Dear Folks,

Get ready.

I might be talking about spring training baseball. I might be talking about the Pope. I might be talking about Lent. I might be talking about your spouse going to the doctor.

I can see in my mind a beautiful deep blue twilight sky. I am standing at third base with a glove playing little league. I remember before

every pitch thinking, if x happens, then I do y. If b happens then I do c. This is why I love this game, because I have to be able to already know what to do without thinking about it.”

Yep, that happened.

Don’t let spring training, the illness of the pope, or the health of your loved ones or lent catch you by surprise.

Make your plan, say your prayers, pick up your crosses, so that when the ball comes screaming at you at 100 mph and you lift your glove in self defense, you already know what you are going to do. And maybe you will make the All Star Team!

pax,

Father John Mosimann