Francis’ message to Peru blah...blah, unity and hope, blah..blah...blah

Everyone at the Vatican must still be on vacation as 

both the video and audio are terrible in this latest video.

Francis’ message to Peru

Queridos hermanos y hermanas peruanos, dentro de poco los visitaré, tengo muchas ganas de ir, ustedes son un pueblo de mucha reserva. Y la reserva más linda que puede tener un pueblo es la reserva de los santos, ustedes tienen tantos santos y grandes santos que marcaron Latinoamérica. Los santos hicieron la construcción de la Iglesia, es decir de la dispersión a la unidad, un santo siempre trabaja en esa línea, de lo que está disperso a la unidad, que es lo que hizo Jesús. Un cristiano tiene que seguir ese camino y por qué no un peruano con tantos santos peruanos, trabajar por la unidad, quien trabaja por la unidad mira adelante y adelante se puede mirar con escepticismo, con amargura, un cristiano no puede, un cristiano mira adelante con esperanza, porque espera lograr eso que el Señor le prometió. Nos veremos pronto, pero mientras tanto: Unidad y esperanza, trabajen en eso. Rezo por ustedes, ustedes háganlo por mí.

Is Francis’ health OK?

or did he just miss a step?

Don’t worry he finished his Novus Ordo mess!

It’s becoming another one of Francis’ papal traditions:

• Jorge trips over the papal throne or a modernist trips over tradition?

• Francis trips up the stairs again!

• Francis' 'humble' stumble

Seen in Africa...

"Who am I to judge?" - Pope Francis - umbrella

...you can't make this stuff up!

Peak Francis?

(from left to right) Flight attendant Jeff Gross, tech specialist Tom Howard,

and Capt. George Griffin hold the Vatican flag that flew from the plane's

cockpit as they talk about their experience at the AA Integrated Operations

Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

"Truly, it was like looking in the eyes of God."

"Although I was doing my job, it almost felt like we were (taking) a sacred journey." 

"It was the most incredible life-changing experience ever. It was the highlight of my career."

Non-Catholic flight attendant Jeff Gross' comments on meeting Francis and having him bless some religious items he was carrying.

 Capt. George Griffin presents Francis with a model of the airplane he was flying on.

Israel's Foreign Affairs Ministry's hasbara cartoon about their righteous noahide brother's visit to Israel

Francis is a righteous brother and a good noahide!

Be a ger toshav just like Francis!

Whew! No wonder Francis is tired!

"Sometimes not everything can be done because I let myself be led by imprudent exigencies: too much work, or to think that if I don’t do this today, I won’t do it tomorrow … Adoration fails, my siesta fails, this fails …"

- Francis to a group of seminarians -

Francis Stats

• Age - 77 years old
• Awakens  each day at 4:45am
• Performs Novus Ordo Missae at 7:00am
• Lunch at 1:00pm followed by 30 minute nap
• Dinner at 8:00pm
• Works 15 hours a day
• 229 public daily Novus Ordo Missaes at Casa Santa Marta
• Over 12,000 people who have attended these services
• Attended 95 major liturgical celebrations or events 
• Given 231 speeches
• Written & delivered 73 official homilies 
• Written & given 73 Angelus addresses
• Held 54 general audiences 
• 6 million people have come to see him (there's that number again) 
• Spent 150 hours outside during these audiences in both winter and summer
• Delivered 55 messages
• Taken two official trips abroad
• Embarked on four trips within Italy
• Visited five Roman parishes in his official capacity
• Reads 50 letters a day, from the 4,000 he receives

"The ideal is to finish your day tired. Not so tired that you have to take pills, but a good tired. If it is a reckless tiredness, it is bad for your health and you will end up paying dearly in the long run. This is the idea, but I don’t always manage to do it — even I am a sinner and not always so organized!"

sources:

• Papal Work Ethic: From 4:45 AM Wakeup, Portrait Of A Tireless Pope Francis

• Pope Francis, by the numbers