I found this:



at justlittlethings.net (as you can tell from the bottom right corner).

It made me think of that day when we sat in Rand and sang the Death Star Gangsta Rap and Weird Al's Star Wars song.

And then I found this, which says laughter is a prayer.

Awesome! I just found out I pray* a lot more than I thought I did.

*Apparently, Genesis specifically frowns on laughing sometimes:

But the LORD said to Abraham: “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really bear a child, old as I am?’

Is anything too marvelous for the LORD to do? At the appointed time, about this time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son.”

Sarah lied, saying, “I did not laugh,” because she was afraid. But he said, “Yes, you did.”

- Genesis 18:13-15

But only if you laugh for the wrong reasons. Other times, laughter is amazing:

Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

Sarah then said, “God has given me cause to laugh, and all who hear of it will laugh with me.

 - Genesis 21:5-6

In fact, the name Isaac actually means laughter.

As The Society of the Sacred Heart says, "The History of Israel begins with a joke, a Divine joke."

Anyway, this is becoming a very long footnote, so today I offer up all my laughter for your intentions and for the intentions of all seminarians.

May you always be blessed with joy and laughter, and may you always have friends to laugh with you.

Amen.