Tu Es Petrus
You entered the balcony without the mozzetta
You refused the blood red shoes of your predecessors
O you took the name Franciscus and you’re rebuilding the Church
You’re the lowly, you’re the chosen Successor of St Peter
You asked the crowd to invoke God’s blessing on your reign
You settled the hotel bill after the brief conclave
You travelled with Bishops and Cardinals
On your first day to work
You are not like other Popes we’ve seen
You don’t want a chauffeur
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No gold instead a second-hand, silver pectoral Cross
Now we see you’re not worldly like all the other Popes
As for the trappings of your Office,
You decided to move home to live with Cardinals and Bishops so that you don’t live alone
You love the people of God and most of all in Rome
But why won't you just follow the Roman Missal?
To all rites and rules you turn up your 'emancipated' nose
On Mandy Thursday why not wash a female young offender’s toes?
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Polyester Vestments, yes, the humblest of them all
Now 'the Carnival is over’ we’ve a ‘new’ wardrobe
Bearing the beauty of our tradition since 1970
The ‘hermeneutic of a-rupture’ in all of its...simplicity
A cameraman appears at the rear of the Pope-mobile
So the World can see the Pope is growing humbler still
If you grow any more humble then Your Holiness will burst
You’re not a renaissance prince
Are you Humilitas I?
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Humility means that when you die and leave God's Church on Earth
You leave the Papacy as you found it for your humble Successor
Tu es Petrus! Tu es Petrus!
Upon this Rock is built the Church!
The gates of Hell shall ne’er prevail even should they surround Her!
Tu es Petrus! Tu es Petrus!
To thee the Keys of Heaven given!
What you bind and loose on Earth shall be bound or loosed in Heaven!
Tu es Petrus! Tu es Petrus!
To the city! To the World!
Benedict was Petrus months ago and you said, ‘We are Brothers!’
Oh forgive me! Oh forgive me!
If my song your ear offends
But if you're Brothers then why is your so reign radically different?
Tu es Petrus! Tu es Petrus!
To thy will I must defer
Accept this humble gesture from
A lowly messenger
Tu es Petrus! Tu es Petrus!
Of all Apostles thou art Prince
What is sacred for this generation
Please hold sacred hence!
Tu es Petrus! Tu es Petrus!
Defend the Magisterium
From the enemies of God who seek the Church’s destruction!
Tu es Petrus! Tu es Petrus!
Of all the Treasures of the Church
The poor, neglected, and unloved, forgotten,
Blessed Sacrament
Tu es Petrus! Tu es Petrus!
To thy son and thy servant
Impart the blessing of Almighty God from the hand of the Chief Shepherd
Tu es Petrus! Tu es Petrus!
Do not doubt,
Your Holiness,
I remain your loyal, humble and obedient servant
"Never say behind someone's back what you could not say charitably to his face."
~ St Francis of Assisi
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