"Habemus papam", a phrase which caught the imagination even of my daughter, why the excitement? Well I was moved for 4 reasons:
- A sense of humour; "why did the cardinals search for me so far away" and also before going to the balcony: Are you sure you did make a mistake!
- Reciting the Our Father and the Hail Mary in Latin we need a universal language in this complex mixed world.I am not supplicating for Latin but think we need one, and Latin has been around for a while.
- Taking the name of St Francis, a saint close to my heart and who should be close to all of us, so powerful is his message of rebuilding and strengthening through love and compassion. And living a life of compassion, humility....
- Humility; a pope who does not use official cars, but takes the bus and metro, politicians could learn from this.
I pray that this pope will bring all christians alive and realise we have the tools to make our lives and of those of us around us so joyful. long live uncomplicated joy in life, long live sharing, long live humility to realise we are not the best, not the only ones, we need to share and be together
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