Michael Brown at Spirit Daily reminds us that the "Most Reverend John Carroll, of Baltimore, America's first Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated the newly-created nation under the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the title of the Immaculate Conception in 1792 and decades later Pope Pius IX formalized Carroll's acclamation -- proclaiming the Immaculate Conception as the patroness of the United States in 1847." Knowing this, I invite you to join me in prayer for Our Lady's prayerful intercession in the election today, that the outcome may be according to the Father's will, that the rights of the unborn and...