...in pouring rain, and then, this morning, snow. I'm here at EWTN, and have been too busy to blog, as the past few days have been a timetable of:
Mass/breakfast/prepareforfilming/filmprogrammes/lunch/preparefornextprogramme/filmprogramme/supper/prepareforhtenextday/sleep/sleep/sleeep/Mass/breakfast/prepare/etcetcetc...I surfaced yesterday and took part in the "EWTN LIVE" programme with Fr Mitch Pacwa...we discussed current events in Britain, the Govt's loopy/ghastly plans for same-sex marriage, social trends in Britain generally, then (more cheerfully) the Ordinariate, the Church in Britain generally, a look-back at the Papal visit of 2010...
On Sunday, while getting ready for the week's activities, I watched - on EWTN - the dear H. Father baptising babies in the Sistine Chapel. At one point, while a couple of assisting bishops were anointing the babes, he seemed to be leaning forward and I wondered if he was all right - but then the camera panned to him, and it was clear that he was simply leaning eagerly, watching intently and ready to get up and start baptising as everyone moved towards the font...I found this rather touching, this elderly but still-enthusiastic Papa...
And the babies he was baptising will be helping to shape the Church of the 21st century, in the unimaginable years to come...
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