Get a life

Every first Saturday of the month a group of youth and some adults join together to help fight the never ending battle for the unborn children of the world. It's a joy to know that in the short time that we stand with our signs, singing and praying, we could make a difference to someones life and their future child. Even if we only save one child in the hours that we stand and pray, it's one more life that we have saved. Standing with our signs, we experience abusive honking of horns, supportive honking of horns (and yes, you can tell the difference) and wild shouts of foul language. Today was no exception to this.

During Mass this morning we experienced torrential down pours of rain, that didn't dampen our spirits for the Pro-life vigil. Just deciding whether to go ahead with the Pro-life Prayer Vigil was a battle, 'do we stand in the rain and continue or wait for another time?' We decided on the first option. At the conclusion of Mass the rain ceased and we continued on our way to our regular spot, holding our signs and umbrella's, ready for the oncoming onslaught of shouts, jeers and potential rain. Once out at the road we started our prayers and singing and much to our delighted surprise we were greeted with hot tea from the restaurant across the road, this little gesture helped raise our spirits to know that we are being cared for whilst doing the work of God.

We were honked at and abused and also supported this morning, but one particular cry of abuse stood out. With the lights on green the passing traffic continued on it's merry way, in this particular lot of journeying  traffic, a man driving with his children in his car, managed to lean across the passenger seat, whilst driving through the green light and shouted 'GET A LIFE!' First of all, he should of been concentrating on the upcoming intersection, and second of all, should he be showing his children this sort of behaviour? It wasn't what he was doing whilst he was shouting at us, it was what he said, 'get a life'. Now in this situation it has many meanings to it.

'GET A LIFE!' Well, we were holding up signs talking about the value of life, therefore stating that the unborn child should be able to ... 'get a life' outside it's mothers womb. Maybe it would be a good statement to put onto a sign for us to hold.

'GET A LIFE!' Again the all of us holding the signs, have experienced Jesus and His amazing and awesome love that He has for us ergo we experience life to the full and have a life. A life with Jesus, in which we do His work, and His work for the moment is for us to spread the unheard voice of the unborn child.

In his own way, the driving gentleman, may have just been expressing his feelings, as a cry for help. A cry, that he needs to find his true meaning and calling in life. Maybe he was the one who really needed to 'get a life.' He is hungry for his life to truly begin, a life that can only begin with Our Lord Jesus Christ and I pray that he learns what we have learnt about the beauty of  'getting a life' with Jesus.

'Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.'

                 -Blessed Mother Teresa