have been damaged by the counter-scientific Covid restrictions, including the experimental gene therapy shot. The prayer is a single one, but in […]

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Things Are Coming to a Head

By Charlie Johnston This is Joe Biden’s America: In Chicago, State’s Atty. Kim Foxx declines to press charges against five men arrested in a fatal gang shootout; In Washington, D.C. some 500 people continue into their ninth month of solitary confinement for “parading” in the Capitol. In Arlington, Texas, a school shooter is released the […]

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About Homeopathy

We have had a few people who have confused homeopathy with New Age Eastern Mysticism. Since our Health and Wellness Team at CORAC makes prominent use of homeopathy in its teaching of various home medicinal techniques, I asked our Team Leader, Micki Blunt, to address those concerns. I had already done a light dive study […]

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The Division That Brings Peace

By Charlie Johnston “Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.” -Matthew 10:34   When goals are similar, people and representatives can argue vociferously on implementation and make noble compromises. When foundational goals are contradictory and incompatible, compromise is not feasible: […]

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America’s Macbeth Moment

By Charlie Johnston Every person craves transcendent meaning in their life. For those whose hope is in God, that meaning is found in their hope of eternal life with their Creator. The means by which they seek to attain that goal is to love and serve God, primarily through loving and serving those around them. […]

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