While we've been distracted by the "Situation" and by the "crisis"
there have been other prayer needs. A small sampling:

----The rulers of India and of Pakistan wave nuclear weapons over their people's heads in their current disagreements. For peace, or at least truce.

---- Same in the land called Holy. Even a Korea-style armed truce or a Berlin-style wall would be a massive improvement on the current situation.

---- Mallcom, a 10-year-old run over by a car while helping a wheelchair-using lady cross the street at 34th and National Ave on the 29th, is still in the hospital though not on the critical list anymore. A man named Curtis, who is 39, was arrested Thursday for doing the running over. He has problems of his own.

---- Alexis Patterson, aged 7, of the Hi-Mount neighborhood, is still missing. It has been 5 weeks now.

---- The state of the county workers' pensions is still in doubt; the recalls of elected county officials continue.

---- A Jesuit named Greg was ordained priest last night at my parish church. He will be teaching in the Law School at Marquette University.

---- My parish also has a new pastor, he starts work in July. His name is Fr Peter Etzel, SJ.

---- Chronic wasting disease of deer. Geese that have forgotten how to migrate. Garlic mustard, purple loosestrife, Lyme disease. Seagulls lounging in the Convention Center air vents. And, of course, it is tornado season.

---- My nephew, Chad, was born on May 31st. I'll get to meet him when I go to the Knapp reunion in July. My sisters tell me that Chad's big sister Elise is charmed by him.

---- Call to Action is coming to plague us again later in the year (I saw their ad). Wanderer Forum will probably show up also, they always have before. Lord deliver us from the Wandering Actionites. There is only The Church, it has no adjectives!

The "crisis" is mostly passed, but we now return you to the "Situation," already in progress.
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