I was blessed to have the day off of work on Tuesday 22nd, because i got to attend the 35th annual March For Life in DC. I took the metro into DC, and met up w/ my friend Michael, who had flown out with some members of the Institute of the Incarnate Word from San Jose, CA. It was SO nice to see a familiar face from back home =)
It was freezing, between 10-20 degrees, and we had a wee bit of rain, fortunately not much. The Marchers were roughly 200, 000 strong. I was amazed at the startling lack of Pro-Abort protesters! I saw, and i kid you not, a grand total of 1. It was completely different from the hostile, riotous protests at the 1st San Fransisco March that i went to back in 2005. Totally different experience. Michael was saying that it was prob b/c they've been doing it for 35 yrs out here, and DC is the seat of SO many protests and demonstrations that it's just old hat for the people here and not a big deal anymore. I guess so.
I ran into a couple TAC grads, and the Christendom crowd, so that was pretty cool. There were tons of Roman collars to be seen, and many a monk clad in hoods, flowing robes and beanies.
An amazing rainbow came out after the showers, and it made me think of Noah and the first rainbow...and perhaps this one might be a sign as well, of hope and peace, that someday soon the mass execution of our dear little ones will end...
4 comments:
Makes me think of Phil...
I wonder if they have rainbows in Iraq. I should ask him.
And WOW was that shallow and irreverant of me...
I totally undermined the beauty of your statement. Sorry Amina :(
...and that little fairies will come out of their shadowed little homes and teach us all to dance together, hand in hand, clad only in flowers...
remember that you count on me for balance :P
don't piss on my dreams, man. Not cool.
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