{"id":25985,"date":"2025-10-17T12:56:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/?p=25985"},"modified":"2025-10-17T12:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:58:50","slug":"a-suggestion-for-christians-attending-the-no-kings-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2025\/10\/a-suggestion-for-christians-attending-the-no-kings-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"A Suggestion for Christians Attending the &#8220;No Kings&#8221; Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_25988\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25988\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25988 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/664\/2025\/10\/rosary-324809_640-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"a Rosary on a wooden table\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">image via Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>I have a suggestion for the \u201cNo Kings\u201d rallies tomorrow.<\/h3>\n<p>I hope all my readers have found a \u201cNo Kings\u201d rally to attend on Saturday the 18th. Those rallies are important, even if they just seem like performative fluff. No, protesting is not all we ought to do to bring justice to America. Protesting alone could never be enough. But protesting is part of the movement. It reminds politicians that they have constituents to court. It flies in the face of the Trump Administration\u2019s propaganda that they have a mandate and we\u2019re just a handful of ANTIFA weirdos. And it will encourage you, personally. You\u2019ll be able to meet new friends and feel as if you\u2019re not so alone. Going to the protest this summer was very energizing for me.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, if you can\u2019t go to the No Kings rallies for whatever reason, that doesn\u2019t make you a bad person. Maybe you can help other people who are going to make signs, or you could watch their pets, or make cookies for them to have when it\u2019s over. But if you can go, please do.<\/p>\n<h3>Now, for those of my followers who are going to a protest and are Christians like me: this is your time to shine.<\/h3>\n<p>The Trump Administration has decided to hijack American Christianity, as indeed the White Christian Nationalist movement has been doing for as long as I\u2019ve been alive. Karoline Leavitt wears that shiny gold cross at her press conferences. Hegseth has the cross tattoos. The horrific propaganda coming out of the Department of Homeland Security as they torture immigrants has Bible verses all over it. J. D. Vance is J. D. Vance. These people are appropriating our faith and making love for Christ look like a racist, classist, sexist abusive thing. That should make you angry. They don\u2019t own Jesus. If Jesus walked up to an ICE facility, they\u2019d probably drag Him inside and beat Him up for being a brown man who didn\u2019t speak English. We who belong to Jesus need to speak up.<\/p>\n<p>I know that, in general, you shouldn\u2019t make a display of your faith for other people. You should LIVE your faith instead. But when the other side is insisting that Jesus is their property and we\u2019re a bunch of godless terrorists, it\u2019s time to counter that narrative.<\/p>\n<h3>If you are a Christian attending a No Kings protest, I strongly recommend you let your Christianity show.<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re a cleric, wear your clerical collar even if you usually don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve got a big shiny Saint Benedict medal somebody gave you for your Confirmation that isn\u2019t your usual style at all but it feels wrong to give it away, this is the time to put the medal on. If you\u2019ve got a Saint Therese Rosary bracelet that smells like flowers, put it on your wrist. If you\u2019ve got a Vacation Bible School t-shirt or a jacket with a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe on it, get that out of the closet and wear it. Bring a cross instead of a sign.<\/p>\n<p>If there\u2019s a lull in the chanting and you can\u2019t think of another protest chant to yell, maybe you and your friends can start singing \u201cThis Little Light of Mine\u201d or the Old Hundredth.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump Administration is blaspheming Christ by using His name and His scriptures as an excuse to torture and abuse our immigrant brothers and sisters and to yank food out of the mouths of the poor. But Christ does not belong to him. We belong to Christ.<\/p>\n<p>We need to represent Christianity at the No Kings protests.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be wearing my patron saint bracelets and holding a Christians Against Christian Nationalism sign.<\/p>\n<p>I hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<p><em>Mary Pezzulo is the author of\u00a0<a class=\"decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Meditations-Way-Cross-Mary-Pezzulo\/dp\/1949643433\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Meditations on the Way of the Cross,\u00a0<\/a><a class=\" decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sorrows-Joys-Mary-Pezzulo\/dp\/1955821828\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Sorrows an<\/a><a class=\"decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sorrows-Joys-Mary-Pezzulo\/dp\/1955821828\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">d Joys of Mary<\/a>, and\u00a0<a class=\"decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avemariapress.com\/products\/stumbling-into-grace?gclid=CjwKCAiA6aSABhApEiwA6Cbm_64-bP59YWJmFni-iGXq4KgITq1EU8hMvt9cV0qJvskRRmsTLYavURoC4SoQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Stumbling into Grace: How We Meet God in Tiny Works of Mercy.