A friend shared an article with me recently that asked if we are lowering the flag too often. As I drive around, it feels like the American flag is at half-staff almost as often as it is at full. Often one flag will be raised all the way and around the corner another will be at half staff. The lowering of the flag is becoming so common it is losing its meaning. I heard Michelle Obama at the Democratic convention say, “When they go low, we go high.” Every time some horrible and tragic event takes place, when they go low, why can’t we go high? Let’s let them know that their hatred and violence won’t bow our flag.
Fr. Randy Calvo
South Deerfield