Sometimes I feel I’ve got to
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Daniel Mitsui: “The feast of 18 December was commonly called, even in the liturgical books, S. Maria de la O, because on that day the clerics in the choir after Vespers used to utter a loud and protracted O, to express the longing of the universe for the coming of the Redeemer.”

Family Scholars: The Washington Post has three articles on sperm donation and new family forms. This is the line that jumped out at me: “It’s hypocritical of parents and medical professionals to assume that biological roots won’t matter to the ‘products’ of the cryobanks’ service, when the longing for a biological relationship is what brings customers to the banks in the first place.”

And the Dappled Things Advent issue is up! This one looks really, really exciting, though I haven’t had time to read it yet. Amy Welborn is in it!