Wilber sounds like a warzone right now, which reminds me of a story. Many years ago, I lived directly across the street from St Peter's Cathedral in Kansas City, KS (Pictured). One year, the 4th of July happened to fall on a Saturday. I'd gone to the 4PM Vigil Mass and stopped on the Church steps to talk to the Assistant Pastor.
My oldest son, Zachary, came across the street and said, "Dad, I'm out of things to blow up". What he meant was that he was out of action figures to attach to explosives and blow up, but what Father thought he meant was that he was out of fireworks.
Father then proceeded to say, "I've got some quarter sticks of dynamite you can have." I was OK with it, but the lady behind me was a bit perturbed when her son asked if he could have one, too, and Father said, yes. But, what do you say when your Priest offers your son a quarter stick of dynamite?
Zach was excited, bugging me about when he could set it off. I told him to wait. When I saw the light in Father's room go out, I said to him, "now, go over to the Church parking lot and set it off". I'm sure that Father hadn't fallen asleep yet but I'm equally sure he got a bit of a jolt!
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