TERRESTRIAL GRATITUDE

Today is Earth Day.
I knew it was this month, but I forgot that it was today.
It is only fitting that the earth should have its own day.
Here we all are sitting on it...our sweet, round, blue home planet as it goes thousands of miles per hour around the Sun.
We don't fly off.
We get to eat its vegetable and animal life.
Today was Earth Day.
I forgot.
But I am still very grateful.

THE POPE BY ANY OTHER NAME

Pope Ratzinger?
Nope.
It's Pope Benedict XVI.
But even this doesn't sound so good.
Pope Benedict Ratzinger?
Even worse.
This pope has already indicated that his papacy will not be a long one.
St. Malachy indicated that there would only be one more pope after this one.
Then the doo-doo hits the fan.
But don't hold your breath.
These doomsday scenarios always prove to be false.
But...