“Wow, a big Snickers!”, My Rebecca’s reaction on seeing my lout from last evening’s Mass. Father David gave out big Snickers bars after the service to everyone. He practically got trampled there in the foyer.
My Rebecca was referring to the day when there was only one size of the candy bar. Having a smaller one or different smaller ones now really confuses things. Back in the old days things were easier in some ways.
Along with the bar in a little plastic bag was some other goodies: two cards and a little note from Father David. He is so great, like the uncle you wish you would have had ready to take you to the zoo or some other get away. The two cards were one a saints card for Saint Oscar Romero and the other a icon of Mary the Undoer of Knots.
Saint Oscar was recently canonized and I don’t know the details on the why. But the undoer of knots is a very interesting idea
to me coming from a Protestant slant as I do. I totally get the idea of it. Being that with help our life could be a lot simpler, freeing us of certain burdens. Nice.
Here this morning I want to copy and paste a comment by Pilgrim Farmer John on my Connections post a few days ago that I thought was particularly good and it spoke to what I was trying to get at:
“Hola Felipe Amigo!
You have to know you “connected” with all my Farmer buttons on this post. We both know the farm we live on is part of our being. In the last 3 or 4 weeks I have harvested all our corn and soybean crop. Then I started the process over again with planting some rye covercrops. Fertilizer for next year too, and then working it in where the soybeans will grow next year. Connections galore, and seasons and plantings and harvests.
Semper Fi,
PFJ” (Caminoheads’ Heartland Bureau Chief)
And that is so Heartland right there. And that’s our couple of things. Later loves, Felipe.
w the camino