Two years ago today one Polish young man stood fast holding a crucifix and rosary in front of a 1,000 strong pride march in Pลock, Poland.
Jakub Baryลa did not at first want to stand against it, stating that he feared the "...social consequences. I was afraid of how people would react." But after seeing icons of the Mother of God blasphemed and tarnished with rainbows, he ran to a nearby church and asked the priest for a crucifix. Darting back to the procession, he stood peacefully and bravely for God and the Church, until police were forced to haul him away, Jakub still clutching the crucifix.
This young man said he was inspired in part by the example of Polish military chaplain Father Ignacy Skorupka who fell in the Battle of Warsaw on 14 August, 1920 during the war to repel the communist bolshevik invasion. He either died from a chance bullet while anointing a fatally wounded soldier, or, as one Polish battle report testified, fell while inspiring the men onward against the enemy with a crucifix held high.
Whether the march was planned purposefully to occur near the date is unclear, but it is curious that the 99th anniversary of the battle and his death would pass four days after Jakub's action.
Jakub Baryลa did not at first want to stand against it, stating that he feared the "...social consequences. I was afraid of how people would react." But after seeing icons of the Mother of God blasphemed and tarnished with rainbows, he ran to a nearby church and asked the priest for a crucifix. Darting back to the procession, he stood peacefully and bravely for God and the Church, until police were forced to haul him away, Jakub still clutching the crucifix.
This young man said he was inspired in part by the example of Polish military chaplain Father Ignacy Skorupka who fell in the Battle of Warsaw on 14 August, 1920 during the war to repel the communist bolshevik invasion. He either died from a chance bullet while anointing a fatally wounded soldier, or, as one Polish battle report testified, fell while inspiring the men onward against the enemy with a crucifix held high.
Whether the march was planned purposefully to occur near the date is unclear, but it is curious that the 99th anniversary of the battle and his death would pass four days after Jakub's action.