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The Father, The Son, and The Holy Goose
from Spring Folio 2023
by The Folio
Deirdre Cunniffe
“Do geese see God”
Spelled backwards Is still “do geese see God.”
I think it might be off-putting if you were to walk into church on a Sunday, dragging your feet in dress shoes that your mother made you wear, and you sat down next to a goose.
Could a goose perform the Sign of the Cross? Lifting its wing and bowing its head, murmuring The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit without any meaning.
How do you wish peace upon a goose in the eyes of God when they have no hand to shake awkwardly, while you both wonder how much more time is left in Mass. (about 30 minutes, depending on the speed of the communion).
And when you stand to follow the clergy out of the chapel, placing red hymnals in their spots on the backs of the pews, you both have a set of footsteps. Girl and Goose leaving a house of God perhaps wondering what the other was praying for.
Do geese see God? do Geese see goD?
