This ones for you dad!

The weekend of the 12th Sunday OT was also fathers day. While unlike mothers day I was not able to attend a special fathers day mass, more over Fr. Bernard who as always gave a kick ass homily he did not talk about dads at all. Instead he did his job and focused on the readings for that day. Well this threw me into a panic, what am I going to write for this blog post. I wrote a kick ass post for mothers day, now its fathers day what am I going to do!?!?!?!

Taking the extra time to write this blog because, if you read the last post I was lost in the trees, and ultimately still unsure of what to write proved to be most beneficial. This weekend, to be specific, Sunday my dad and I set out on the road at 5am to go to Pittsburg for a ball game. We drove there, went tot he game enjoyed all that baseball has to offer, and drove back getting home just before midnight.

We laughed we yelled at other drivers, we had high hopes for the Bucs to win, and had a great time making fun of a security guard who was Gods gift to baseball, and specifically PNC park (he took his job way to seriously and looked hilarious doing so), we rocked out to some jazz, and some great oldies. This past Sunday enjoying a long ass drive and some baseball was exactly what being with dad meant.

This lead me to think about what else it means to have a dad in your life. This invariably brought my attention back to the readings for that 12th Sunday.

First we heard about Job, that poor bastard. Nothing but shit came his way yet he resolved and was persistent in his faith. He was steadfast. He was a father. What really struck me next was in the gospels, here we see Jesus and his apostles on the sea, the apostles terrified, they looked to Christ.

"Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing? 

He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Quiet! Be still! 

The wind ceased and there was great calm. 

Then he asked them, Why are you terrified? 

Do you not yet have faith? 

They were filled with great awe" (MK 4:38-41). 

Now as much as I wish I could say that my dad had power over the sea, in this gospel reading I think Christ is very easily portrayed as a father. His children are scared and they call out time him, he answers and teaches them something. Is this not exactly what fathers do? Do children not run into their fathers arms for comfort? 

Each and every father child relationship is going to be different and that is the beauty of it. An adult male, even a dad could not be the perfect dad to every child, rather there is a unique bond between each child and their father. From being a timid child filled with fear like those ever foolish apostles in the boat, or a child afraid of the dark, and looking for monsters under the bed. We are filled with great awe. 

Now as a last note, here is a video of an awesome dad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OR8bmWyDHc

Ok here is another one too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4vkVHijdQk

Peace and Blessings Always

~M