Friday, April 25, 2025

After the Passing of the Bishop of Rome - quatrain

  

Lawrence Hall

Mhall46184@aol.com

Dispatches for the Colonial Office

 

After the Passing of the Bishop of Rome


 

The first task of a bishop is to pray.

 

-Pope Francis, The closeness of bishops (20 September 2019) | Francis

 

I think I’m the only Catholic in all of Christendom

Who is not giving the Holy Spirit instructions

On whom to choose for the next Bishop of Rome

And, shut my mouth, I mean to keep it that way

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