“Swaraj means the ability to regard
every inhabitant of India as
our brother and sister.”
After the liturgy at St. Ben’s today Pat and I went out to breakfast with some friends including Jerry Zwada, a friend and Franciscan priest, who suffered earlier the same fate as our priest friend Father Bill. (See Priest stripped of duties for celebrating Mass with woman priest).
We were all wrapped in conversation when suddenly we noticed that Jerry was slumped over in his chair. He was dizzy and in pain. After a few minutes we called 911 and I drove in the ambulance when he was taken to the hospital. He was given an IV of fluids and started to feel better. Neither the less, it was nearly five hours for them to run test on him and discharge him.
A good friend, Joe, came by car to the hospital and the three of us had some good conversations about woman priest and stuff while we waited for him to be checked out.
After we drove Jerry home Joe and I picked up a bucket of corn muffins made by our friend Ella the patch quilt maker and came to our house for a meal Pat had made for us. My friend Joe and Jerry are not Green Bay Packers football fans so I kept joking with them that I was glad the Packer game was tonight so I would not have to miss the game.
Each day we seek blessings and grace of God. Today his grace and blessing were unexpected given to me with the opportunity to be present with friends in the ER. I could not use my “smart phone” for calls or emails in the ER but Joe’s regular phone did work. When I did check my email I found this daily picture quote from India that was quite apropos to my experience. Gandhi says “Swaraj means the ability to regard every inhabitant of India as our brother and sister.”
Breakfast with Sister Pat, my wife, Brothers Jerry, Joe and Tom]] certainly did turn into unexpected blessings and grace of the day.
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