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TFP | The California Rosary Rally that Confronted the Unimaginable

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Counter-protestors attempt to disrupt a rosary rally of reparation in Guerneville, California.

https://www.tfp.org/the-california-rosary-rally-that-confronted-the-unimaginable/

The corruption of childhood innocence is one of the gravest evils a man can commit. In the Gospel of Saint Matthew, Our Lord warns:

“But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it would be better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea.”

Coming from God the Son, this is no small admonition. Now, combine this with deliberate blasphemy, and you have a sin of unfathomable gravity.

American TFP volunteers and local Catholics recently held a rosary rally of reparation for both of these sins at a California public library.

As the rally participants began to gather, the agitators tried to take over the section of the sidewalk where the rally was going to be held. However, they failed.

Once the speaker system was set up, founding American TFP member Phillip Calder led the Rosary. During the rally, one woman came from behind and turned off the speaker twice. Her efforts did not make a lasting impact, as it only took a few seconds to flip the switch back on.

Their efforts to sabotage the rally did not stop there. Many of them repetitively cursed in the ears of the volunteers, attempting to provoke them to anger. At a certain point, a couple of the rabble-rousers got inches away from the faces of those praying, yelling at them and attempting to provoke a fight.

Others aggressively waved their rainbow flags, which sometimes hit those praying the Rosary. However, most of them just stood by and screamed, howled and heckled.

One man mocked the priesthood by wearing a rainbow stole with a clerical collar.

In the face of this, God’s side did not waver. They refused to accept provocation and focused on making reparations. Following the Rosary, they also prayed the Litany of Saint Michael, the Divine Praises and the Act of Consecration to Our Lady.

Their endurance was no match for hecklers. As time went on, some of them asked, “So… when are you going to leave?” It was clear in the tone of their voice that they wanted to go home. Before the Rosary was finished, many of them began to put away their noisemakers and headed to their cars.

While the opposition was loud and obnoxious, it was clear that they appeared defeated. They did not show up with logical arguments, and as a result, their demonstration came across as ridiculous. Although the good might have been outnumbered, their Rosary rally towered over the evil.

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