Rain, Rain, Come This Way

This item makes me feel guilty about all the times I’ve complained about the weather: Fr. Robert Reyes, a priest in the Philippines, braved El Niño’s scorching mid-day sun — and doctors’ warnings of heat strokes — to run an estimated 18 miles as a prayer for drought relief. Not only that, he did it, “carrying a bamboo pole with water pails on both ends” — which makes the torture that is a fanny pack seem positively humane. Fr. Reyes also stopped along the way to sprinkle holy water “on some of the worst-hit agricultural lands.”

We join you and all the Filipino in your prayers for rain, Father. Run on!