Louisiana's 'Eucharistic' State Flag

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Apparently the state of Louisiana has updated their flag. In doing so it has become a little more - 'Eucharistic' some say. The Opinionated Catholic states it this way:

Besides having a State Flag with the Christ on the Cross, the Last Supper, or a Priest Saying the Mass one cannot get more Christian than this as to State flags in many ways.

Josh Mercer from CatholicVote.org reports:

"The brown pelican is Louisiana’s state bird. In fact, Louisiana’s nickname is the Pelican State. So it’s only fitting that a pelican don the state flag.

But it isn’t merely a pelican, but a mother feeding her young. A mother pelican was long ago believed to feed her young with drops of her own blood, if no other food was available. Catholics naturally used this to teach people about the sacrificial love of Christ, who offered his own blood to us all at Mass. (Instead of bleeding herself, the mother is likely just pounding her bill into their chest to fully empty her pouch.)"

Read the rest at... CatholicVote.org: Louisiana's flag becomes more Eucharistic