A Shared Responsibility, A Collective Enterprise
Posted October 24th, 2010
Athletic images of a race or a fight conjure up for me a highly personal faith. This is my race. Others may be running near or alongside me, but it’s my destination to finish the race, and finish it well. This is my fight. It’s my job to fight the good fight, and fight it well. After all, boxing and running are two of the most highly individual sports. You may have sparring partners in the ring and friends you train with for a distance run, but on that day, the day of the race or title match, it’s yours to run, yours to fight, yours to finish.
As a boy and even throughout seminary, I have often thought of faith in this way, the most deeply personal thing to me. Something that matters so very deeply that it cannot be expressed but only held, beloved, cherished, and personalized.
That ruptured one wintery afternoon, not too many years ago, in Chicago.
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