In this time

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I sat out on the front stoop for a change this afternoon

At the suggestion of a friend

Who may or may not have known she was suggesting.

Nothing happened.

The warm air hovered in the bright breeze

The sun toweled off the moisture from the morning showers

A mother and daughter walked down the street with their black lab

Who was greeted enthusiastically by the shepherds in the priest’s house

Yes, nothing happened

And it had all the smell

And shine

And wonder

Of miracle.

-J McGinty, 3.20.2020

Published by johnpmcginty

A native of the North Shore of Boston, I currently live in Worcester County, Massachusetts. I worked at Boston College as the Acting Director of The Church in the 21st Century Center until August, 2010 and served until November 2016 as Canon for Formation, and Dean of the George Mercer Jr. School of Theology of the Diocese of Long Island. I was happy to serve as Rector at the Church of Saint Anselm of Canterbury in Shoreham, New York from late 2016 to early 2020. I began service as Rector of The Church of Saint Matthew in the city of Worcester on the first day of the fateful month of 2020.

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