{"id":2881,"date":"2019-01-14T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T05:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2881"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:45:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:45:02","slug":"jan-14-xtmas-season-departs-ordinary-time-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2019\/01\/14\/jan-14-xtmas-season-departs-ordinary-time-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan 14  &#8211; Xtmas season departs, &#8220;Ordinary Time&#8221; begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday January 14, 2019\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cCompanion is the one who eats the same bread.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This morning\u00a0when I opened the blinds in my room, early sun and snow traceries on the courtyard cloister walk roofs took my breath away. \u00a0 \u00a0Sometimes the world is tough; sometimes it\u2019s beautiful. \u00a0Same goes for my city, Detroit. \u00a0The view out the window onto Livernois and McNichols reminds me of one of the saints in my life. \u00a0Here\u2019s a meditation about Dom Helder Camera I wrote four years ago; \u00a0not the first time I invite him to stir our imaginations and hopes. \u00a0He learned how to walk in the world as a blunt realist who, at the same time, breathed playful tenderness in and out, all day, every day.<\/p>\n<p>Dom Helder Camera\u00a0February 7, 1909,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fortaleza\">Fortaleza<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil\">Brazil<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 August 27, 1999. \u00a0He was archbishop of Recife and Olinda from 1964 to 1985 during military dictatorship in Brazil. \u00a0He\u00a0interpreted Catholic teaching with a consistent, fierce attention to the violence of systems maintaining brutal poverty. \u00a0This unblinking attention to the violence of poverty was matched by legendary playfulness. \u00a0Here is one story among many, this one I witnessed. \u00a0Once Dom Helder was speaking to about 1500 people who sat on the St. Louis levee overlooking the Mississippi River (by the Arch); in the middle of the talk, a helicopter took off right behind him filled with tourists taking a ride with a bird\u2019s eye view of the river and the city. \u00a0 It made enough of a racket that it was impossible to hear what the Dom Helder was saying. \u00a0He paused, turned around to the\u00a0helicopter, and gave the tourists a puckish little wave. \u00a0When the helicopter got a little farther out on its trip, he turned back to us.<\/p>\n<p>Here is one of his sayings. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Read it like a poem, out loud, with pauses.<\/p>\n<p>john sj<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Post \u2013 Dom Helder Camera<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is possible to travel alone, but we know the journey is human life<br \/>\nand life needs company.<br \/>\nCompanion is the one who eats the same bread.<\/p>\n<p>The good traveler cares for weary companions, grieves when we lose heart,<br \/>\ntakes us where she finds us,\u00a0 listens to us.<br \/>\nIntelligently, gently, above all lovingly, we encourage each other to go on<br \/>\nand recover our joy<br \/>\nOn the\u00a0 journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2013\/12\/Dom-Helder-Camera.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2013\/12\/Dom-Helder-Camera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n1909-1999<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H%C3%A9lder_C%C3%A2mara\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H%C3%A9lder_C%C3%A2mara<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2019\/01\/CourtyardRoof.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2882\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2019\/01\/CourtyardRoof.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2019\/01\/CourtyardRoof.jpg 320w, https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2019\/01\/CourtyardRoof-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCourtyard Roof &#8211; 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