Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span. ~ Exodus 23:25-26, New International Version [Photo via the San Francisco Chronicle]
Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” The LORD said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to […]
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, proclaiming, “The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, […]
The Lord, the Word Incarnate, took on human flesh and became man. He didn’t descend from heaven a full-grown man, but began His human journey at conception in Mary’s blessed womb. He redeemed every single second of our human existence and showed quite clearly that every single second of it is blessed, good and precious […]
I was in Washington, DC, yesterday and attended a private function at which Minnesota Congresswoman and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann spoke on the record about her pro-life convictions. Bachmann began by recounting her launch into the pro-life movement, which began when she was a junior in high school. “I was standing by my locker, and […]
From the National Catholic Register, June 24: So, technically, this doesn’t quite qualify as a flash mob, but I love it nonetheless. The video features two Capuchin Franciscan friars (I’m guessing that they could be from this friary) who bring the body of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist right into the center of Preston, England’s […]
UPDATE 2/16, 7:25a: There is more commentary out on this topic. Interestingly, it appears Live Action’s investigative sting of Planned Parenthood is a moral dilemma primarily for Catholics. Dr. Monica Miller has written an exhaustive commentary supporting Live Action here, while Dr. Robert George has staked out the opposite position here. Steve Kellmeyer can see […]
I mentioned this verse a couple weeks ago in the Sunday quote, but in case you missed it: Thank the LORD, my rock, who trained my hands to fightand my fingers to do battle. ~
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
