{"id":1211,"date":"2015-02-26T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T05:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:49:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:49:37","slug":"james-martin-sj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2015\/02\/26\/james-martin-sj\/","title":{"rendered":"James Martin, sj"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Boston friend sent this James Martin, sj prayer to stop the snow. \u00a0Lots of pictures along with J\u2019s wit.<\/p>\n

back with a real post tomorrow as usual<\/p>\n

john sj<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve probably seen this already, but just in case\u2026..<\/p>\n

Roz<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Father James Martin, S.J.<\/a>, has come up with the perfect prayer for Boston and every other city that wants the snow to stop.<\/h2>\n

\"James-Martin\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook: FrJamesMartin<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Boston01\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Chestnut Hill, Mass., courtesy of John Wronski, SJ \/\u00a0Facebook: FrJamesMartin<\/a><\/p>\n

Martin is a Jesuit priest, author, and editor of the national Catholic magazine\u00a0America<\/em>. He published the prayer\u00a0on his Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0and gave permission for it to be reprinted on BuzzFeed.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlmighty God, who made the green grass on the Fenway, the blue waters of Dorchester Bay, and the tan sands on the Cape, we have a simple prayer: Enough with the snow already.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\"Boston02\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Getty Images Kayana Szymczak<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever mysterious point you\u2019re making about endurance, or patience, or your own awesome power, we get it.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\"Boston03\"<\/a><\/p>\n

AP Michael Dwyer<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve endured, we\u2019re plenty patient, and we get that you can do the snow thing.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\"Boston04\"<\/a><\/p>\n

AP Michael Dwyer<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we know that you know the old joke (since you know everything) about how if the Pilgrims landed in Florida first this part of the country would never have been settled, ha ha, but we love it here.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\"Boston05\"<\/a><\/p>\n

AP Charles Krupa<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love the spring, especially on Boston Common.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\"Boston06\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Getty Images\/iStockphoto SeanPavonePhoto<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love the Fall, especially in the suburbs.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\"Boston07\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Getty Images\/iStockphoto\/ coleong<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we love the summer, especially on Cape Cod, on Cape Ann, and on the South Shore.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\"Boston08\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Getty Images\/iStockphoto\/ coleong<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love all those beautiful parts of your world.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\"Boston09\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Getty Images\/iStockphoto SeanPavonePhoto<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we\u2019ve had it with the snow.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\"Boston10\"<\/a><\/p>\n

AP Michael Dwyer<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, have you looked out my window?\u201d<\/h2>\n

\"Boston11\"<\/a><\/p>\n

AP Elise Amendola<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we\u2019d like to ask you to stop sending us the snow.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\"Boston12\"<\/a><\/p>\n

AP Steven Senne<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, just to be clear, when we say snow we also mean freezing rain, sleet, black ice, any kind of flurries, and that new creation of yours, thundersnow.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\"Boston13\"<\/a><\/p>\n

AP Steven Senne<\/p>\n

\u201cWe promise we\u2019ll be good during Lent, we\u2019ll be kind to one another, and we won\u2019t ask for another thing.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\"Boston14\"<\/a><\/p>\n

AP Elise Amendola<\/p>\n

\u201cAt least until the Red Sox start to play.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\"Boston15\"<\/a><\/p>\n

commons.wikimedia.org<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Flickr: jaredvincent<\/a>\u00a0\/ \/ Via Creative Commons<\/p>\n

\u201cAmen.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\"Boston16\"<\/a><\/p>\n

AP Steven Senne<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the prayer again in full:<\/h2>\n

Almighty God, who made the green grass on the Fenway, the blue waters of Dorchester Bay and the tan sands on the Cape, we have a simple prayer: Enough with the snow already.<\/p>\n

Whatever mysterious point you\u2019re making about endurance, or patience or your own awesome power, we get it: we\u2019ve endured, we\u2019re plenty patient and we get that you can do the snow thing.<\/p>\n

And we know that you know the old joke (since you know everything) about how if the Pilgrims landed in Florida first this part of the country would never have been settled, ha ha, but we love it here.<\/p>\n

We love the spring, especially on Boston Common. We love the Fall, especially in the suburbs. And we love the summer, especially on Cape Cod, on Cape Ann and on the South Shore.<\/p>\n

We love all those beautiful parts of your world. But we\u2019ve had it with the snow.<\/p>\n

I mean, have you looked out my window? So we\u2019d like to ask you to stop sending us the snow.<\/p>\n

And, just to be clear, when we say snow we also mean freezing rain, sleet, black ice, any kind of flurries and that new creation of yours, thundersnow.<\/p>\n

We promise we\u2019ll be good during Lent, we\u2019ll be kind to one another, and won\u2019t ask for another thing, at least until the Red Sox start to play. Amen.<\/p>\n

Via\u00a0Facebook: FrJamesMartin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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