Pope Leo's peace prayer vigil, Saturday, April 11, 2026
I participated in the peace prayer vigil via YouTube livestream from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
It was very good - we prayed the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary together and listened to a homily by the Pope.
I found myself weeping, because the real truth about the Kingdom is that is within our hearts. We always have the choice. We can turn toward the higher realms of consciousness - love, joy, peace and enlightenment - bring the Kingdom into our own hearts, which is transformative, OR we can turn toward darkness, mammon and materialism.
But back to the weeping. That just came upon me spontaniously. It was quite strange. I think it was the power of the focused intent of millions, possibly billions of people praying simultaneously. It seemed as if love was moving in and through everything.
During this time, I prayed the scales be removed from people's eyes so they would recognize what is important and eternal and what is material, transitory.
The Trump administration is a kakistocracy - rule by the corrupt and incompetent - and it is a scathing indictment against our entire republic that we have allowed him to do what he has. Yet we have. The world has. People are only now beginning to awaken to what a horror show this whole thing is. People have died, are being oppressed, being terrorized and simmering in the background we have the whole Epstein files situation, which puts the spotlight directly on how depraved and immoral the wealthy elites who have been calling the shots for so long actually are.
Oh, I know there are many who dislike the Catholic Church, and with good reason. But in Leo XIV, we have a Pope who is a true Vicar of Christ - a man of noble character who has spent his life uplifting the poor and oppressed. I am also seeing many more Christians speaking out against these outrages - the pointless wars, the cruelty, the oppression, the intimidation and threats.
The thing is, when Jesus lived, he was an inconvenient guy. He overturned tables in the Temple in protest against the little moneymaking scheme the Pharisees and Sadducees had developed around selling 'perfect' sacrificial animals to people who could not afford to buy them. He told us some very troubling things about ourselves in the Sermon on the Mount, which has been twisted almost out of recognition by the literalists. But his ministry was about awakening the kingdom within.
This country is full of little boys in billionaire suits who are so scared they won't have enough that they take, take, take until the rest of us are squeezed, nickel and dimed with predatory debt. Healthcare debt. Student debt. Unaffordable childcare.
And cruelty seems the point, not the feature of this administration.
This is why I have been more vocal lately, speaking my conscience. This world does not have to be the way it is. If people understand the truth that our present incarnations are but an eyeblink in the context of the eternal now, then we could perhaps shed our fears of physical death and attachments to pride, wrath, envy, greed, lust for power, gluttony and addictive distractions, and actually live better lives.
Can you imagine how nice it would be if we did not have to worry about the costs of healthcare? Childcare? Education? Groceries?
Well, enough of that. Millions, possibly over a billion, prayed simultaneously, led by Pope Leo. Let us see what comes from it. For myself I pray the scales may fall from the eyes of these mean-spirited people who are causing so much suffering. As a Christian, I pray and work for the highest good of all, even enemies. This does not mean being a doormat, either. Every single one of these wreckers, pedophiles, war criminals and grossly corrupt people need to be held to account for their crimes - justice being the highest good for this crew and all the rest of us.
Anyway, the vigil was good and I am surprised no one else has posted about it that I have seen on here.
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