You know, this “Pr0n” thing can certainly take on a life of its own.
Witness the motorcycle pr0n I captured yesterday at our church’s annual Padre’s Run – which raises money for our warriors. This year the funds will go to the Fidelco Guide Dog program that provides dogs to our wounded warriors.
Nearly 100 motorcycles with an estimated 150 riders came to our beautiful country church yesterday morning for a blessing and then – the ride! They all take off at the same time – rolling thunder indeed.
They travel 25 miles to a pub on the shoreline where they ordered appetizers and a few drinks – all provided by the venue free of charge. Then back to the church for a sumptuous BBQ celebration with a live band.
All of it the baby of our blessed priest, Fr. Michael. As a Harley-rider himself he conceived of this Run and he is the leader in every respect. From the prayers after Mass and the physical blessing of the bikes to finally leading the pack out of the parking lot – he gives himself fully to this event, as he does with everything he touches.
Fr. Michael aka Padre is definitely NOT your grandmother’s Catholic Priest.
cross-posted at Noodling on It
Sounds like my kind of priest!
I have been organizing “First Sunday Drives” for our car club for 2 years now – every 1st Sunday of the month we go on little-used roads to an interesting place.
One thing I have found in my explorations – if the Harley people have been there it is usually a pretty good place!
My knees get all watery when I see riders dressed like those in your second pic. Road rash hurts… but it hurts one whole HELLUVA lot more on bare skin.
Buck – don’t get me started on that. Our beloved Fr. Michael not only rides in a t-shirt but, as you can see, he never wears a helmet either. I can assure you that nearly 2,000 parishioners are praying frantically for him every time he is on that Harley. I’d say about 75% of the people there were not wearing full body coverings of some kind.
As to your comment on my own space – I’m sure there were other sport bikes there but I can only remember seeing the Suzuki. That said the Harley was by far the most-represented bike. By an order of 7-1 at least. We were all joking at how many hundreds of thousands of dollars was sitting on front of church yesterday…and the custom paint jobs were endless.
Bill – Fr. Michael is really what the Catholic Church should want in a priest…he is indeed an incredibly holy man residing in the body of a P90X workout fanatic, Harley Riding, mischief-making human.
Statistics show (no, wait, stay with me) statistics show that the only time you need the best helmet money can buy and a full set of race leathers, gloves and boots, is just seconds before you impact with the road/other solid objects. Eradicate the latter and your laughing. Clearly Fr. Michael has that covered