It's coincidental that Abraham Lincoln’s birthday falls two days shy of Valentine’s Day, and few would look to our 16th president for wisdom in romance.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of pregnancies and abortion-vulnerable women coming to the St. John Paul II Life Center and Vitae Clinic in Austin, TX, greatly increased.
On December 7, 1965, Pope St. Paul VI promulgated the Second Vatican Council document Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World), which emphasized a theology of Christian mission, describing the Church as “leaven in the world” (GS, 40).
"First things first," said St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner as he accepted the trophy as Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXXIV at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. “I’ve got to thank my Lord and Savior up above – thank You, Jesus!”
If each of us were a dish, we would all have our own recipe — our own ingredients, talents, years, environmental factors, and life experiences that make up who we are.