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I following story was in the Magnificat’s Advent Companion book for yesterday: Two years ago I gave birth to my eighth child, Genevieve. She was born three and one-half months early, weighing just over a pound. She had defects of her heart and intestines. She had Down syndrome. But she cried out when she was born — she was alive! … Read More

Stole this from Ignatius Press’ Facebook page: “The supreme adventure is being born. There we do walk suddenly into a splendid and startling trap. There we do see something of which we have not dreamed before. Our father and mother do lie in wait for us and leap out on us, like brigands from a bush. Our uncle is a … Read More

There are a few stories that I was going to try to post on today, but I’ve got a busy couple of days ahead of me…and I’m sure most of you do as well! Even if you’re just going to relax this Thanksgiving, I’m sure you’ll be visiting with family and NOT browsing the blogosphere. At least I hope you … Read More

In John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, he compares and contrasts the three states of man; “Original Man,” mankind before the Fall or first sin, “Historical Man” man after the Fall, (our current state,) and “Eschatological Man,” man following Christ’s second coming, (our life in heaven). Using the text-to-speech animation website xtranormal, TOB speaker Bill Donaghy imagines a meeting … Read More

God’s real strength is not mere human strength—it is not a matter of physical, mental, or intellectual abilities, useful though they may be. God’s strength is made perfect in man’s weakness, as St. Paul says.1 We are invited to let ourselves be visited in our littleness, our poverty, our weaknesses, to receive a new strength: the strength of trust and … Read More

To say that Christopher West is busy spreading the Gospel of the Theology of the Body would be an understatement. On top of teaching several week-long TOB immersion courses at the TOB institute, he’s got a seventh book coming out next January, he’s about to embark on a second national tour with the folk-rock group Mike Mangione & The Union … Read More

Saw this on Facebook earlier this week:

Ben Mattlin has an absolute must-read op-ed in the NewYorkTimes on why he’s skeptical about the supposed “safeguards” built into Massachusetts’ “Question 2” initiative: NEXT week, voters in Massachusetts will decide whether to adopt an assisted-suicide law. As a good pro-choice liberal, I ought to support the effort. But as a lifelong disabled person, I cannot. There are solid arguments … Read More