What do you want for Father’s Day? My immediate response, that
nothing else breaks down on the farm.
No such luck, for no sooner do we repair the bush hog and
lawn mower tire that the weed trimmer handle broke in two places. I check the
purchase date and it appears to still be under warranty but next is the phone
call to customer service. The customer service agent asks to take a picture of
the broken part. OK whip out the cell phone, take the shot and now what. Wait
for an email response. Boldly, I call customer service the next day and the agent checks the status of the repair and she
finds my shot of the broken handle and to my surprise says: “The part has a
‘lifetime warranty’ no problem.” Really, I say to myself, you’re going to fix
it. I’m in shock. Better yet she forwards two locations to take the broken
trimmer for repair. Then she sends an email with the form that will cover the
expense to repair. “I must be heaven, I say to myself.
Celebrating Father’s Day was always a lot of fun for this retired
priest for I would invite all the nurturing dads of the parish to come up to
the altar after Mass and take home a 6 pack of birch beer. Finding the birch beer is another Sonshine
story. My wife Sue asked, “What do I want for Father’s Day?”
Number 1: Prayers from you that Shanna, Ted and Mary who
start chemo therapy are cancer free and Bob gets his kidney.
Number 2: Prayers that Tina, Tim, Shelia stay cancer free
and Fr. Erick is fully recovered from his surgery
Number 3: Prayers for our nationwide Latino pastors and
their parishioners that no one gets deported.
Number 4: Prayers that Sue (my beloved spouse) will be
successful in her application for a grant for the animal shelter and her back
pain will be relieved with the help from her doctors.
Number 5: Prayers for all our living, nurturing dads and
dads in heaven on our Father’s Day prayer list.
Number 6: Prayers that Brockport College legal department
will allow students and faculty to utilize Reviresco as an education center.
Number 7; Prayers that someone might offer their services
to be the “farm manager” to help me take care of our forest and streams.
Number 8: Prayers that I have the strength to cut the
fallen trees. Another tree fell on the driveway hill and I couldn’t pull the
chainsaw cord. I managed to cut the tree down with my hand saw. No need for a
gym, the farm gives me plenty of time for a workout.
Number 9: Yes, I would love to visit more national parks
and take stunning landscape pics like the attached below for you to enjoy.
Rocky Mountain National Park
Number 10: Prayers that someone would build a photography
website to display my landscape photos to
sell online and support Sue’s animal shelter Volunteer4Animals.
But let’s go back to the customer service rep response: “The
part has a ‘lifetime warranty’ no problem.” My blessing to all our dads is a
reminder that you have a lifetime warranty that whenever you broke down, Our
Lord promised to redeem you and bring everlasting peace. No problem. In other
words, never fear the Lord has your back and does not want you to worry. No
worries.
Lord, I pray for all my Sonshine Friends, especially the
nurturing dads be they biological, step-dads, foster, uncles, coaches, mentors,
teachers that someone texts, calls,
writes or physically says: “I love you and thanks for watching over me.”
Living Nurturing
Men: The men who currently provide
love, support, guidance, direction, provide learning opportunities, teachable
lessons, protection and instill faith and values-
Kyle
Downey, Eric Feistel, Don Post, Dan Fafinski, Rudy van derVelden, Vito
Scarpetta, Dr. Michael Casale, Owen B. Hill, Ted Fafinski. Scott M. North,
Alexander North, Steve Flanagan. Bishop
John Mack, Fr. Don Seekins, Fr. Joe Pasquella, Fr Nadeem Yaqoob,, Fr. Corey
Foegen, Father Erick. Fr. Marcus, Cleric Robert, Father Richard, Deacon Tom, Deacon
John, Steve George, Roy George Jr.,
Robert Bumbacher, Jerry Spaziani, Stanley G.
Bartlett; Scott Bartlett, Mark Bartlett, Duke Pollett, Ron LaMora, Jon White,
Scott Caton, Jerry Ruszala, Brad Ruszala, Scott Ruszala, Kurt Hammel, Mike
Cuzzupo,li, Brett Hammel, Mike Hammel, Brian Hammer, Allyn Hammel, Bob Haelen,
Mark Barie, Foster E. Hakes, Charles A. Hakes, John Jacob Bender, Anthony J.
Montanaro, Anthony F. Montanaro, Tim Kibler, David Johnson, Doug Spooner Jr.,
Jeffrey McDonald, Michael Wangler, JJ Pineda, Tyler Lapham, Craig Lapham,
Sankar Sewnauth, Andrew Sewnauth, Brian Stephenson, Terry Spooner, Rhody
Spooner, Jody Spooner, Father Matt, Jack Woodward, Tom Surtel, Brad Rehwaldt,
Denny Meyer, Carl Szarek, Arnie Boldt, Jeff Fluker, Louis Horton,
Prayers
for those who are deceased and have touched so many lives
Ken
Harzynski, Matthew H. Kawiak, Charlie Sullivan, Fr., Alex Stec, Fr. Matthew
Sudara, Fr. Adamski, Msgr Leo Kelty, Bishop Peplowski, Dick Barie, Michael
Fafinski, Joseph Wrobel, James Kalinowski, Peter Jakubowski, Ralph
Calabrese, Steve Biklen, Tom Karp, Fr. Bob, Stanley F. Bartlett, Ellis
Bartlett, Gordon Jones, Pio Spaziani, James Meyer, Edward Ruszala, Louis
Podleiszek, Arnold Hammel, Leonard Long, Paul Long Sr., Paul Long jr, Joseph N. Guido, John Lallucci, Richard
Bean; Charles Wangler II; Charles Wangler III; Douglas Spooner, James
Wangler,