also known as The Boy Fort.

At the Washington Post today, I’m talking about IVF and the business of babies.

On the topic of IVF, the church is a voice for the voiceless — the human embryos that have become defenseless commodities in a medical world that exploits infertile couples’ natural desires for children of their own.

Read the whole thing …

I will be speaking at the St. Paul School in Wellesley, Massachusetts on October 14 at 7:30 pm. I’d love to meet you there, if you can make it!

Get all the details.

on Barack Obama on Hannity & Colmes …

Hear more of Gianna’s amazing testimony at Faith & Family Live.

I’ll share more tomorrow at Faith & Family Live!

You can read my latest column at Inside Catholic today — properly-themed for today’s feast of St. Therese and her “Little Way.”

“Look at me!” I announced to my bleary-eyed husband when he emerged from the bedroom one morning soon after our second child was born. Carefully, I shifted tiny Eamon in the crook of one arm as I scrambled eggs, buttered toast, and poured juice with my free hand. “I can nurse the baby and cook breakfast at the same time!”

I was such a fool.

What I didn’t know is that it’s not long after a young mother makes her first heroic efforts in the face of parental adversity that family members stop applauding her clever resourcefulness and just plain expect it.

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We’re discussing the Pew Forum Survey results at the Washington Post this week. My entry deals specifically with Catholics’ apparent ignorance of the treasure of the Eucharist:

Many converts to Catholicism, especially well studied ones, will tell you that it was the sacraments, and specifically the Eucharist, that drew them to the Catholic Church in the first place. God built us for union with him. We long for Christ, and it is in the sacraments that we find that union.

Read the whole thing.

Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face
(Feast Day is Friday)

Lord, have mercy on us,
Christ, have mercy on us,
Lord, have mercy on us,
Christ, hear us, Christ, graciously hear us,
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us,
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us
God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us,
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us,
Holy Mary, Pray for us
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Pray for us
Our Lady of Victory, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, servant of God, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, victim of the merciful love of God, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, spouse of Jesus, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, gift of Heaven, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, remarkable in childhood, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, an example of obedience, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, resigned to the Divine Will of God, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, lover of peace, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, lover of patience, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, lover of gentleness, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, heroic in sacrifices, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, generous in forgiving, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, benefactress of the needy, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, lover of Jesus, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, devoted to the Holy Face, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, consumed with Divine love of God, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, advocate of extreme cases, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, persevering in prayer, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, a powerful advocate with God, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, showering roses, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, doing good upon earth, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, answering all prayers, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, lover of Holy Chastity, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, lover of voluntary poverty, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, lover of obedience, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, burning with zeal for God’s glory, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, inflamed with the Spirit of Love, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, child of benediction, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, perfect in simplicity, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, so remarkable for trust in God, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, gifted with unusual intelligence, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, never invoked without some answer, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, teaching us the sure way, Pray for us
Little Thérèse, victim of Divine Love, Pray for us
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, spare us,
O Lord Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us,
O Lord Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Little Flower of Jesus, pray for us.

Let us Pray: O God, Who didst inflame with Thy Spirit of Love the soul of Thy Servant Therese of the Child Jesus, grant that we also may love Thee and make Thee much loved. Amen.