tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188558636308295091.post1440074923651941132..comments2023-10-23T12:21:16.321-04:00Comments on CatholicTV: Prepping for Conclave | Musings from RomeCatholicTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17092796812042812794noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188558636308295091.post-27390827254886422872013-03-12T10:32:20.561-04:002013-03-12T10:32:20.561-04:00Wish I had such talent!Wish I had such talent!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188558636308295091.post-12634148557599508752013-03-11T12:16:43.737-04:002013-03-11T12:16:43.737-04:00'Twas the night before Conclave
And all throug...'Twas the night before Conclave<br />And all throughout Rome<br />Folk cast anxious eye<br />Past Saint Peter's dome<br /><br />To the roof of the Sistine<br />And the new chimney there<br />In the hope that white smoke<br />Would soon fill the air.<br /><br />Whilst the Spirit of God,<br />The Heilege Geist,<br />Poured His seven-fold gifts<br />On the cardinals that night.<br /><br />On Ouellet, Dolan, Scola, and Burke<br />On Scherer, Schoenborn, Erdo and Turk-<br />son, Wuerl, Ranjith, and one hundred five others<br />all praying the Rosary of our Blessed Mother.<br /><br />For on the next morn, they'd offer a Mass,<br />And, in procession, through hallways they'd pass,<br />Singing Veni Sancte Spiritus, through the Sistine's doors,<br />Which would then be locked, to open no more,<br /><br />'Til bells pealed and white smoke swirled into the sky,<br />And through Saint Peter's Square echoed the cry,<br />"Habemus Papam!" and the new Holy Father<br />Stepped forth to speak and bless those who had gathered.<br /><br />So let Christ's faithful pray from the heart,<br />For non-cardinals, too, all must take part<br />In choosing Saint Peter's successor, through prayer.<br />For Christ promised His Church: The gates of hell will not prevail.Lady Catcliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08105024710026014741noreply@blogger.com