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On Sunday morning, November 14th, a parishioner of St. Raymond of Peñafort found a newborn baby (only a few hours old) who’d been left in a pink duffel bag outside the church.  Police say that the mother obviously didn’t give birth in a hospital, and are concerned for her health and well-being. The baby is… Continue reading Mother and Baby to Pray For

I’ve criticized the Left’s warped preoccupation with population control before (here, here, here, here, here, here, and here), and this particular breed of insanity is one which is generally favored by liberals.  But the Right is not without its own advocates for population control, and their ideas are no less barbaric.  If anything, they might be… Continue reading The Right’s Dangerous Population Control Proponents

Lots of Protestants are uneasy with the way that Catholics personify the Church as “Mother Church,” and refer to the Church as She.  They’re also uncomfortable, of course, with Catholics referring to Mary as “Mother.”  Both of these practices, however, are derived from Scripture. I. The Church Personified Now, the Church is frequently personified in Scripture.  Paul… Continue reading “Mother” Church? “Mother” Mary?

(1) Catholic Information Center is hosting Yuval Levin from 6 PM onwards tonight as part of its monthly CIC Young Professionals Happy Hour. The name of Levin’s speech is “Beyond the Welfare State,” and CIC has issued an open invitation to “Gather the Jews,” a the Jewish counterpart to CIC Young Professionals, and is offering… Continue reading Three Quick Notes

I was struck in last Thursday’s post by the references in Exodus 16:8 and Ex. 16:12 tying the manna with the quail meat: “meat in the evening, bread in the morning.”  It struck me then, and still strikes me, as rather Eucharistic.  Then I started to think about the other places we see this.  Two… Continue reading Lamb of God, Bread of Life

I got a job in D.C. as an attorney. It’s the job I’d been wanting, with a firm I love. I couldn’t be much more thankful! Thank you to everyone who prayed for me: it made a difference.

Thanks be to God!

Wall Street Journal: “To Protest Hiring of Nonunion Help, Union Hires Nonunion Pickets“ Get this. Unions are protesting two things: that certain companies hire nonunion workers, and that the pay is low. But the union members don’t want to actually protest themselves, so they hire nonunion members to protest for them… and pay them minimum… Continue reading Ironic Beyond Belief

Two words: free donuts. At Krispy Kreme. Okay, more than two words.