Bishop offers healing prayer for Earth's water systems
Soooo, he sprinkled water (was it filtered?) while in his costume...
The bishop, donning a white ceremonial smock, a pink skullcap and long, embroidered stole around his neck, gazed out over the open water.
"If BP can't plug the leak, maybe God can," he said. (And that worked, right?)
In a brief and windswept afternoon ceremony at the edge of the pier at Jarvis Beach, Wilkowski prayed for the good health of the Great Lakes and for all of the waters on Earth. It was a blessing, he said, built out of frustration as he and millions of Americans have watched the unsuccessful attempts to stop the flow of oil off the Gulf Coast.
Wilkowski, who grew up on Chicago's South Side, said he believes in the power of nature to heal itself. He has seen it firsthand with the slow but steady recovery of the Little Calumet River from intense industrialization decades ago.
But Wilkowski worries the ever-expanding spill in the Gulf of Mexico may be too large even for nature to overcome. That's why he paused Sunday to ask for God's help, and to recite the same blessing he gives to those he visits in the hospital.
"I believe all the waters of the world are a part of us," said the Rev. Mike Bonnett (another loser priest-at-sea), a member of the diocese who assisted in the blessing. "So many things are happening in the world that are not conducive to the overall health of the planet. This is one small part we could play."
Wilkowski worries over the BP oil spill, but has no worries over repayment of seeding monies I spent (out of my Social Security) for the establishment of Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce.
Isn't he a good citizen, condoning robbery?
Soooo, he sprinkled water (was it filtered?) while in his costume...
The bishop, donning a white ceremonial smock, a pink skullcap and long, embroidered stole around his neck, gazed out over the open water.
"If BP can't plug the leak, maybe God can," he said. (And that worked, right?)
In a brief and windswept afternoon ceremony at the edge of the pier at Jarvis Beach, Wilkowski prayed for the good health of the Great Lakes and for all of the waters on Earth. It was a blessing, he said, built out of frustration as he and millions of Americans have watched the unsuccessful attempts to stop the flow of oil off the Gulf Coast.
Wilkowski, who grew up on Chicago's South Side, said he believes in the power of nature to heal itself. He has seen it firsthand with the slow but steady recovery of the Little Calumet River from intense industrialization decades ago.
But Wilkowski worries the ever-expanding spill in the Gulf of Mexico may be too large even for nature to overcome. That's why he paused Sunday to ask for God's help, and to recite the same blessing he gives to those he visits in the hospital.
"I believe all the waters of the world are a part of us," said the Rev. Mike Bonnett (another loser priest-at-sea), a member of the diocese who assisted in the blessing. "So many things are happening in the world that are not conducive to the overall health of the planet. This is one small part we could play."
Wilkowski worries over the BP oil spill, but has no worries over repayment of seeding monies I spent (out of my Social Security) for the establishment of Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce.
Isn't he a good citizen, condoning robbery?
