i hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving last week. Thanksgiving is "new man" weekend here at the nac. that means "spaghetti bowl" where the old men play the new men (we got whooped 40 something to 20 something with at least 4 ints and 4 safetys), "new man dinner" where all the new men make and eat a nice meal together (we did mexican food -which is just about impossible to find in Rome- and yours truely put the enchiladas together. we even had pinatas), and capping the weekend with the "new man show" a variety show that the new men put on for the school (we had the final practice today and it is so hilarious, if i can i'll send home a copy. i play a cheezy announcer for a cd infomercial). as you may know there was a consistory (the Pope made some US bishops into cardinals) here that weekend and so we hosted over 1000 people for that. things got spread out a bit, but it all still happened.
here is a great quote for you from the Christ the King homily for the Papal household and some pictures from Siena. i hope you are all well. please keep praying for me.
"Let us consider again theinscription placed above Christ: "This is the King of the Jews." The onlookers challenged him to manifest his royalty openly and many, even among his friends, expected a spectacular demonstration of his kingship. But he chose only to show his kingship in his solicitousness for one man, who was, in fact, a criminal: "'Jesus, remember me when you comeinto your kingdom.' He replied to him, 'Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.'"From this point of view, the most important question to ask on the feast of Christ the King is not whether he reigns in the world but whether he reigns in me; it is not whether his kingship is recognized by states and governments, but whether it is recognized and lived in me." - Fr. Cantalamessa
pictures:
1. big pizza that we ate ($3euro/slice)
2. the piazza at Siena (they have an event every summer where they put 90,000 people in the middle and race horses around them)
3. my Jesu group with Siena in the background (me, Aaron from MN, James, Keith from IL, Jeff)
4. the courtyard of the place we stayed
5. hanging out in Siena with James (oddly enough, he's from Middlebury, VT) and some locals [please ignore the clerics]
3 comments:
I stole some of your photos to show off to friends on my Flickr page. I hope that's okay with you.
Best,
Claire
Hey, nice shoes there.
matt, what are you doing in that last picture and what is in the background? -kate
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