Father Andy Davy, MIC, pastor of St. Mary Parish in Plano, Illinois, also writes poetry. Here, we share some of his work and his commentaries on that work in the latest installment of a series.
"Divine Mirth"
by Fr. Andy Davy
Father becomes the magnet
That cools down time
In its speed but not its mirth,
Allowing the children's Nerf bullets
To orbit around him
In the contemplation of bliss.He needs not control the game as his own,
But rather in his solidity
He creates the atmosphere
For his little buds to blossom.By his laughter
The stars first blazed.By his smile
The waters flowed out from the depths.And by his presence today
The foam projectiles
Of youthy battle
Play around
The rejoicing contagion of their dad.
Father Andy writes, This poem was inspired during a zany Nerf gun game being fought around a young man with special needs named Andrew. Andrew was able to be fully present to these adults, sharing a moment of child-like fun (I was one of them).
As he imbibed the joy of seeing others having fun, his mirth was so magnetic that the game took on for me contemplative experience. I saw this young man sharing in the divine-like quality of "mirth” and his delight slowed down our fast-paced game into an insight into how the Big-Bang of God’s Creation could be seen as the mirth of God found inside the Holy Trinity (the joy-filled delight of Father and Son gazing into each others eyes, and the ensuing laughter of them being the Holy Spirit), now exploding forth in a creating light that is charged with the delight of the Lord for the goodness of his creation.
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