Red Mass: "The war on Christians in America"

October 17, 2014

I was honored to be invited by Bishop Wm. Michael Mulvey, STL, DD of the Corpus Christi, TX diocese to give the keynote speech after the Red Mass held in the beautiful Corpus Christi Cathedral on October 2^nd.

The “Red Mass” is a historical tradition within the Catholic Church dating back to the thirteenth century when it officially opened the term of the court for most European countries. The Red Mass is currently celebrated in dioceses throughout the United States to invoke God’s blessing upon the members of the Bench, Bar, Legislature, Law Enforcement and Governmental agencies.

THE WAR ON CHRISTIANS IN AMERICA

My speech took place after the Mass. It concerned the decades-long, war on Christians in America. The U. S. Supreme Court through a series of decisions starting in the 1960s, has incrementally engineered the de-Christianization of our nation while most Christians are sitting silently in the pews.

The Supreme Court has become the most dominant branch of government when it comes to the Culture War. It is the ultimate determiner of the direction of our culture. It is in the Courts that the great moral issues are being fought.

After my speech, I had the pleasure of meeting with a joyous group of students (pictured above) from the local St. John Paul II High School.

I want to thank Bishop Mulvey and the Diocesan legal counsel, Marco Crawford and his wife, for their gracious hospitality.