In today's world, traditions and history are like manna from heaven...
With our need of and obsession with the fast-paced Internet and its many uses and functions, we have displaced calmness and stillness. This papal election in a way pulled us collectively into a parallel universe of time where stillness is valued and acceptable and sought.
It felt very calming and comforting to be a witness to this old tradition of choosing a Pope and it seems most of the world was spellbound as well. Why else was it shown on most channels replacing scheduled programming ?
Have you ever know such an obsession with seeing puffs of smoke ? Yet we were all spellbound. Even the seagull on top of the " papal chimney " started tweeting on twitter...a tad too much !
Who remembers as a teenager sneaking off behind the house to have a quick puff of a cigarette? Giggling smugly at being much too clever for the parents to catch us...only to get the fright of our lives when they caught us in the act. We didn't realize what powerful signals puffs of smoke seem to be, did we ?
Pope Francis seems to have those qualities that a lot of us are chasing. Calmness blended with an incredible aura of charisma. He seems like a man who can walk into any situation and sort it out pronto...a Superman of churches ! Interesting times ahead in the future, I am sure.
Anyone who watched the days of coverage inside the Vatican, Catholic or not, must be enthralled by the splendors of the Sistine Chapel. Wow, how impressive. Especially the ceiling painted by Michelangelo. It was the first time I had seen it, and Bob and I have put it on our bucket list of places to visit.
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