WEDNESDAY OF THE 10th WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME
St. Ephrem of Syria (373), Deacon, Doctor of the Church
St. Columbkille (597), Abbot (Trad)
Sts. Primus and Felician (297), Martyrs (Trad)

My Beloved:

In 1984 I was in Washington D.C. as a delegate to the National Committee Meeting of a political party. I remember walking along the sidewalk near the White House when President Reagan's limousine drove by. I gave the President a negative gesture.

I regret that now. Back then I was young and stupid, flirting with the liberal left, and basically keeping my head in where the sun doesn't shine.

In 1984 we on the left was sure that nuclear war was about to break out because of the President's policies and actions. In that year I even argued with Edmund musky, former Secretary of State, about the Star Wars policy. The year before I was arrested at offbeat Air Force Base at an anti-nuclear protest. I was not in a "conservative" mindset to say the least.

Now, twenty years later I am such a different person that I cannot recognize myself back then. Now, while I still do not agree with all that President Reagan did and said, I can recognize that he was a great President and left an impressive legacy that changed the world for the better.

I watched the ceremony at the Capitol Rotunda this evening. I admit I teared up a little. It is not possible for me to travel to D.C. to pay my respects to the President and so I offer them here.

Farewell, Mr. President. May your rest in peace in the arms of our Lord.



Your miserable servant,
Brother Bubba

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