Scouts Make Prayer Easy & Cosmic

Mets vs. Philadelphia, August 24, 2015: 16-7 cosmic adjective cos·mic \ˈkäz-mik\ characterized by greatness especially in extent, intensity, or comprehensiveness Monday’s game welcoming back Mets captain David Wright was so anticipated in my household that, by the time the team was losing 7-2 in the third inning, I realized I had forgotten to pray for the Mets that day. […]

Pray4Mets Pilgrimage: Mets vs. Nationals at Citi Field, Oct. 3, 7:10 pm

Camino de Santiago, Jerusalem, Lourdes, Mecca…Citi Field. Join Pray4Mets’ first annual pilgrimage to Citi Field: journey to Flushing with energy, vision and excitement for sustained success as the New York Mets play the Washington Nationals on an early autumn evening. Some people enjoy the planning of a trip as much as the taking of it. If we […]

God Helps Those Who Help Themselves: Keep Duda Off the DL

Let us pray that Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson taps the world-renowned resources available to him at Montclair Physical Therapy of Manhattan, the city’s only Certified McKenzie Method (r) Clinic, in order to prevent a likely progression of further musculoskeletal injury to Lucas Duda, as foreshadowed by Duda’s ‘stiff back.’ Amen. It’s been a challenge to be in two roles […]

It’s About the Children

Do you remember classic stories such as The Little Engine That Could, and David & Goliath? Healthy human culture and development call for a sense of optimism, being able to find the tools to overcome adversity, and believing that, in the end, good can trump evil. Appropriate children’s storytelling passes on these perspectives, motifs and tools to create […]

St. Tom: A Pathway to Prayer for Atheists & Other Fans

Everyone can find a way to pray4mets.

“In A Scoring Explosion That Borders on Miraculous…” – Jared Diamond, WSJ, July 22, 2015

Walking east on 34th Street from Penn Station yesterday, I spotted an unusual kiosk ahead of me. ‘Prayer Station,’ it said. My brain switched from enjoying the urban jangle and business thoughts of the day to the Mets. What a little miracle it was that I would take a seldom-used route to the office and yet bump into […]

Healing

The Mets continue to do well as a team, and on the field, despite having twelve players on the disabled list (listed below). Can we help? The expansive, inclusive, lyrical Jewish prayer “Mi Sheberakh” (amended below), is recited for those who are ill or recovering. Send your preferred prayers and incantations for healing and recovery to Pray4Mets@gmail.com. May the One who blessed […]

Name Them

Picture a bright, springtime Sunday morning in pre-Vatican II New York — maybe 1962, the year of the Mets’ first season. Attorney William Shea, instrumental in bringing the National League back to New York, is standing in the pews at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan. Inserted into the classical cadence of the Latin liturgy […]

For Mets Fans on the Dark Side

Still singing the blues 27 games into the 2015 season? If you hold on to the regret legacy of the 1957 National League departure — a smarting abandonment — from New York to California; if you get a kick out of trash-talking a group of men forced to wear clashing colors and buck the Grand Central Parkway to get […]

How To Pray (Part 2)

Vision and Focus When asked if prayer could help the Mets, Minister and former Met Mookie Wilson replied, ‘It can’t hurt.’ Invoking Mookie’s wisdom on Sunday, April 20, 2014 in the 14th inning of an Easter Sunday matchup between the Mets and Braves at Citi Field, two fans focused their energy on newly acquired but recently beleaguered Curtis […]