Today's saint, St. Lydia Purpuraria, was the first Christian convert in Europe, a businesswoman who dealt in luxury goods. She is the patron saint of cloth dyers. Saint Lydia was born during the first century in Thyatira, a town famous for its dye works in Asia Minor, famous for its dye works, (hence, her name which means purple seller). She was a seller of purple dye and was St. Paul's first convert at Philippi. The following is from the Acts of the Apostles: And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, did hear: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to those things which were said by Paul. And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying: If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. ~Acts 16:14-15 She was baptized with her household. Thereafter, Paul made his home with her while in Philippi. Lydia was a woman of hospital...
After the march, when we got back to the motel to warm up, I turned on the TV news and happened to see CNN Headline News. The first thing the anchor said was "do you think the Pro-Life members outnumbered the Pro-choice people"? I thought he was making a joke, I did not see ANY pro-aborts there, although I was told there was about a dozen total there.
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I also did not see a single pro-abort there. where did they find them? It's just further evidence that this whole issue drips with the influence of the father of lies.
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