I so wish things could've worked out for Husband Mike and me to attend this year's March for Life. While we can't be there, we can and are praying for those wonderful folks out marching right now.
You definitely won't see the MSM reporting on this, and if they do, what they may say will misrepresent and downplay the march's magnitude. Thankfully, pro-lifers are stepping in to get the word out, and throughout the day, I've been sneaking peeks at EWTN's live online coverage. Here are a few great images:
Lookie, lookie! Franciscan friars! Woooooo!
Love seeing all these banners. Yay, Missouri!
What a joyful riot of color.
Nice shot showing just a tiny fraction of the huge variety of placards and signs that folks are carrying.
It's not a "single issue", it's a foundational one
Thanks to my pal, Deacon John, for the heads-up on this splendid web site, CatholicVote.com, which features the following powerful and hitting-the-nail-on-the-head video:
Catholic Vote 2008
Along these lines, I've never been interested in buying campaign paraphernalia, but this one is darn good:
For a more in-depth explanation of Church teaching and non-negotiable issues when voting, check out the Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics.
(And no, Husband Mike and I are not Democrats nor Republicans. We're Catholic, and as such, are Politically Homeless.)
Micki's advance post, October 18 I Believe, especially moved me. There's something immensely humbling in picturing Jesus as a little child, and the image of Him holding aloft His Sacred Heart with the accompanying text, "See, oh see / How I love thee", struck me deeply.
It reminded me again what an breathtaking act of humility it is for the Creator of the universe to come to us as a Child, and also in the form of bread and wine.
"... [P]erhaps this lowly and helpless goose was an opportunity to bring out the spark of compassion and concern for all creation that lies with in all. That spark was fanned into a glowing flame in the hearts of the three men who took a great risk and braved sub-zero temperatures and dangerous river ice in an attempt to save one goose." Read the full article.
