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    Easter Weekday First Reading ACTS 4:32-37 32 Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common.   33 And with great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.   34 There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of what was sold   35 and laid it at the apostles' feet; and distribution was made to each as any had need.   36 Thus Joseph who was surnamed by the apostles Barnabas (which means, Son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus,   37 sold a field which belonged to him, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet. Responsorial Psalm PSALMS 93:1-2, 5 1 The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed, he is girded with strength. Yea, the world is established; it shall never b

  Skip to main content Accessibility feedback ☰ Shop Donate MAGAZINE Transgenderism: How Did We Get Here? Three storms have merged to form our recent history of sexual confusion and transgenderism. TIM STAPLES  •  3/31/2023 Share Listen to the audio version of this content When I was in the seminary, my spiritual director, Fr. Patrick Brannan, S.J., told me the story of the dean of men dressing down a young Jesuit scholastic for acting in an “overtly effeminate” manner. Fr. Brannan just happened to be walking by the dean’s office when he overheard these words: “Act like a man. Men don’t act like that!” That was 1950. That was when our culture had the collective common sense to know the biological fact expressed in Genesis 1:27: “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” When it comes to the new trend of “ transgenderism ,” I don’t think I’m alone in wondering, “How in the world did we get here?” In our modern age, which i