Papa Francisco
Thanks to Alexandra for sending me this picture:
Well played Holy Spirit, well played…
Month: March 2013
When evil thoughts come…
A brother came to Poemen and said to him, “Many thoughts come into my mind and put me in danger.”
He sent him out into the open air, and said, “Open your lungs and do not breathe.”
He replied, “I can’t do that.”
Then he said to him: “Just as you can’t stop air coming into your lungs, so you can’t stop thoughts coming into your mind. Your part is to resist them.”
– De vitis Patrum, Sive Verba Seniorum, Liber V
Pope Francis
There’s some fine commentary going on at the moment in the Catholic Blogosphere concerning our new Pope Francis…
Transcript available here
I’m not really going to add to all this commentary. All I’m going to say is that I’m over the moon that we have a Pope from Latin America and that I’m excited to have a Pope who has had connections with the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church. He comes across as welcoming and humble. Thanks Cardinals!
White Smoke
I see white smoke at the Vatican…
…Habemus Papam!
Seeking the Lord
A hermit was asked how a watchful monk could prevent himself from being shocked if he saw others returning to the world.
He replied, “A monk should remember hounds when they are hunting a hare. One of them glimpses the hare and gives chase, the others merely see a hound running, and run some way with him, when they get tired and go back to their tracks. Only the leading house keeps up the chase until he catches the hare. He is not deterred by the others who give up, he thinks nothing of cliffs or thickets or brambles, he is often pricked and scratched by thorns, but he keeps on until he catches the hare. So the man who runs after the Lord Jesus aims unceasingly at the cross, and leaps over every obstacle in his way until he comes to the Crucified.
– De vitis Patrum, Sive Verba Seniorum, Liber V
Stability
A hermit said, “A tree cannot bear fruit if it is often transplanted. So it is with the monk”
– De vitis Patrum, Sive Verba Seniorum, Liber V
Conclave Starts Tomorrow!
Another quick desert interruption….because the conclave for the election of the next Pope begins tomorrow!
It’s still not too late for you to Adopt a Cardinal to pray for during the election. Here’s mine, Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez from the Dominican Republic:
