Seems like a good time to pray

Time to ignore my post from yesterday about the Pope living on life support, because things seem to be moving quickly.

One of the most often repeated lines by any hospice worker is, "We can't ever predict when someone is going to die." We can see it coming, we have a good guess of what is going to happen next, but timeframe is something that you just can't predict.

With that said, it sounds very much like the Pope won't see Sunday morning and probably won't see Saturday. Quite obviously I don't know any more than what the press reports about his condition. Here is what I do know. When they announced yesterday afternoon that the Pope had a fever from a UTI, we were sitting around the office listing the things that would happen next if the Pope were one of our patients. I'm sure we all feel a bit awkward this morning, because they have happened much like we said they would. This morning's guessing game had nothing to do with what is going to happen next, because what happens next isn't something you joke about. We have now had our coffee and talked about the symptoms the Pope has that are not being reported.

I say all this to say that it seems today is a day where those of us who pray should be doing it a bit more than usual. I'm sure most will be praying for the Pope, but I'm praying for his followers. I'm guessing that the Pope's path to heaven is secure, so I'm going to spend my time praying for the Catholic Church. Again, I'm not Catholic, but the church in the United States is in a lot of trouble. As the church goes through a period of mourning and change, I pray that God's will be done.