{"id":2650,"date":"2009-01-22T08:53:27","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T14:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/?p=2650"},"modified":"2009-01-22T08:56:22","modified_gmt":"2009-01-22T14:56:22","slug":"praying-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/2009\/01\/22\/praying-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, 1,000 teens and chaperones gathered at the Shrine for a send-off mass as they left for the March for Life in Washington, DC. \u00a0Pictured below is Karl Zimmerman and the band leading pre-mass music, and Fr. Michael, an OMI visiting from Australia, who told a parable about a starfish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_0091.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2651 aligncenter\" title=\"img_0091\" src=\"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_0091-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"img_0091\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_0091-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_0091-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_0091.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_0092.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2652 aligncenter\" title=\"img_0092\" src=\"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_0092-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"img_0092\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_0092-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_0092-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/img_0092.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times; font-size: medium;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Once a man and his son were walking along the beach. As they walked,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">they noticed the many\u00a0starfish\u00a0that the incoming tide had left stranded on<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">the shore. The child repeatedly knelt, picked up a\u00a0starfish, and tossed it<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">back into the sea. Finally, the father said to the boy, &#8220;Son, don&#8217;t bother<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">throwing each\u00a0starfish\u00a0back. There are so many, and you can&#8217;t save<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">them all. You&#8217;re just wasting your time. What you&#8217;re doing doesn&#8217;t really<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">matter.&#8221; The boy knelt, selected another\u00a0starfish\u00a0and replied,<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times; color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;But it\u00a0matters\u00a0to this\u00a0one.&#8221;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Yesterday, 1,000 teens and chaperones gathered at the Shrine for a send-off mass as they left for the March for Life in Washington, DC. \u00a0Pictured below is Karl Zimmerman and the band leading pre-mass music, and Fr. Michael, an OMI visiting from Australia, who told a parable about a starfish. 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