How many of us have arrived at church in the middle of a service…. an hour early for the one we "intended" to attend? I did this once at St Theresa in Coral Gables and I actually demanded the usher let me go in, "because ‘they’ started early!" Well it almost happened today but the Miami Herald, which I put on vacation mode until December, but that keeps getting delivered, had a big square announcement on the front…. "change your clocks!" I checked my cell phone, and indeed, it’s an hour earlier! So I got up at 8:30 which was really 7:30 and am now having some free time. So I’ve perused the daily Mass readings, read the Winn Dixie ad, signed up for some Winn Dixie specials, looked carefully at my walls to consider a new paint color, and have a little time left to say…. Change your clocks! YOU HAVE AN EXTRA HOUR!!!!
Last evening the University of Miami finally won a football game. They are out of the "standings" but it doesn’t matter. A win is fun and we finally got it after starting with 4 wins and then losing 3. How can anyone, a person, a team, a business, start out gang busters and fall so far? I guess it applies to all of us to think about that. Do we get lazy? Do we forget the "basics"? Do we fall to a tyrant? This last is scary at best. Most tyrants are originally "elected." We need to be very vigilant about this election and first be sure we vote. Why is it that we get to this day (2 days before election) and so many Americans are saying…. "I can’t make a difference?" Remember a few good men won wars for us… The Revolution probably had only a few thousand fighting men win our freedom. Only a few hundred at the Alamo and at San Jacinto in Texas won that big state. Only a few of us can make a difference. Strap on your courage and go "punch a button" or make a circle or an x at the election place near your house. God bless you.