We are underneath that pall with you today Like the great grey scarf the sky pulls round its neck We earthen vessels gather in this place And look now upon the broken jar that days ago was you. Our fears and prayers like smoke from the thurible rise We plead to Him and to each otherContinue reading “Minus Hodie Lux”
Author Archives: Bosco O'Brian
Pluralism — ‘plo͝orəˌlizəm/…
As we Christians approach The solemnities of The Nativity of the Lord and Epiphany, we have to remember what we fundamentally believe and why… Pluralism and the freedom to worship as one sees fit; these, above all else were the fundamental principles of the founding Fathers and America; the single most essential concepts that drove Continue reading “Pluralism — ‘plo͝orəˌlizəm/…”
What I know now…
Sitting here in the last few hours of my 55th year, here’s what I know now that maybe I didn’t a year ago… (1) I may never make everyone happy, but I have a real knack for piss’n everyone off. (2) I’m not the man I once was, so there’s still a chance I mightContinue reading “What I know now…”
Make it complete, total hell…
Anyone that knows me knows that I am no War-hawk…However, if there is going to be a military response to all of this…If it is to be unavoidable… if there’s going to be lives spent to end this brand of terror… then it should be immense, overwhelming, rapid, relentless, brutal and complete. The nature andContinue reading “Make it complete, total hell…”
They Served…
Here is one of the first pictures taken of my mother and father as a couple along with one of the last… They both served. In fact they met while serving and the result was 14 children (6 of which also served — one of whom never returned) and a forty-seven year marriage. They wereContinue reading “They Served…”
WARNING: Sappy Rant To Follow!
OK, do you see that face? Do you see the anticipation and fear mixed in that smile? I am the cause of those dueling emotions… I am the life bet she was just about to make… I still am. That is the face of the most wonderful, beautiful woman that 27 years ago today becameContinue reading “WARNING: Sappy Rant To Follow!”
“Lord have mercy on us.”
In her severely abbreviated life Bella loved cats, dancing to country music and the color green. That’s what we know about what she loved; just three scraps of joy in a life marked by neglect and abuse at the hands of horrible morons… And then, an even more horrifying end. Look at this face andContinue reading ““Lord have mercy on us.””
I Do Not Speak For Christ
Until very recently, I would declare with little or no thought that I am Christian; even more precisely, Roman Catholic. However, as Christians have become more and more political, we have done so with the exceptional attitude that we, each man-made flavor of Christianity, have God uniquely on our side. And this is not theContinue reading “I Do Not Speak For Christ”
Parenting is Like Beehive Soccer
I had a bit of an epiphany this morning… It occurred to me that parenting is not unlike my now distant and admittedly short-lived career as a soccer parent. At the beehive-level I coached. At that level, I was permitted on the field of play where I ran up and down the field with theContinue reading “Parenting is Like Beehive Soccer”
Any man’s death diminishes me…
“Any man’s death diminishes me, Because I am involved in mankind, And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.” From “No Man Is An Island” by John Donne. It is imperative that we do not get into a protracted or worse, vicious debate about which lives matter moreContinue reading “Any man’s death diminishes me…”
Why Eye Write 