Being There

The San Francisco Giants baseball team is continuing on into the playoff and maybe the Wold Series.  I will be in San Francisco for most of the games.  It will be exciting to be there.  I was out there when they won the World Series in 2010.  it was exciting.  They had not won in 56 years.  No one can take away the victory.  This is one thing I like about sports.

Religion on the other hand can have powerful moments, followed by reversals.  On October 11, 1962, the same month the Giants lost the World Series to the Yankees, Vatican II began.  It was an exciting time.  New events happened.  History was being made.  The church was going to dialogue with the modern world.  When the council closed three years later, there was so much hope.  Everyone went home, but the Curia, the Roman Cardinals, they stayed.  Today there is a rear guard effort to return to nostalgia.  I like baseball better.  When you win, you win.  With hierarchy the losses are temporary.  People say Rome is a wonderful place.  Been there.  I would prefer a baseball game, with my Giants winning.  A win you cannot reverse.