You know how they have the different types of GI Joes? The Commander GI Joe, the trench attack GI Joe, the secret spy GI Joe. They have the same for Barbies too. Ballerina Barbie, Ball Room Barbie, Dress down Barbie. Well I’m proposing the Dr. Pepper Don Bosco.
I had the pleasure of witnessing a Salesian [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 30, 2008
Dr. Pepper Don Bosco
April 28, 2008
Father Ponder
Today was by far the funniest communal prayer ever. Father Ponder, we shall call him, is 88 years old, which is one less than infinity. For the psalm today at daytime prayer, we were given instructions to read it silently and share a phrase or word that struck us about the psalm- the same thing [...]
April 27, 2008
Who needs a miracle?
One of my favorite comedians, Jim Gaffigan, has a segment where he makes a Jesus joke. He follows saying “wouldn’t it be great if I were electrocuted?” Then he does his usual impersonation of a person listening who finds his humor offensive and not funny, “He did a Jesus joke and he got electrocuted. It [...]
April 26, 2008
I saw God today.
I’ve been to church
I’ve read the book
I know he’s here
But I don’t look
Near as often as I should
Yeah, I know I should
His fingerprints are everywhere
I just slowed down to stop and stare
Opened my eyes and man I swear
I saw God today
These are the lyrics to the chorus of a George Strait song. I was listening [...]
April 24, 2008
I meant what I said and I said what I meant, an elephant’s faithful one hundred percent
On the fifteenth of May in the jungle of Nool, in the heat of the day, by the cool of the pool. He was splashing, enjoying the jungle’s great joys, when Horton the elephant heard a small noise.
Today was a special day! You all remember those days when you were in school, the most special day- [...]
April 23, 2008
Get Low
As a seminarian (actually a candidate/aspirant) in the Salesians of Don Bosco order, you experience all sorts interesting things that the rest of the world does see. People sometimes ask what are the secrets that Catholic priests are hiding. Well here it is: Today as we got up from table to say our after meal [...]
April 21, 2008
What are you gonna do?
As Catholics, we sure have some funny trends, funny rituals, and most of all funny people in Mass. Our 6:30 am Mass is the best. We have the anticipator. He is the old guy who says and does everything about two seconds before it is time. When he shakes my hand for the sign of [...]
April 20, 2008
No pope-sicles on a hot day
As the pope leaves the U.S. tonight, I am dissapointed. Yesterday was a hot sunny day, the hottest since I’ve been in New York. However, I did not see any vendors selling pope-sicles like my dad had told me were availabe when John Paul II came to the states. I bet they would have tasted [...]
