Hurricane Katrina leaves 1000's dead in her wake. It is amazing watching the church's response to this (yes Franciscans are among the ones on the ground sharing and helping and loving those in need, wonderful stories out of the OEF at this time).
One group of wingnuts have declared that the hurricane was God's judgement on New Orleans for a planned Gay Pride Parade...sigh...thankfully that is not the majority of the church's response from the Sally Anne to the Catholics to the Methodists and everyone in between we are in prayer and on the ground--doing as Christ commanded-Love one another as I have loved you (John 15:12).
Side Note: The first country to step up to help the U.S. in this time of need is Canada's Health Agency (yes we are shipping medical supplies that are already tight to help out) and our much beleagured Military and Relief NGO's are prepping to ship out to help the victims in New Orleans, to rebuild water pumps and hospitals and needed infrastructure and provide emergency medical care.
The prayers of Canada are with the U.S. at this time! Go to www.redcross.ca to donate to help New Orleans Flood Victims.
-Hoody in AB