Down By The Shul Yard

Someone taught Danny Saunders to hit a ball, run the bases, and come home. Chaim Potok‘s adolescent character in The Chosen emerges from a culture steeped in tradition, education, learning and study. While his family’s primary focus may have been the Torah and the Talmud, someone took responsibility for extending Danny’s learning to the ball […]

Moms & Prayer

Long ago and far away (from where I sit), women traditionally took on the role of raising children. Key components in nurturing were education and religion. The accomplishment and dignity of a mother’s job well done has been the foundation of sustainable family, community, nation…and personal self-esteem. Jan Met, better known as Mrs. Met, has raised three […]

Every Seven Days

A friend who has read the Jewish bible & the New Testament three times tells me that everything one needs to know is in these books. Is the weekly cycle – six days of creation, followed by the day of rest – described in Genesis more important than many of today’s men and women know? Man’s ancient […]

Mets Vespers Sunday, April 2 7:30 pm

PRAY4METS, 2015 to now: who would have known? With two post-season appearances since our inception, Citi Field is sold out for the Mets home opener on Monday, April 3. Fans are smiling. My husband is happy. Life is good. As Mets fans prepare for the 2017 season, you are cordially invited to come together in community […]

Of Saints…

On Sunday, July 24, 2016, Mets catcher Mike Piazza will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York, doubling the number of Mets in the Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame election is baseball’s canonization. Pray4Mets’ biggest challenge in 2015 was discerning a way to help men who were rabid Mets fans and […]

Next Year in Jerusalem

When was the last time you looked forward, optimistically, to the Mets’ next season? It’s been a long time coming. You can, now. During Friday’s (Oct 30) reassuring Game 3 of the 2015 World Series between the Mets and the Royals, Pray4Mets team member W.S. asked about the next weekly Pray4Mets blog post, which would reflect the […]

Our Own Yogi & Prophet

News of yesterday’s passing of Yogi Berra, New York’s (and the nation’s) baseball legend, opens the door for his presence to be transcendent in death as in life. Berra will remain an inspiration as a model player, mentor, mind and man. Less than a month ago, I sought a chance to sit together with Yogi, a Roman Catholic, and pray for the […]

Days of Awe

Has everyone around you awakened to the Mets’ new day? If you have any Mets friends still in slumber since October 28, 1986, borrow a shofar at this holiday time and give a toot — jar them out of crankiness or complacency and help them embrace this very new year. Successful faith and community traditions like Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur (Days […]

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 […]