“Instead of choosing ‘great’ or impressive people in the eyes of the world, God uses the humble, the foolish, the weak and ‘those who count for nothing’ to accomplish his purposes. It is when we least expect it that the tiniest among us can humble the powerful.”

— Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, at last night’s pro-life vigil mass at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.

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