One particular Saturday I walked past a group of loud anti-war protestors. Imagine that, loud and protesting in my quite little hamlet. I sat on a nearby bench and watched them. They were holding signs and yelling to motorists to beep their horns in support, Hey, what about noise pollution?
I watched for a while and wondered to myself, “What choice do we have in this Jihad, which literally means to "struggle", notably to "struggle in the way of God”? My goodness! What if a wife of a soldier or parent who has son or daughter who volunteered to be put in harm’s way or worse or someone who lost a loved one passes by? These people are not even appreciating the irony that their right to picket and yell comes at a cost to others.”
I sat and wondered what could I do in these difficult and troubling times? As any parent or individual who has experienced trials and tribulations has learned, sometimes the only thing we can do is to pray. With that in mind I then decided to create “OPERATION – Special Intentions”.
The idea was to have first-class relics of the Military Patrons available for public veneration allowing individuals a prayerful opportunity for petitioning God to hear their intentions.
I commissioned a Russian Orthodox Monastery to paint a one of a kind icon with the images of St. Anthony of
I called the Our Lady of Angels Cathedral of Los Angeles and presented my idea. We had a meeting and they asked to have the relics for a four-month tour of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. As soon as our press release hit the wires, I started getting phone calls. I received two calls from the Los Angeles Times newspaper. The religion writer was interested in writing a feature on prayer and was very interested in the relic tour.
We had a nice long phone interview/conversation. The writer was interested in the
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