One Ordinary American Catholic’s Reaction to the New Pope
The Bride of Christ continuously surprises me in many and delightful ways.
Delighted surprise.
That was my reaction to the announcement of the new Pope on May 9. It was already a bit of a surreal day. It started at 5 a.m. We were awakened from a call from my mother-in-law’s rest home. My wife picked up the call. A member of the staff gave her the news, that my wife’s mother had just passed away. While I was still processing what I overheard, my wife was up immediately and knocking on bedroom doors to wake up her visiting family members. Several had come to town to give last goodbyes to their mother—we knew she did not have many days or hours left.
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