The DisEase

March 8, 2013 by Be Holy

How many

i wonder

will touch the hand

of the man

infected

with poverty

flannel shirt worn

frayed against the cold

oak pews glisten

in somber candle light

as he sits

still remembering

the music

he has only heard

in his birth cry

silenced

“He Once Was Dan”

March 8, 2013 by Be Holy

I received this poem from a friend whose heart aches for a friend. Lighten the burden with a prayer of your own.

“He Once Was Dan”

they rode a blue moon pale

down a dirt covered snow melt

street where windows stood

taunting empty

vacant souls riding

past glimpses

of a strong man yesterday

setting sail

riding yachts into the ocean

deep tides

laid waste on the beach

He stood waiting

alone

in a grey Kansas town

for the small

box of belongings

needed

for another day.

©2013 Susan Graf

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Whispers in the Loggia: Habemus Datam – Conclave Starts Tuesday

March 8, 2013 by Be Holy

Whispers in the Loggia: Habemus Datam – Conclave Starts Tuesday.

FRIDAY, MARCH 08, 2013

Habemus Datam – Conclave Starts Tuesday

25 days since Benedict XVI announced his resignation, eight days into this sede vacante, we finally have an election date: the Conclave will begin on Tuesday, 12 March.

Related just before 6pm in Rome – an hour ahead of schedule – the decision by the College of Cardinals emerged toward the end of this fifth day of General Congregations, little more than 24 hours after the last of the 115 electors who’ll participate arrived at the Vatican.

While the governing meetings – which have been attempting to shape the desired “profile” of the next Pope – will continue at least into tomorrow, the appointed day for the voting will begin with the Mass Pro Eligendo Pontifice (for the Election of the Roman Pontiff) concelebrated by all the cardinals at midmorning in St Peter’s Basilica.