Francis by Patrick J. Marrin for December 19, 2024

There’s no mistaking the Christmas star.

I feel a pervasive weariness for humanity. Is it too early in this life to hope for the promise?

I never knew how to take Neil Young’s song with the final line ♪ “Maybe the star of Bethlehem wasn’t a star at all” ♪ .

The current pope, Francis, seems like a very good man.

I’m trying to divine what this giant mass of lights is revealing,……………..yes……………yes……………………….it’s all coming together…………………They are say-ing………………..“order”……………..no-ooo……………it’s………………………ohhh……………..“Orrrdayyyyyn Women”………………..huh…………………….Merry Christmas.

Anyone who sells ammo should have blanks for celebratory gunfire. They are still lethal at close range, but there is no long range metal in the air.

for those into pope movies – just watched Conclave(watched on Peacock- not sure where else it is) would like to know what folks think about it – we liked it a lot

According to one theory that I heard:

The Magi (same word root as magician) were astrologers. It was not a single star that caused them to start their journey, but the arrangements of the stars and planets that foretold of a king to be born in Judea.