The Lord and I have an understanding. He does not darken my door and I return the favor. I am neither an Atheist nor a lapsed Catholic. I am simply a mortal man whose faith is vested absolutely in (a) the face staring back at me in the bathroom mirror every morning; and (b) myself. I do not begrudge anyone his or her faith, although I would point out that recorded history's annals attribute more deaths to organized religion than to any other source and that it is an uncomfortably short walk (for me anyway) from faith to zealotry. I have little concern about spending eternity in Hell. I have driven east to west through Kansas AND Nebraska - on separate cross-country drives. I can handle it.
I recall from my parentally-forced attendance at (a) Catholic elementary schools; and (b) Sunday mass that today is a Holy Day of Obligation on the Roman Catholic calendar. It is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. It is a day that as a Springsteen fan has long made me think of this and now, courtesy of the stunningly good new record Letter to You now also makes me think of this.
Meanwhile, from his seat at the bar in the Holy Grail Saloon, Franco Harris smiles...
-AK
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