Daily Excerpt: Surviving Cancer, Healing People: One Cat's Story (Sula)

 




Excerpt from Surviving Cancer, Healing People by Sula - 

One of Fr. Jerry’s homilies was so very interesting that I had to get up out of the pew and go down and listen to him. He was talking about the animals and what they brought to the baby Jesus. He talked about what the donkeys brought and what the camels brought and what the sheep brought and what lots of other kinds of animals brought.

That homily interested me much more than any other homily I had heard from Fr. Jerry although all his homilies are good. All the people who take care of me agree, which is almost everyone when you count all the people who love and pet me.

But, he did not say anything about what the cats brought! That made me very curious. I wanted to know what the cats brought. I wanted to hear more of the homily. I wanted to hear it clearly. I really wanted to hear what the cats had brought to Baby Jesus.

So, I walked up to where Fr. Jerry was standing and talking and sat down in front of him, eager to his next words, but his next words disappointed me because he said, “Yes, Sula, I am sure there were cats who wanted to bring the Baby Jesus a gift, too, but, unfortunately, they aren’t in this story.”

I felt sad that I would not learn what the cats brought, but I also felt happy because Fr. Jerry had immediately noticed me and knew what I wanted to know. When he addresses me—he does that sometimes—I like it. It makes me believe that my mission is important to him, too.

As for the cats and baby Jesus, I agree with him. I am sure that the cats brought something. Just as surely, I wish I knew what it was!

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