HE Was With Me on a Journey
God & The Red Sox Cap
I was on a journey towards St Francis of Assisi Church on West 32nd Street, just ½ block from Madison Square Garden in The Borough of Manhattan, a Borough which has a good number of pubs dedicated to a Baseball Team, which plays a little over 200 miles Northeast of NYC.
I was riding on the E Line. The train stopped @ East 53rd Street-Lexington-3rd Avenue. A group of young Semi-Toughs boarded & made noises, shouting that they were looking for “Vics.” “Vics” is a ghetto term for Victims of Assault & Roberry. There were 6 of them roaming the E Train.
I watched & was alert for any funny stuff & I don't mean clown funny.They tried coming over to me, then backed off a bit when they saw a cap on my head, which was neither Yankees nor Mets. You see, I was donning a Boston Red Sox cap, red B & all.
“Nice Cap” said their leader. The Followers looked & gave me a high-sign. One of them said the usual “Yankees Suck” & they left me alone. I hate to think of what would've happened if I had donned a Mets or Yankees Cap.
But, God was protecting me on my trip. I made it into St Francis of Assisi Church. I had sins to confess. After receiving the Sacrament of Penance, I went to a 1st Friday Mass in the Lower Church & received Holy Communion. The last time I was @ a 1st Friday Mass, was in 5th Grade in 1965-1966. My working hours had always prevented me from going to Mass in the morning, but seeing that there's Friday Evening Mass on 1st Friday, I believe that I'll be partaking of 1st Friday Mass, on a regular basis from now on.
I realize that Sunday Mass isn't really enough for me, as I do sin during the week. Life is a struggle & one needs all the Divine Help one can receive. After watching a demented episode of “South Park”, which included a cut from a Gay Porn Flick, as well as a scene of a Priest having Sexual Intercourse with a female, inside of a Confessional, a Priest who gave a Homily, so-sternly to Cartman & Company, about Hell & showing Pope John Paul II in a state of Dementia, as well as my having consumed a few too many adult beverages, it was time for me to confess my sins & be at peace with God & with myself.
Thank You Lord for the opportunity to be with You this evening. You make my day, every day. Amen!
Click on Title for my Favorite Catholic TV Network. It may open your eyes. Thanks!
I was on a journey towards St Francis of Assisi Church on West 32nd Street, just ½ block from Madison Square Garden in The Borough of Manhattan, a Borough which has a good number of pubs dedicated to a Baseball Team, which plays a little over 200 miles Northeast of NYC.
I was riding on the E Line. The train stopped @ East 53rd Street-Lexington-3rd Avenue. A group of young Semi-Toughs boarded & made noises, shouting that they were looking for “Vics.” “Vics” is a ghetto term for Victims of Assault & Roberry. There were 6 of them roaming the E Train.
I watched & was alert for any funny stuff & I don't mean clown funny.They tried coming over to me, then backed off a bit when they saw a cap on my head, which was neither Yankees nor Mets. You see, I was donning a Boston Red Sox cap, red B & all.
“Nice Cap” said their leader. The Followers looked & gave me a high-sign. One of them said the usual “Yankees Suck” & they left me alone. I hate to think of what would've happened if I had donned a Mets or Yankees Cap.
But, God was protecting me on my trip. I made it into St Francis of Assisi Church. I had sins to confess. After receiving the Sacrament of Penance, I went to a 1st Friday Mass in the Lower Church & received Holy Communion. The last time I was @ a 1st Friday Mass, was in 5th Grade in 1965-1966. My working hours had always prevented me from going to Mass in the morning, but seeing that there's Friday Evening Mass on 1st Friday, I believe that I'll be partaking of 1st Friday Mass, on a regular basis from now on.
I realize that Sunday Mass isn't really enough for me, as I do sin during the week. Life is a struggle & one needs all the Divine Help one can receive. After watching a demented episode of “South Park”, which included a cut from a Gay Porn Flick, as well as a scene of a Priest having Sexual Intercourse with a female, inside of a Confessional, a Priest who gave a Homily, so-sternly to Cartman & Company, about Hell & showing Pope John Paul II in a state of Dementia, as well as my having consumed a few too many adult beverages, it was time for me to confess my sins & be at peace with God & with myself.
Thank You Lord for the opportunity to be with You this evening. You make my day, every day. Amen!
Click on Title for my Favorite Catholic TV Network. It may open your eyes. Thanks!
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