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"main-post\">\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<div id=\"main-content\" class=\"entry-content clearfix\" data-instance=\"vwARt,GThGG,Wg6JZ,z8tZb,lLhMT,qUiAB,oc9v2,Jz8Jx,Qc8Pz,QxaLK,p8iiP,HKUhs,8l6Ux,hpFS7,5Fmr9,CvQdv,hBbfC,rIEEB,XwFDh,kM3PB,TzuWb,83oAW,6ueUH,N8wxc,tqr7Q,H2cG6,Xoekp,8u2Qc,lP5F0,AGx81,dzeGK,QtvXy,Zgs8D,E16Cj,PKXCv,fGkOS,GHPWL,jYysf,9eJVi,GKkQl,Z91kZ,yXSRp,7jzG5,oCpop,SnfSD,Dk8u2,rJFaX,7BRKa,Bf082,DY8dw,2KB3N,JJs3z,nXNAP,JT6mY,jPRaU,vde777,nz0uh2,yvy88t,gvu994,hyhw75,dnyxs0,66l5q6,0qkj8b,oU7xiCdICU\" data-cmd=\"true\">\n<div class=\"main-post\">\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<div id=\"main-content\" class=\"entry-content clearfix\" data-instance=\"LT0fO,xaGCg,pDjmp,xb0QT,vwARt,GThGG,Wg6JZ,z8tZb,lLhMT,qUiAB,oc9v2,Jz8Jx,Qc8Pz,QxaLK,p8iiP,HKUhs,8l6Ux,hpFS7,5Fmr9,CvQdv,hBbfC,rIEEB,XwFDh,kM3PB,TzuWb,83oAW,6ueUH,N8wxc,tqr7Q,H2cG6,Xoekp,8u2Qc,lP5F0,AGx81,dzeGK,QtvXy,Zgs8D,E16Cj,PKXCv,fGkOS,GHPWL,jYysf,9eJVi,GKkQl,Z91kZ,yXSRp,7jzG5,oCpop,SnfSD,Dk8u2,rJFaX,7BRKa,Bf082,DY8dw,2KB3N,JJs3z,nXNAP,JT6mY,jPRaU,vde777,nz0uh2,yvy88t,gvu994,hyhw75,dnyxs0,66l5q6,0qkj8b,oU7xiCdICU\" data-cmd=\"true\">\n<div class=\"main-post\">\n<div class=\"story-block\">\n<div id=\"main-content\" class=\"entry-content clearfix\" data-instance=\"EelCs,tcdp5,3LLRT,3Za4y,zW5Ro,kmFEj,WdWcS,tDDMD,AhxjP,LT0fO,xaGCg,pDjmp,xb0QT,vwARt,GThGG,Wg6JZ,z8tZb,lLhMT,qUiAB,oc9v2,Jz8Jx,Qc8Pz,QxaLK,p8iiP,HKUhs,8l6Ux,hpFS7,5Fmr9,CvQdv,hBbfC,rIEEB,XwFDh,kM3PB,TzuWb,83oAW,6ueUH,N8wxc,tqr7Q,H2cG6,Xoekp,8u2Qc,lP5F0,AGx81,dzeGK,QtvXy,Zgs8D,E16Cj,PKXCv,fGkOS,GHPWL,jYysf,9eJVi,GKkQl,Z91kZ,yXSRp,7jzG5,oCpop,SnfSD,Dk8u2,rJFaX,7BRKa,Bf082,DY8dw,2KB3N,JJs3z,nXNAP,JT6mY,jPRaU,vde777,nz0uh2,yvy88t,gvu994,hyhw75,dnyxs0,66l5q6,0qkj8b,oU7xiCdICU\" data-cmd=\"true\">\n<p><em>Steel Magnificat operates almost entirely on tips. To tip the author, donate to \u201cThe Little Portion\u201d on\u00a0<a class=\"decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=9AJMKR8W7AWS2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">paypal<\/a>\u00a0or Mary Pezzulo on\u00a0<a class=\"decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/account.venmo.com\/u\/Mary-Pezzulo-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">venmo<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 I have a suggestion for the \u201cNo Kings\u201d rallies tomorrow. I hope all my readers have found a \u201cNo Kings\u201d rally to attend on Saturday the 18th. Those rallies are important, even if they just seem like performative fluff. No, protesting is not all we ought to do to bring justice to America. Protesting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2694,"featured_media":25988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[196,94,15983,15986,2018],"class_list":["post-25985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-catholic","tag-christian","tag-no-kings","tag-public-witness","tag-rally"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Suggestion for Christians Attending the &quot;No Kings&quot; Rally<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Now, for those of my followers who are going to a protest and are Christians like me: this is your time to shine.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2025\/10\/a-suggestion-for-christians-attending-the-no-kings-rally\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Suggestion for Christians Attending the &quot;No Kings&quot; Rally\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Now, for those of my followers who are going to a protest and are Christians like me: this is your time to shine.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2025\/10\/a-suggestion-for-christians-attending-the-no-kings-rally\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Steel Magnificat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-17T16:56:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-17T16:58:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/664\/2025\/10\/rosary-324809_640.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mary Pezzulo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mary Pezzulo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2025\/10\/a-suggestion-for-christians-attending-the-no-kings-rally\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2025\/10\/a-suggestion-for-christians-attending-the-no-kings-rally\/\",\"name\":\"A Suggestion for Christians Attending the \\\"No Kings\\\" Rally\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-17T16:56:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-17T16:58:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/#\/schema\/person\/eefd606fd6f98b01cd46b38fcead458b\"},\"description\":\"Now, for those of my followers who are going to a protest and are Christians like me: this is your time to shine.\u00a0\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2025\/10\/a-suggestion-for-christians-attending-the-no-kings-rally\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2025\/10\/a-suggestion-for-christians-attending-the-no-kings-rally\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2025\/10\/a-suggestion-for-christians-attending-the-no-kings-rally\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Suggestion for Christians Attending the &#8220;No Kings&#8221; Rally\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/\",\"name\":\"Steel Magnificat\",\"description\":\"Everything is grace\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/#\/schema\/person\/eefd606fd6f98b01cd46b38fcead458b\",\"name\":\"Mary Pezzulo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b65a50a237f24be80481c3e40cdc1c15?