Is poor Catholic an oxymoron

I volunteered a lot at St Mary's at the lakes. 

I did a lot of little things like shovel snow off the roof set up Christmas decorations, I also stood in front of the congregation and read scripture during Sunday mass and helped as an alter server. I raised funds for the Diocesan Service Appeal. Three years in a row.

 One day I was approached by a man from Sacred heart in Hudson Michigan who asked if I would be interested in participating in a play type reading at the church and I agreed.

 He gave me an envelope with my part in the play. I took it home and studied.

 John Schaub who was married to Jean (Pastoral coordinator) had a part in the play as well, so he drove us down. When we arrived, we found the church packed.

Turns up its Pentecostal Saturday. I hadn't given it much consideration, 

I had been telling myself it's on a Saturday there will probably only be a hand full of parishioners.

 We started mass with a prayer then eight of us who were in the play took our places at different podiums in the church. There were Fathers and Deacons in the front row.

 I looked them in their eyes scanning rows and rows of Parishioners as we performed our parts. I was nervous but I'm proud to say I did good. everyone was listening to me. I'm looking at them looking at me I have their complete attention.

Afterward I took my seat and was ready for communion. Then the fathers and Deacons stood up and took the Alter. They took stations for confession.... I didn't even see this coming. (Am I a Poor Catholic? Http://fbgfgc.blogspot.com/2014/03/is-poor-catholic-oxymoron.html ).

  At confession I confessed I'm just a roofer that I didn't think I was doing what God wanted me to do.

 I use to work in radio, I've organized and conducted food drives that filled rental trucks with food for local food pantries. I confessed to the Father I use to feel so important and now I'm just Hiding on a roof. "I'm not doing what God wants me to do." The Father was quick to look to the podium I had just stood at. Nod his head toward it and ask me "why did you get up there and do that?" I quickly responded, "I was asked to". He told me there you go. "If God wanted you on the radio, you would be on the radio"! He told me I was good at the part I had taken in the play. He had also noticed how everyone was paying absolute attention to me as I spoke. He told me I should be an actor or something. He Also told me to do what God asks me to do. It was only weeks later I got a call from children Protective Service and then within days I had my own new baby. I told Jean Shaub Pastoral coordinator "I'm supposed to be a grandpa not a dad" she replied.

" Your who God Needs you to be" And I reflected back to Pentecostal Saturday when the Father told me to do what God asks me to do. I'm trying!

Bob Jenkens

Thank you, Jean Schaub,

(on the right) washing feet with Father Paul

          "Ketchup"

I'm still waiting for something good to catch up to me

For ketchup to be fashionable and mustard to seed

See me skating on destiny just you watch and see 

when I catch up to me

Bob Jenkens

                                                            "Ketchup"

Autopsy of a poet

To dissect a poet, is to open his pages and read.

look at his vital organs.

how did life make him bleed?

my autopsy will reveal emotionally,

physically, ironically.

shut the book and know.

this is how I read.

scribbled out, crossed out, left out.

this is my autopsy.

in pencil and in ink

I've bled every word I write.

Bob Jenkens 

if it bleeds it leads

ADHD doesn't spell anything

I have something Called cod

no wait that's cash on delivery I mean COPD

Sometimes it's so hard to breathe with all this anxiety. 

Did I say COPD? 

I meant ADHD whatever that means in chemistry

I don't think write but

this piece of paper sure feels good to me. 

Bob Jenkens

 

if it bleeds it leads Amazon

Checking for blood

If it bleeds it leads 

If it leads to me 

It probably bleeds truth and Justice 

Just as if Democracy fails to prevail 

Over corruption and greed 

If it bleeds it leads 

That's not fake news 

When it leads you to believe 

It's hypocrisy that rules

Bob Jenkens 

   "Job related strass" I wrote this while working as a news director at wabj Adrian Michigan.

I had to roof to support my radio habit. I roofed every house in this video.

Is Ukraine the new middle east?

if bear shits in the woods and no one is around to hear, does it make a sound? 

what kind of question is that? 

Is Ukraine the new Middle East? 

What's the difference if there's nobody listening?

Where is Humanity?  believe you me

There is a crisis happening, 

innocent people are in the middle of it 

Bob Jenkens 

  When Russia invaded Ukraine, I stood in my living room watching it on the news. what if Putin's telling the truth

"Oh my God, I'm watching innocent people trying to commute to work, school, day cares even the homeless and hospitalized were under attack from Vladimir Putin. I commend the citizens of Ukraine and their military on their resistance and fight against the invasion and brutal attack on the democracy of their country. 

 I couldn't watch, I shut the tv off and took my dogs for a walk in the woods. In the woods it was complete somber. I almost feel guilty for shutting the news off. Why isn't the world condemning Russia? What was Russia aggression in Syria all about? What happened to the war in Syria? I start thinking about the Holocaust and the way it must have been, where was humanity? where is humanity now? Do we have to wait until authenticity is robbed of its land, brutalized and murdered?  Is it really like the news guys are portraying it? What's the truth?

