A weekly reflection from along the Pilgrim Path. This week Fr La is reflecting on ‘Latching on to Lichens’
Latching on to Lichens
The snow left several days ago.
How come it still survives on one particular group of trees?
A closer look reveals the deception and solves the puzzle:
Lichen, not snow, whitens these branches.
O blessed curiosity that leads me in wonder
to latch on to the mystery of lichens!
When I go to Google I am bamboozled
by this new-to-me miracle in God’s diverse creation.
And I learn that by their presence
lichens let us know that an atmosphere is pollution-free.
Back in pilgrimage again along the Path
I see them now everywhere,
in their profligate diversity.
The Prodigal Father has done it again!
Fr La Flynn
18 January 2021