Moonstruck
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Mass was rather quiet last evening - I like that. Before Mass started however, they announced that someone left their car running with the keys in the ignition - turns out it was an old lady in her 90's. Someone had taken care of it and the usher returned her keys after she identified herself. She uses a cane and I'm sure it is an event to get in and out of her car. People smiled and even chuckled a bit. Lately I've been noticing a lot of ageism - people making fun of old people and stuff. Some people want geezers dead. Haven't you read that kind of stuff on blogs? "I can't wait until those liberals die off." Or, "The ageing hippies will soon be dead, yay!"
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It was cloudy last night and I couldn't see the full moon. I watched Moonstruck instead and missed my old neighborhood and all of my old friends - who are dead of course. Talking Old Soldiers - my favorite song by Elton John speaks to that.
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I am working on my painting of Cardinal Burke - it is one of three I'm planning. This one is a serious one. As I paint him, concentrating intensely upon his face - every little wrinkle in fact, I realize he is a very 'nice' man. I can tell he is very warm and compassionate, charitable and somewhat humble. It surprised me because he likes a lot of grandeur. His ring is huge, and of course he obviously loves the cappa. I want to paint him in the biretta next, and then do something with the galero outfit. If I complete these, I will have done 4 paintings so far of Cardinal Burke.
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Oddly enough, a couple of comments on Fr. Z's blog post of the the Cardinal in the galero suggested Burke as papabile. Wishful thinking I hope, but I'm plussing as to why they would see him as the next pope? The comments are always amazing on Father's blog anyway.
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