Walt wishes he could tell you this was a spoof, or one of those photoshop-yourself thingies you can create online. But it's the real McCoy...or should I say, the real Bergoglio...on the cover of the January 31st issue of Rolling Stone.Gonna see my picture on the cover,
Gonna send five copies to my mother...
I haven't actually seen the mag yet (thanks to Agent 36 for sending this) so can't say if there's any connection with items in the media today about "Superpope" graffiti springing up on walls all over Rome, although not St. Peter's itself. Not yet.
Perhaps the article refers to the Party Pope's homily at a "Mass" on January 28th. Francis called on all Christians to be "open to spontaneous, joyful, exultant prayer -- 'the prayer of praise'. The Pope was reflecting on II Samuel [II Kings] 6:14: "And David danced with all his might before the Lord..."
He said such joyful manifestations should not be considered appropriate only for "the Renewal in Spirit folks". That would be the Pentecostals and other charismatics, known to some of us as "Holy Rollers". On the contrary, he insisted, "prayer of praise is a Christian prayer."
Well, yes, but dancing "with all [your] might"? Twisting and shouting? The Pope cautioned the faithful not to be like King Saul’s daughter, who "despised" King David for his display. "Well, you’re able to shout when your team scores a goal," said Francis, "and you are not able to sing praises to the Lord?".
Perhaps the Pope would have done well to skip on down to verse 20, to read the exact words:
"Michol the daughter of Saul comiong out to meet David, said: How glorious was the king of Israel today, uncovering himself before the handmaids of his servants, and was naked, as if one of the buffoons should be naked."
Is that how it's going to be then, when Pope Francis completes his "reform of the reforms"? Are we all going to doff our ephods and prance around before the handmaids of our servants, naked as jaybirds? Perhaps Walt should start going to church again.
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