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† Isaiah 10:16-20 †

[ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the Sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. ]

[ † ] Genuflecting low before St. Peter's altar the looming Priest bent his head respectively before the monumental Cross he'd spent most of the previous evening weighting down, fingers of a gloved right hand lightly touching his forehead and quietly murmuring the words "In nomine Patris". They then follow down to the top of his breastbone—"et Filli"—down to shoulder from left to right, finishing "et Filli, Amen" with lips barely grazing his thumb.

With a deep inhale along with the rustle of cloth his mouth begins to move, words barely above a reverent whisper. [ † ]

sshh...Maxwell.....Forgive.....Ah am heartilieh sorry.........Midian......

[ † ] When he moves away something black and metallic tumbles out from the folds of his clergy robes, short-circuiting the feed. [ † ]

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N-nae need tae concern yerself, yer Holiness.

A-are you sure? I-if you say so, b-but if you need anything, p-please say so.

Nae thin' tae worrieh 'boot...Joos' soomthin' ah'm tryin' tae figur' oot, thaet's all.

A-alright. But, the o-offer still stands.

[Small laugh.]

....A-ah....Dinnae...Askin' o ye woold nae bae righ'. Et's beyond mae station as ae Priest.

I-it's not at all! W-we need to help each other.

Hm. Fer ae wee tyke, yer alrigh', yer Holiness.~ Dae ye....Dae ye coom' frem thae Eastern Church?

Eh? I d-don't think they have a ch-church in the east, I-I'm from Rome.

E-eh...Room'...Boot.....Thae...Pope.....Es John Paul II......Alrigh'...Ah....

[Giggling to himself. Yes. Giggling.]

Ah fergot...Ah'm nae.....Nae thin' es thae saam nae moor', es et?

Things are d-different. I'm the 399th P-Pope of Rome, and the y-year is A.D. 3060.

O-o'......John Paul II....Was thae 264th Pope chronologicallieh...Elected en thae Year' O' thae Lord October 1978.

Edited 2010-03-04 04:23 (UTC)

That was a l-long long t-time ago.

Nae sae lang fer mae, Yer Eminence. 1999. Ah was joos' thaer. Ye ken.

I-it always amazes me, to think of p-people who came before A-Armageddon.

...'Ow'd ye becoom' His Holiness, ef ye dinnae mind mae pryin'.

Edited 2010-03-04 04:41 (UTC)

Um... well, S-Sister and B-Brother had me r-run... wh-when the previous Pope d-died....

Nae tae pick at ye boot ye soon' ae bit like et was nae thae decision ye woul' 'ave hoped fer.

Edited 2010-03-04 05:11 (UTC)

I-It wasn't exactly a ch-choice....

B-but I'm used to it n-now, I t-try and d-do the best I can.

...Ah ken thaet yer heart es made o' gold, sae ah 'ave Faith en ye.

Ye ken...Ah help at ahn orphanage ootside Rome when ah'm nae oon missions....Ye remind mae o' ae lad thaer.

Edited 2010-03-04 05:45 (UTC)

R-really? Is it hard r-running an orphanage?

Et es nae picnic at times when thae funds roon short...Boot, bae thae Grace o' thae Lord, ah am verieh happieh tae bae a part o' thaer lives, mae freen--er...Thaet es...Yer Holiness.

'Ow old are ye?

D-does not the Church a-aid it financially?

I'm f-fifteen....

Dinnae ye fash yer prettieh heid.~ We get by.....

[Just barely. But all the same. The Lord Provideth.]

...Heh. Ye reallieh ar' sae precious.

Precious?

A-ah dinnae ken why ah always let mae mouth roon off like thaet...Ah cannae help et. Yer reallieh bonnie, lad.~

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