"Any agnostic or atheist whose childhood has known a real Christmas has ever afterwards, whether he likes it or not, an association in his mind between two ideas that most of mankind must regard as remote from each other; the idea of a baby and the idea of unknown strength that sustains the stars."

-G.K. Chesterton

Used with Permission from Winter Fire

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

Cardinal Friday: Pray and Sacrifice for Cardinal Raymond Burke

Jesse Tree: Jacob and Esau, by Denise Trull at TOH Blog

FBI Director Grilled After Release of New Report on Targeting of Catholics, by Tyler Arnold and Joe Bukuras at CNA

“Dated” Kitchen Cabinets Totally Transform — Without a Drop of Paint, by Cullen Ormond at The Kitchn

How David Killed Goliath: An Amazing Demonstration of the Sling Shot, by Msgr. Charles Pope at Community in Mission

DEI and the End of the Constitutional Order, by Christopher Rufo at The American Mind

Notre-Dame Cathedral's Spire Fitted with a New Cross, at The Brussels Times 

Garlic Brown Sugar Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin, by Jessica at How Sweet Eats

The Catholic Priest Who Changed Hollywood, by Christian Peschken and Stephen Werner at NCR

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In the news: Video: Women Need the Patriarchy with Dr. Carrie Gress, by Matt Fradd at Pints with Aquinas