Ungrateful Son

Your way in, past her cubicle,

and she’s bent over, bent over

once again, a spiritual book

opened, her desk cluttered. She’s told

you before, in an imperative

way, this world didn’t just put itself

together on its own; her readings

keep her grounded and one must keep

a grip on reality - or suffer

at the hands of a modern world

lost in its own accomplishments.

This time she looks up, noticing

that I’m noticing and she looks

me directly in the eye and mouths

“you are loved; all of us are loved”

and she closes her book. I mumble

to myself “that's right: no more Masses

and my wife practically broke an ankle

collecting coronavirus test kits.”

When I get to my own desk I pull out

my own spiritual book and in

the first sentence read: “Throughout Sacred

Scripture one reads continually

of the love of God for us. He lets

us know this in various ways.”*

"Then You’ll understand too Lord if

my faith is shaken." - I prayed as I closed the book.

Gary Edward Geraci

*In Conversation With God: Meditation for each day of the year - Volume Two: Lent - Holy Week -Eastertide by Francis Fernandez