{"id":2068,"date":"2016-11-07T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T05:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2068"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:47:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:47:32","slug":"nov-7-leaves-sky-sun-spectacular-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2016\/11\/07\/nov-7-leaves-sky-sun-spectacular-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov 7 – leaves & sky & sun = spectacular weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday, November 7 \u00a0– \u00a0\u201cnot for grandeur, \u00a0nor from fear\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pretty much everyone I know around here is slamming work these days, like the heavy equipment pushing and growling as skilled workers build the College of Health Profession\u2019s new wing. \u00a0 Energy blending with over-worked to-do lists and overdue emails.<\/p>\n

A shout out to Sr. Beth Ann Finster, csj yesterday \u2014 a packed university chapel for mass celebrating her 50th year as a Sister of St. Joseph and her 32nd year at the university. \u00a0 Who packed the house and got volunteers hauling in loads of extra chairs? \u00a0 Students from this year, students from 25 years ago, lots of Detroit Mercy co-workers, some retired, some work-slammers for whom this Monday is the beginning of a new week. \u00a0The congregation tested the acoustical range of a chapel radiant with sunshine pouring in. \u00a0“Beth, lots and lots of people came out to tell stories about the beauty with which you live your life.”\u00a0After mass an even larger crowd came over to the Jesuit Community Courtyard, partly made locally famous by the roses Beth plants there and partly by Jesuits who tend them through their season.<\/p>\n

It would be a shame, I thought during morning prayer today, if the press of work and the tensions of this anxiety-laden election season allowed autumn to slip by us. \u00a0Wherever you live, in Motown where the colors are breaking open these days, or Colorado, or Sweden, pause and listen 3 times today; let autumn be a song and you the listener. \u00a0Want to?<\/p>\n

Have a blest week,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

john sj<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Post<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 \u201cAutumn\u2019s russet colors\u201d<\/p>\n

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

\u201cFor the dogwood in our yard, late October
\nWest Philly c. 1976 during grad school\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Autumn\u2019s russet colors
\nAge without solemnity
\nEarthy and simple, they linger
\nLinger,<\/p>\n

Not for grandeur
\nNor from fear of the dust they will become<\/p>\n

Their affection for this place
\nThese ripening moments
\nEven me the beholder
\nSlows the pace of changing.<\/p>\n

Let me be won by this warmth
\nTo slow my chosen pace
\nTo ripen affectionately.<\/p>\n

jstsj<\/p>\n

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