A book for the readers of BCTS

A word from our sponsor:

The Breast Form Store Little Imperfections Big Rewards Sale Banner Ad (Save up to 50% off)

Submitted by on

Printer-friendly version

Author: 

II just read a book called "the conclave" by Robert Harris. It has a surprise ending that might be of interest to readers here. Warning! Do not read if you are a Catholic who thinks that there is anything but politics at work in the election of the pope.

Liz

Click Like or Love to appropriately show your appreciation for this post:

Comments

Traditionally

Submitted by on

Patricia Marie Allen's picture

Traditionally the cardinals would gather around a table in a closed room. Each would place a candle in front of them, light the candle, bow their head and go into prayer. They would wait for the Holy Spirit to blow out one of the candles. The cardinal whose candle had been blown out, would become Pope.

Then there came a time when all the candles burned to the end without the Holy Spirit blowing one of them out. So they took a vote. It's been that way ever since.

Hugs
Patricia

Happiness is being all dressed up and HAVING some place to go.
Semper in femineo gerunt
Ich bin eine Mann

Bet

Submitted by on

there was a lot of heavy breathing toward the candles.

Heavy

Submitted by on

Daphne Xu's picture

Heavy breathing? The Holy Spirit entered them, and set them into noisy convulsions of ecstasy? Probably silent convulsions of ecstasy.

-- Daphne Xu

* has a vision *

Submitted by on

Hypatia Littlewings's picture

"Wind Blows,.."
Why am i seeing a scene from "The Fifth Element" in my head?

Giggles,
~Hypatia >i< ..:::

More like this