humor

it's a waste to mouth jokes

that do not laugh on their own

whose humor comes with a sign

and not from the gutsy pit of life

the liver is tickled pink

when laughter rises red

from the touch of sand and sea

on the beach of us gods

who recognize the quirky

and our wealthy imperfections

*Our personalities and individualities, with our array of dysfunctions make life interesting, frightening and humorous.  No wonder God loves us.

*All of our heroes have mud on their feet.

*When Sister Death arrives, we'll be ready.  She's the only way to go.

*Reflections of Jean Sulivan:

  -It's hardly surprising that disciples all over the world seem no longer concerned with the Church but with poverty and human freedom.  Every genuine community enlarges the Christian commonwealth.

  -In the same way that Jesus' intention, clearly shown in the Gospels, was to lead each of us back to our center, it seems to me that the primary mission of Christianity is to rescue men and women who have been overcome by our present age and treated as mere consumers, and, whether they are politically active or not, to offer them a spiritual space.  Everything else is insignificant.

  -...my experience also taught me, contrary to the general opinion, that there was more freedom in the Church than anywhere else.

  -...we never understand perfectly what influences us.