Because We Care

They marched!

Once again, this year for the Forty-Seventh time they marched.

They took to the streets of Washington, D.C.

From across this land of ours they came to march. Young and old, they came to march.

And where they were not marching, they were praying.

We were praying.

All of us who care took the time to march and to pray.

And yes, it is because we care.

And with increasingly growing numbers our young men and women are standing with us, even at times leading us. It is so good to see the intensifying concern of our young.

We care and we need to care.

And so they marched and we prayed.

We care . . .  about life!

God's great gift!

Life!

We care because we, ourselves, are and should be grateful to the ever generous God.

Life!

What an awesome gift!

And blessing!

Life that is stirring, tiny heart already beating; barely formed limbs seeking to move!

We care!

That unborn little one deserves a chance to embrace and enjoy the fulness of life.

We care.

And so we march and we pray.

And that frightened, ill-equipped mom who so deserves her chance to bring that life into a welcoming world with that "Village" to surround and support her.

We care.

And so we march and we pray.

And our caring extends vastly beyond this to those elders whose years should truly be golden, rich with memories, blessings, joys, and loving support.

And to those who bear within their bodies those pains and fears and ills.

We care.

And those young women and men who, while only now beginning to face the realities of adulthood are also, for whatever reason, facing that specter of ending things even before they really start - we care!

And our caring needs also to extend to so many, many others.

Love for life and for the Giver of life should lead us to abandon the use of a "death penalty" as a solution for evils.

And love for life and for the Giver of life should lead us to see the folly and futility of solving problems with wars and weapons of destruction.

And love for life and for the Giver of life should lead us to stop our foolish disagreements about climate change and start working together as a human family to make this earth the best possible environment for generations to come.

They marched because we are.

We prayed because we care.

And we shall continue because we care.

And we will continue until you care!