Dear All of Us,
Be advised.
I'm hyped!
So hang on!
Last Saturday morning,
my just turned
nine months old
GRAND SON
(Yes, I am totally
carried away)
OLLIE
called to ask if
I would like to drive over
to the park in Georgetown
with him.
His Mom voiced the call
and offered to take the wheel.
I set an Olympic record saying
"You Bet!!"
grabbed my cane and
and off we went.
It was a warm bright morning
and so was I,
plus I got to push
Ollie's stroller.
He and I did lots of smiles as
we rolled on through
beautiful and quaint Georgetown.
There were tons of kids out
taking their parents to the park.
Some families spread blankets
and had a sun-drenched brunch.
There were parents and kids
of all ages, sizes and colorations,
speaking all kinds of languages.
Some were running around,
others were on swings and slides,
yet others were busy climbing bars
or kicking soccer balls.
Ollie really liked
the special little kid swing.
He wasn't too sure if he like
the miniature slide, though.
The place and deal
was festive and fresh.
After a bit we reeved up the stroller
and tooled over to the nearby
and brand-new branch library.
All kinds of people in a good way,
in a good place.
Like our whole family,
Ollie is big into books.
The entire morning was
a festival of freshness.
I share this
Saturday Soul Refresher
for two reasons.
It's Good News as in Gospel.
Being with all those
young professionals
happily parenting away
and their freely delighted kids
was immersion in love lived.
"God is love" and God Love Lived
those kids and parents were.
Such scenes shine
all over our global park
in mystical manifest
and holy perfusion.
The media misses it
and messes our heads
with incessant focus
on the frightful
doings and undoing's
of a fractious fraction.
Yes, there's craziness
loose in the land.
Yes, gotta know it and
yes, gotta deal with it.
But no, we need not get numbed
to desperation and depression
because there is so, so much
Love Lived in the land
and eventually and always
LOVE WINS
What cut loose on Saturday
was
PARK PRAYER
the Real Presence of God
in the sanctuary of that place.
It was a Holy Communion
of people and animals,
trees and fields,
warm sunshine and fresh air,
families and strangers,
all enlivened and enlivening,
in a liturgy of Varied Oneness.
Love Lived for sure.
"Ecce quam bonum
et quam iucundum
habitare fratres in unum."
"Behold how good and pleasant
it is when people dwell in unity."
Psalm 132
The same such happens in
ball parks and homes,
on farms, in factories,
at offices, on the bus,
at the beach, in museums
and at concerts, in schools,
at doctors' offices
- wherever and whenever
Love is Lived and Shared.
because
"God is love"
Last Saturday I got lost
in mystery at Mass.
Better put, I got lost
in a mass
of Goodness,
of Godness.
It all went way beyond
words or thinking.
They would have
gotten in the way.
It was simple,
it was spontaneous,
it was spacious.
God was there.
Glad I was too.
Thanks Ollie!!
And thank you for
letting me share
Saturday's
Park Prayer
John Frank
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See you in the park.
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The Park Prayer Boy
Ollie now nine months old.
