Not a Moment Too Soon

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And not a moment too soon.

I'm happy to report my recovery from the previously-mentioned phobia. Does the Conclave begin Monday? I can hardly wait! I mean it sincerely. You see, I've been studying The History Channel, another of my favorites. They got in on the media feeding frenzy with lots of related stuff and I was especially impressed with their, 'Holy Secrets: Electing a Pope.' I was amazed as I watched it. Why wasn't my high school religion class this interesting?! If Father Manning had taught us stuff like this we would have devoured it! I would not have flunked it twice, I can tell you that. On the other hand I might not have had the pleasure of being tutored by Anne Louise Bellinger. Win some lose some.

In case you didn't see it, the History Channel piece presented a brief history of this two thousand year old institution (popery), focusing on the highlights-lowlights. I loved it. I was especially interested in the examples which featured the absense of the 'Holy Ghost' in those august proceedings. Catholics think that the Holy Ghost (whomsoever SHE is) is always present at such times of crisis in The Faith, and that sHe guides the cardinals mysteriously as they select the successor to the dead pope.

Maybe. Maybe not.