With biblical Jonah stories, his own biographical history, and his interactions with today’s kindergartners, Gerry O’Brien spoke about how we “have something greater than Jonah here.” He speaks from thankful remembrance and has a youthful heart that collapses at times in the awe of how his life has been impacted.
Gerry’s reflection centers on how he has slowly been formed by God’s own shaping through previous coaches, the Xaverian Brothers, a youth offender program mentor, and his ever-present kindergartners, who continue to teach him, like their sharing on how jellyfish regenerate! Our world amazes in kindness when we can form as people of God a “franchise” of “commitment, hard work, and friendship.”