I'm just a dumb roofer watching the news but I'm sure there's some roofers in the Ukraine whose lives have been shattered and they don;t know any more than I do why this destruction is carrying out in their neighborhoods. Their wondering where is humanity?

 Hello, is anybody out there? what do I know i'm just a dumb roofer that writes dumb poems. My dumb poems are like shorthand to me. I write my insight in as few words as I can.

       people are dieing UN necessarily

if it bleeds it leads 

Jesus would be rolling in his grave

I wish I would have been there 

when Jesus was betrayed (by Judas)

Simon Peter's stroke would have meant "go" and the story would have changed.

  The Holy Bible written a different way.

I know he ascended into Heaven and 

arose on the third day.

for if he didn't, 

Jesus would be rolling in his grave.

Why couldn't the disciples fight? 

It's what they've taken from us today.

In his name "in God we trust"

Justice or just us?

When Simon Peter dropped his sword

I would have gone to war for Jesus.

The story would have changed 

No cock crowing,  No last supper

It's a kosher BBQ 

  

Ø"Jesus " in your name we build Humility 

Faith in God and trust in the Holy Spirit 

That's why God has me here today 

To proclaim the the kingdom of God forever and ever!

Amen 

I know Jesus ascended and 

arose on the third day 

If he didn't he would be rolling in his grave. 

Bob Jenkens

the underdog

if it bleeds it leads

it's March madness in Ukraine

Everyone's bracket is broken

Here comes a seventh seed. 

to live and die for Democracy.

Here comes an underdog the under dog

 Ukraine against the odds

Tomorrow the courts will host.

Duke and Maryland

 The Supreme court will repeal Roe vs Wadegive the kids a new set of rules

While NATO denies a no-fly zone 

It only counts as two coming from three-point land.

Everyone's bracket is broken.

Bob Jenkens 

if it bleeds it leads

A New York times best seller

I woke up Splattered all over the front page 

of the Washington post today 

The paparazzi posting pictures

Of the shoes I wore the night before 

 I woke up the story had changed 

The front page is the last page 

The headlines are blank 

The date is right 

But the comics are no joke 

My blood is dripping 

From the crease in the page 

Splattered all over your ankles 

I washed out between the pages 

Of somebody's post today 

Bob Jenkens 

To dissect a poet is to open his pages and read 

Look at his vital organs How did life make him bleed........Autopsy of a poet

what if Putin's telling the truth "2016"

What if Putin's telling the truth? 

fake news real news? is Jesus new?

what would Jesus do

if he were sitting next to you

watching the news

32 channels reading 

the same three stories

catered

like we can't handle the truth

The Anti Christ is in North Korea

The Iranians seek nuclear devastation

on Israel

or the Russians have converted to Catholicism

and started speaking in tongue

with their baptismal ordinance

Put on your poker face Putin

and tell Jesus why you do

what the news guys say you do

Or what if Jesus made the news

turning tainted water into wine

and with Kim Jung un accepting communion

Jesus News

The Ayatillah goes solar

and Putin to call all in

to Peace and Christianity 

(up next on reality t.v)

Bob Jenkens

what if Putin's telling the truth may 2016

if it bleeds it leads

believe you me, Humanity

Quite simply put, people need to believe 

whatever they need to be at peace with themselves 

to save this planet from our own selfish greed. 

No hate and believing peace could be 

believing in you.  

And believing in me.

Bob Jenkens 

if it bleeds it leads

Calvary

What's right, What's wrong 

What's changed or not the same 

Why do I feel 

I need to kill 

Hang myself on a cross at the capitol 

The beginning of the end For me But then you'll see 

What's right, what's wrong 

What's changed or not the same 

Bob Jenkens 

if it bleeds it leads

is Ukraine the new Middle East?

Is The Ukraine the new Middle East?

My insight on the war in Ukraine

during my walk today, I wondered.

If a bear shits in the woods and  

No one is around to hear 

does it make a sound?

What kind of question is that?

Is The Ukraine the new Middle East? 

What's the difference if there's nobody listening?

Where is Humanity?

There is a crisis happening Innocent people are in the middle of it 

       "if it bleeds it leads"

Is The Ukraine the new Middle East?

 Two year's ago today debriefed at the pearly gates I took the puppies for a walk in the woods.

Russia was bombarding Ukraine with air strikes commencing with no particular targets, right on the news. I commend the citizens of Ukraine and their military on the resistance and fight against the invasion and attack on the democracy of their country.

I asked myself why Isn't the whole world condemning Russia's aggregation? Do we have to wait until a ethnicity is robbed, brutalized and murdered? I'm watching it in plain view on the news and tv crews what is the truth?

I'm just a dumb roofer but I'm sure there's some roofers in The Ukraine whose lives' have been shattered and they don't know why any more than I do.  where is the rest of Humanity?  what do I know I'm just a dumb roofer that writes stupid poems.

Bob jenkens 

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