Ash-WednesdaY!

Salvation & Baseball!?---Really?,,,Hmm!

(Ash-Wednesday-2019)

 

What ever happened to old-time “Religion” and passioned-“Baseball”?

One might answer: Nothing! Depending upon individual-perspective.

 

Might a “church” be as irrelevant to Salvation as

might a “ball-park” be incidental to Baseball? Hmm!

 

Each offers a “reward” for following the “rules” while fairly

playing-the-“game” displaying one’s very-best practiced-talent.

 

As a “kid”, each endeavor was a determined “worthy”- effort.

A great deal-of-satisfaction resulted from each exercised-discipline,

much like the “learning”-experience of reading-writing, and -arithmetic.

 

Gee! (simple-humble) I even took the entrance-exam for the

Seminary!? Yikes! And, played a ball-game in Busch-Stadium;

each “accomplishment" at the tender-age of 12. A True-story!

 

I never made it to the priesthood nor did I don a Cardinal-uniform.

Never bragged that I was any-good (at-anything); sure was “fun”.

 

The “rules” are existent for excellent-reasons lending-credence to the

overall-experience while enhancing pursuit of any pleasure-treasure.

 

So? Organized-“Religion” evolved (modernized) inflicting an “evil”

slow-death self-imposed suicide-sentence---it’s coming…sure as dawn.

 

“Pure”-baseball officiated its own demise with “bending” of the rules

 and outright “sanctioned”-cheating in some instances. A fan of the

new-day modern-era endures “drug”-enhanced charades---and…more.

 

Each desecration to these sacred obelisks-of-Honor denigrates their-integrity.

Yet, Salvation-thrives absent a “church; baseball-“Love” is still-sacred purity.

 

Maybe? Examine one’s beliefs with that same self-piety passion one so-

easily practices when examining and judging behavior of all-others. Hmm!

If one’s “accepted”-“fiats” cannot stand-up to “true” and “fair” scrutiny,

perhaps it is beyond high-time to discard those false-gods in favor of Truth!

 

Mercy might forgive a “collective”-lie where mere-mortal baseball is concerned;

would one gamble eternal-“Salvation” on such “tripe” tempting the holy-Deity!?

 

A holy “ash”-cross emblazons my forehead; this afternoon is sacred-“Baseball”!

Amen!