Upon Us All

When Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news of him spread throughout the whole region, He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all. (Lk 4:14). As on one occasion early in his ministry, Jesus took up the scroll and read from the prophet, Isaiah:  The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anoninted me to bring glad tidings to the poor.  He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives, and recovery of sight to the blind. to let the opperessed go free, and to procaim a year acceptable to the Lord. (Lk 4: 19-20).
The same Spirit that was given to Jesus, was given to us, as was the same mission.  No numbers are in yet from the March for Life, but estimates were running around 500,000, the largest group ever in the 40 years since Roe V. Wade. The Spirit was almost tangible as high schoolers, most on the ground, but some on the strong shoulders of friends chanted over and over, "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Roe V. Wade has got to go."  Not exactly the same style as Jesus, the in the spirit of bringing glad tidings to the poor, freeing captives, bringing sight to the blind, freeing those bound by fear to have their babies, and freeing the path to natural birth for these babies.  The energy was almost nuclear as marchers walked in the frigid temparatures with snow falling on their heads.  Nothing was able to stop the wave of enthusiasm that stretched from the Mall to the Supreme Court. What a demonstration to the nation of the same power of the Spirit that spread through Galilee!  May we all be inspired to let this same Spirit be upon us in our families, communites, workplaces and country.
Bro. Rene