Thought for today: “The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away
saying, not, ‘What a lovely sermon!’ but ‘I will do something.’”
St. Francis de Sales
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
August 27, 2019
SOME SOUNDS
The sound of bacon “ouching”
on a frying pan at 7:07 in the morning ….
The sound of a baby in a side row
seat 27 minutes into a Sunday Mass ….
The sound of a screen door on the porch,
sort of like sweeping the floor, opening
and closing, bedroom windows open
around 12:39 on an August hot night ….
The sound of a shy “Hi” after a fight -
but hoping to repair the hurt - please God ….
The sound of a flag being folded tightly
by 4 marines at a burial - just before it’s
presented to a widow at the grave ….
The sound of the crowd when a home run
just goes just foul in the ninth inning and
our team loses by just one run ….
The sound of an aluminum can releasing
its spray of air and bubble - freedom - finally ….
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019
PERFECT CIRCLE
They reported that Da Vinci
could draw a perfect circle
every time. Nice. Good story.
But few of us can avoid being
distracted in a sacred moment
or cutting someone off in a
good conversation because
we have to tell what the other
triggered in us and then the
other does the same back to
us and neither of us knew
what we doing at the time.
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2019
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