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Friday, March 8, 2013

We have a conclave! | Musings from Rome

Hello to all you blogolites!

A date has been set for the Conclave. It will start this Tuesday afternoon. In the morning the Cardinals will celebrate a Mass at St. Peter's Basilica.

It has been with much prayer and anticipation that the faithful have awaited this decision. The Cardinals from around the globe have been meeting with each other to discuss issues and concerns that need to be examined in the Church. It seems as though there has been much discernment and reflection before they decided on a date. A time and date was not the issue, but coming to a consensus of what needed to be addressed and taking the time to understand first what the questions that should be asked must be, and then the answers to those questions had to be developed and scrutinized.

The Vatican is a tiny country surrounded by Italy. But this small country has the attention of the world.

That focus will be intensified starting on Tuesday and grow with each moment that a pope is not named. There is an excitement and a sense of wonder as we await the decision of the Cardinals on who will be the next leader of the Catholic Church.

Let us continue to pray that the Holy Spirit guides these men in their deliberations.

Your Friend,

Jay

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Jay, Hope the weather is better and you guys have some good food and rest this w/e in prep for ,Tues.
I have another prayer request for you. Mike is a young guy,.engaged, just diagnosed with a particularly terrible lung cancer. He starts Chemo next week. Thanks Jay and Tim too.

CatholicTV said...

We'll be praying!

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much. I'm reading this Tues, he starts today. Will tell his family!
Prayers back at you!