The week began appropriately somber for Memorial Day. Now, let’s start the weekend with something light.
Chuck Lorre is a sitcom writer and creator. His credits include Roseanne, Grace Under Fire, Cybill, Dharma & Greg, Two and a Half Men, and my favorite, The Big Bang Theory.
But even someone with those impressive writing chops occasionally looks upward and makes requests of a higher power.
Father Ramon stepped to the pulpit to deliver his Sunday morning homily. The familiar faces looked up at him with the familiar expressions: expectant, sleepy, thoughtful, judgmental, and blank. This Sunday, though, the old priest knew he would give them a lesson they would remember.
“You have noticed the sword on the high altar,” he began. “It has lain there for two weeks, now. I have told no one the story of how it came to be there, but I will tell you now.”
The sleepy and blank faces took on more life. The judgmental remained judgmental, as if daring the priest to be interesting.