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THE LAST OF SUMMER WINE! Soon, the icy cold pangs will put to sleep my rose garden. In a month or two, it will be pruning time and the passion and expectation for the new Spring and with the coming of the new blooms will begin. 

  AS WE watch TV screens giving us intimate details of Pope Francis's burial, each of us feels a personal loss, as if we had lost a wife, husband or daughter or someone so treasured. As our fingers caress each bead of the rosary we cite tonight, we are over come with regret, remorse. Although it was the will of the heavens above, we mere mortals who are not privy to the will of God the Father, or his Son Jesus Christ, must suffer this loss and pray that Pope Francis will be feted in Heaven. He will find his rightful place alongside all those who have a rightful place in Heaven, having lived the Ten Commandments and been similarly blessed Heaven and now have a permanent place there. So, why is it that thousands, nay millions, feel the Pope's departure such a huge personal loss? It is because while he was with us, he lived a blessed life in as much as he blessed anyone he met, chatted with, celebrated with, prayed with or all those who prayed with him in the chapels, cathedrals, ...

 

  St. Peter  (32-67) St. Linus  (67-76) St. Anacletus (Cletus)  (76-88) St. Clement I  (88-97) St. Evaristus  (97-105) St. Alexander I  (105-115) St. Sixtus I  (115-125)  Also called Xystus I St. Telesphorus  (125-136) St. Hyginus  (136-140) St. Pius I  (140-155) St. Anicetus  (155-166) St. Soter  (166-175) St. Eleutherius  (175-189) St. Victor I  (189-199) St. Zephyrinus  (199-217) St. Callistus I  (217-22)  Callistus and the following three  popes  were opposed by  St. Hippolytus ,  antipope  (217-236) St. Urban I  (222-30) St. Pontian  (230-35) St. Anterus  (235-36) St. Fabian  (236-50) St. Cornelius  (251-53)  Opposed by  Novatian ,  antipope  (251) St. Lucius I  (253-54) St. Stephen I  (254-257) St. Sixtus II  (257-258) St. Dionysius  (260-268) St. Felix I  (269-274) St. Eutychian  (275-283...

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        Hail Mary                       Dear Cyprian, Happy Easter!  Next Tuesday, marks my Mama’s first year death anniversary. There will be a celebration of Holy Mass at Mt. Carmel Convent Chapel,   #5 Kabarsiran Avenue, Nairobi, on Tuesday 29 th  April at 03:00 p.m. I want to share a little about the attached Commerative Prayer Card with you.       The front cover features an icon of the Mother of Our Creator, along with a quotation from the Book of Sirach.                                                                   ...

 

 https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cj45l85002qo Highlight and click to see the Pope's last efforts in Rome! Great pictures. Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. By Devin Watkins At 9:45 AM, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, announced the death of Pope Francis from the Casa Santa Marta with these words: "Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis. At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of His Church. He taught us to live the values of the Gospel with fidelity, courage, and universal love, especially in favor of the poorest and most marginalized. With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite merciful love of the One  and ...