A Stellar Occasion

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I love CBS Sunday Morning as you know, and I tivo it. But if I'm up at that ungodly hour I also like to watch the political programs like 'This Week' and 'Meet the Press' (boom). Last Sunday's MTP was a treasure! The new pope had been crowned and papacy was primary; even MTP was forced to yield the political message at least temporarily to the religious message. What a show!

I don't know much about politics. Never been interested in politics. I watch it on tv almost every day now, but I don't really understand the soul of the politician. I do understand the soul of the priest. So when Tim Russert had this amazing bunch of religious thinkers (here I am being kind in the Christian sense) on his show I was almost mezmerized. What a find!

Among others there were two significant priests, Thomas Bohlin (US vicar of Opus Dei), and Joseph Bessio, S.J. Other significant members were Thomas Cahill, E. J. Dionne, and John Meachem. There was a nun, a 'Sister of Mercy' (so-called: I have dark memories of Sisters of 'Mercy'). It was a stellar occasion so far as I was concerned.