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b65a50a237f24be80481c3e40cdc1c15?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mary Pezzulo\"},\"description\":\"Mary Pezzulo received her BA in English at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. She came to Steubenville to earn a Master's degree in philosophy and Catholic bioethics from Franciscan University and had finished most of her course work before she suffered a chronic illness that derailed her university career. Since then, she's been learning from the school of hard knocks. Her essays on politics, faith, religious trauma, and life in Northern Appalachia, have been published in the Catholic Herald, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Convivium Journal, and the Feinschwarz theology blog. She has delivered lectures on the Uncanny in the field of aesthetics at the Power of Beauty Conference at Franciscan University, and the Terra Incognita Literary Gathering. Mary is the author of Stumbling into Grace: How We meet God in Tiny Works of Mercy, published by Ave Maria Press, which was awarded second place in Catholic Social Teaching from the Catholic Media Awards. She has also written Meditations on the Way of the Cross and The Sorrows and Joys of Mary for Apocryphile Press.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/author\/mpezzulo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Suggestion for Christians Attending the \"No Kings\" Rally","description":"Now, for those of my followers who are going to a protest and are Christians like me: this is your time to shine.\u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2025\/10\/a-suggestion-for-christians-attending-the-no-kings-rally\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Suggestion for Christians Attending the \"No Kings\" Rally","og_description":"Now, for those of my followers who are going to a protest and are Christians like me: this is your time to shine.\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2025\/10\/a-suggestion-for-christians-attending-the-no-kings-rally\/","og_site_name":"Steel Magnificat","article_published_time":"2025-10-17T16:56:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-17T16:58:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":427,"url":"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/664\/2025\/10\/rosary-324809_640.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mary Pezzulo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mary Pezzulo","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2025\/10\/a-suggestion-for-christians-attending-the-no-kings-rally\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2025\/10\/a-suggestion-for-christians-attending-the-no-kings-rally\/","name":"A Suggestion for Christians Attending the \"No Kings\" Rally","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-10-17T16:56:13+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-17T16:58:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/#\/schema\/person\/eefd606fd6f98b01cd46b38fcead458b"},"description":"Now, for those of my followers who are going to a protest and are Christians like me: this is your time to shine.\u00a0","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2025\/10\/a-suggestion-for-christians-attending-the-no-kings-rally\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2025\/10\/a-suggestion-for-christians-attending-the-no-kings-rally\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2025\/10\/a-suggestion-for-christians-attending-the-no-kings-rally\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Suggestion for Christians Attending the &#8220;No Kings&#8221; Rally"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/","name":"Steel Magnificat","description":"Everything is grace","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/#\/schema\/person\/eefd606fd6f98b01cd46b38fcead458b","name":"Mary Pezzulo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b65a50a237f24be80481c3e40cdc1c15?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b65a50a237f24be80481c3e40cdc1c15?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Mary Pezzulo"},"description":"Mary Pezzulo received her BA in English at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. She came to Steubenville to earn a Master's degree in philosophy and Catholic bioethics from Franciscan University and had finished most of her course work before she suffered a chronic illness that derailed her university career. Since then, she's been learning from the school of hard knocks. Her essays on politics, faith, religious trauma, and life in Northern Appalachia, have been published in the Catholic Herald, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Convivium Journal, and the Feinschwarz theology blog. She has delivered lectures on the Uncanny in the field of aesthetics at the Power of Beauty Conference at Franciscan University, and the Terra Incognita Literary Gathering. Mary is the author of Stumbling into Grace: How We meet God in Tiny Works of Mercy, published by Ave Maria Press, which was awarded second place in Catholic Social Teaching from the Catholic Media Awards. She has also written Meditations on the Way of the Cross and The Sorrows and Joys of Mary for Apocryphile Press.","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/author\/mpezzulo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2694"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}