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UPDATED: 30 January It looks like EWTN will be re-broadcasting its coverage of the March for Life on Sunday, 1/31, from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.  If you prefer to read news coverage, the National Catholic Register always done a fine job.  Their article includes highlights of the top-notch pro-life speakers. The virtual March for Life is currently airing here on EWTN . It is worth watching. EWTN typically re-airs their coverage.  I will try to remember to post those re-air times or links if you would like to watch it later. 

  Prayers for Day 9  of the Novena 

  Prayers for Day 8  of the Novena 

  Quid hoc ad aeternitatem?   Until very recently, I had not heard of Fr. Francis Xavier Lasance .  But I would like to know more about him know.  He was a heroic and saintly priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in the 19th and 20th centuries, who served as a pastor and chaplain in many areas of the Cincinnati and Dayton areas.  His cause for canonization has not yet been taken up, but I hope it soon will be. Fr. Lasance suffered terrible physical ailments almost his entire life, including almost constant debilitating headaches, but did not let that get in the way of his zeal to save souls. One of his favorite sayings was from St. Aloysius Gonzaga, a patron of youth who died young in a time of plague, and also suffered greatly:  Quid hoc ad aeternitatem?  This Latin phrase loosely translates as, "What does this particular thing matter in the light of eternity?"  That's a question we should all ask ourselves often when we pray about what we ar...

  Prayers for Day 7  of the Novena 

  Prayers for Day 6  of the Novena 

  Prayers for Day 5  of the Novena