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January 23, 2024

Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation: Whoever Does the Will of God Is My Brother and Sister

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Mark 3:31-35 - And his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside they sent to him and called him. And a crowd was sitting about him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, asking for you." And he replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" And looking around on those who sat about him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother, and sister, and mother."

January 23, 2024

Fr. Shenan J. Boquet: March for Life: A Potent Expression of the Pro-Life Movement

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International - When a group of activist U.S. Supreme Court Justices unilaterally legalized the killing of preborn children nationwide in 1973, they didn’t choose to release their decision in late January, during winter, as a challenge to test the resolve of pro-life activists... Presumably, the Justices thought that their decision (7-2), while likely to be greeted with some controversy, would quickly become the settled law of the land. Likely, they did not expect that dauntless pro-life activists would rise to the challenge, organizing annual protests to mark the day of infamy, January 22.

January 23, 2024

(Catholic) Joe Biden Announces New Pro-Abortion Measures on Roe v. Wade Anniversary, by Tyler Arnold

By Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency - Pres. Joe Biden’s administration on Monday announced new plans to increase access to surgical abortion, chemical abortion, and contraceptives, with the move coming on the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s now-defunct Roe v. Wade ruling... The White House’s push includes new guidance from the HHS to support surgical abortion through a federal law that guarantees “emergency medical treatment.” The plan also moves forward with prior executive actions to provide easier access to chemical abortions through federal regulation. ....

January 23, 2024

The Whole Point Is the Hidden Point, by Sean Fitzpatrick

By Sean Fitzpatrick, Crisis Magazine - (Eric Sammons) has a point. Why vote if there are only foregone conclusions—and rarely in a way that promotes Catholic life? Why beat a dead horse when it can’t work anymore? Acknowledging the validity of such questions, I believe that there is a point to consider—not one that negates what Mr. Sammons has written but one that is higher than these political concerns and of eminently pious concern. A point that appears pointless, which is the whole reason why it is the point.