Yearning Apotheosis (6)

   
   "Yearning Apotheosis (6)"
   
   Britt Flynn and Sister Cindy had reverence during Mass, silent and still as the Transubstantiation took place before their mortal eyes; next, they imbibed the Body of Christ, and went for their walk in the park.
   Britt had endured a tough week of isolation, as always, though finding solace in the truth of the Bible, and the metaphors of science fiction writers.  But the guilt.  The lack of energy.  The desire to die, and be with his Dad, and his True Father.  He told this to Sister Cindy, and she knew he was suicidal; as a result, she told him a paradoxical story, containing both humor and severe suffering, saying:  "At hospice one day, while I was changing a diaper for one of my patients, a large poop fell out; next, the therapy dog tried to eat it while I was escorting the patient to the toilet, and I started yelling at Sister Mary to stop the dog.  I was greatly disturbed at first; then, I realized God must have a sense of humor, for I was just so relieved that my patient was able to have a healthy bowel evacuation."
   Britt Flynn asked:  "You're saying I should see the humor in things?"
   Sister Cindy grabbed his arm, the walk came to a stop, she looked him in his Irish eyes and lovingly said:  "You will be with your Father, and my Father, and all of humanity's Father soon enough.  Just pray.  Pray without ceasing, and laugh at how a peasant Virgin was chosen by the Almighty to become the Gate of Heaven--to bring forth our Lord.  God could've picked a fancy princess, but He chose the lowest, as He usually does.  Read the first chapter of Luke's Gospel.  It is truly Good News about the Mother of God, and how She gets a bit loopy, so sweetly, an announces Her meeting with Saint Gabriel to Her cousin Elizabeth."
   Britt Flynn would do so.