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How does one say “Aaaaah – choo!” in Spanish?
Lift up your hats — wait a minute, that’s not quite right.
*Jesus eye roll*
Wow! This Summorum Pontificum is really great stuff!
“With a larger headgear he too would fly, just like Sister Bertrille…”
Levate!
Tim
When the day of Pentecost had come… a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind… and there appeared… white zucchettos, distributed and resting on each one of them…
(With apologies to St Luke, Acts 2:1-3).
“And the winner is …….. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf from the USA”.
“The Red Scar on my forehead? Wrong man. See? No scar”
(Sorry, but from that angle His Holiness resembles Mikail Sergeyevich Gorbachov.)
Sursum Corda!
“Venite, pueri, et revolva petasi…”
(I know that’s wrong. Sorry)
Darned zucchetto. I knew I should have packed the triregnum!
The new Vatican drone program relies on a biodegradable, liturgically-friendly version of the classic flying saucer design.
“In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun, and – SNAP – the job’s a game!” (Mary Poppins)
#1 – A little dab of Acme Corp.’s industrially-tested, super-adhesive, easy-to-apply ZUCCHETTO GLUE would have prevented this.
#2 – The Holy Father’s guardian angels picked an awkward time for a practical joke.
#3 – ZOINKS! (Think Shaggy, from Scooby Doo)
Everyone tips their hat to Jesus…EVERYONE!
Okay. I take it back. Angels are superior to humans.
“I somehow feel as if I have not quite grown into my office yet.”
Go-go-gadget zucchetto
1. “My hat’s off to Fr. Z. and his followers.”
2. “For my next act, I will pull the rabbit out of the zucchetto.”
3. “If Levitation is part of the canonization process, I will begin the process for my zucchetto”
4. “I really need to get a strap for my zucchetto.”
5. “There goes my thinking cap.”
My question:
How come the zucchetto flew off and his hair is not in disarray?
Brylcreem?
“Brylcreem, a little dab’ll do ya”
“Brylcreem, you’ll feel so debonaire”
That’s not an eye roll Our Lord is giving – that’s the pointed look away from someone which you reserve for when you’ve just played a prank on them…
Monsignor Marini gazed out at the devout faces, dreamily lost in the beauty of the work Christ was doing. “Ut unum sint!” this was the longing of the Lord’s Sacred Heart, and many hearts were being awakened, attuned like a great number of violins, as Francis, the holy lead fiddle, sounded the note. The music of the Church would flow forth ever more beautifully from this day.
A swallow dipped past him not four feet away, and Guido’s reverie was broken then he realized the Holy Father’s zuchetto was still in his hands. He had a dizzy moment of intense self reproach… how could he space out like this, with the whole world’s cameras on Pope Francis? What could he do, surely not rush across the sanctuary?
Veni, Sancte Spiritus, he prayed fervently, rege quod est devium. The skullcap was no frisbee, the white circle of silk soared wobblingly from his hand–he cringed! What had he done, pitching the Pope’s hat at him! Ángele Dei, qui custos est mei…!!! The zuchetto didn’t crash-land and skitter off the platform. Like a halo coming to roost, it settled neatly on the pate of the Servant of the Servants of God.
Pope Francis to himself:
” . . . somebody please take that fishing pole away from Benedict.”
“I’m sorry, but this just isn’t working out.”
With a deft turn of hand, 007 flicks Francis’ zuchetto towards the holy head where it gracefully alights, and says, “Now Moneypenny, for my next trick…”
God says no, hat moves quickly, go figure
and the hat said “I’LL BE THE JUDGE, SEE YA!”
*Zucchetto
“And away to the existential margins!”
His first miracle.
“There was a fine gentle wind, and the Holy Father’s hat rolled sportively before it. The wind puffed, and the Holy Father puffed, and the hat rolled over and over as merrily as a lively porpoise in a strong tide. ” Ruthlessly adapted from Dickens, Pickwick Papers (as originally found in http://quotes.yourdictionary.com/hat).
“Now a man could, if he felt rightly in the matter, run after his hat with the manliest ardour and the most sacred joy.” ~G.K. Chesterton
Devout Jews , in an avalanche of charitable support, swamp the offices of the Vatican Secretariat ,with tips for the Holy Father on how to keep his yarmulke – like headgear on in a windstorm.
Pope St Pius X: “Okay, Francesco, you’ve had your fun. It’s my turn now. No more Mr Nice Zucchetto!”
“I told Gammarelli to put more grip in these things!”
From my brother:
Pope’s cap makes independent bid for sainthood.
“You cannot imagine my astonishment at how some have interpreted what I have said.”
“And for my next trick.”
At economics conference, the Holy Spirit prevents Pope from talking through his hat.
*Pope Francis has reached level 34!*
*Pope Francis casts Levitate!*
… and just as he said “There are not enough miracles to canonize Pope Pius XII” his hat began to levitate for all to see.
@GordonB: I love it!!!!
my contributions:
1. “Use the force, Francis.”
2. “This wouldn’t have happened if I had worn my papal tiara.”
John the Baptist says: “Now let me see how that would fit on me…”
Top o’ the mornin to ya all – oh wait, wrong country
“Let’s see Ray Walston do this!”
Opps, que se suponía iba a suceder pareja después de la charla en la conferencia de prensa!
The Pope is giving us an example of an appropriate wardrobe malfunction.
RJHighland, if only FoxNews.com limited its obsession with wardrobe malfunctions to ones like this.
“Whoa! Is it me or is this the rapture?”
I so enjoyed these thoughts by everyone! Elizabeth D., nicely done! Your comment reminded me of a book I thoroughly enjoyed, “Salvation” by Valerie Martin. It was about St. Francis of Assisi and was wonderfully descriptive, as was your comment.
Kathleen, I am glad I am not the only one who found myself highly amusing for a moment but you do not do a complement to any writing that is good by comparing my vignette to it since it was intended to be purple and ridiculous.
I thought this problem went away when I took off the propeller.
“Now I know why Msgr Marini advised me to put the invisible triple tiara on top of the zucchetto, and not the other way around.”
Ahem, I am going to suspend my cap…and my judgement as well, eh?
2)
I believe that Vatican Two is something we can all hang our hat on. Even if it is thin air.
Ugh, there’s no hiding my bad hair day now……..
No, it’s the other way around. He left his at the hotel and it’s the Amazon.com drone delivering another one!
“What does he mean …..un-resign?!?”
Ascension Wednesday.
The USCCB is adopting Summorum Pontificum?! WOW!
Jesus: OK… Who threw the zuchetto!?
When I yank your hat off, just keep reading. I’ll look to see who laughs.
“Who am I to judge, if you prefer to remain seated for the Gospel?”
Where’s my hat pin?
“Look, Virgin Mother, no hands!”
Your turn, Bartholomew.