I am overwhelmed with joy, gratitude, emotion, and puzzlement, like Elizabeth during the Visitation of Mary, that my spiritual director for a brief time in 2014, is now Pope! I pray in Thanksgiving for your total gift of self to be the Vicar of Christ to the whole world. May Christ’s love continue to transform you as your heart rests in His. May the Holy Spirit be ever with you! May God protect you and provide you tons of graces! May God help all us bring His joy and peace to the peripheraries! Please pray for me too, as I minister as a hospital chaplain in North Dakota