BY MIKE CETERA
A story today about an Aurora church planning to bless driver's licenses and vehicles got me thinking: what else needs some help from above?
Should we have a Bless the Governor Day? Or perhaps you'd like to send some heavenly juju to the prosecutors apparently nipping at his heels?
From the story:
"We've done blessing of animals, of plants and seeds," said the Rev. George Koch Jr., the interim pastor at Our Savior Lutheran Church. "Although the form of the blessing is new, the idea of blessing things is very ancient. It's not (that) we're inventing something; we're just saying how can we use this in the modern context."
What are some other things in need of blessing?
I vote for:
* Blessing complainers (we all could use the help).
* Blessing telemarketers.
* Blessing the Cubs (or White Sox, if you must).
* Blessing the taxpayer (and the taxman).
* Blessing the people who are working to bring to market vehicles that don't run on gas.
* Blessing all of us who have to listen to five more months of presidential campaign rhetoric.
* Blessing tomatoes (Is it just me, or is the now-annual salmonella scare seemingly picking its "victim" foods straight from the lyrics of Jimmy Buffett's "Cheeseburger in Paradise?" Watch out Heinz 57, you're next.).
* Blessing flood victims.
* Blessing all of us that have jobs.
* Blessing those that don't.
* Blessing elected officials that make dumb decisions.
* Blessing those that make good ones, too.
Lol, this is funny.
I don't think blessings are intended as a cure-all. I think of it as a spiritual endorsement.
*Achoo*