Walking my path of Oneness.

I claim Catholicism to be my base religion.

As Thich Nhat Hanh said, stay with your roots.

He stressed, it is very important to stay with your roots.

That is what I found myself doing.

I stay with my roots, which is the faith I was born into.

However, I do not stay very involved with the physical Church.

Not at all.

That said, a Pope still means very much to me.

I related to the compassion and mercy of Pope Francis.

And wanted another Pope like him.

I was on youtube when I saw the smoke is white, we have a Pope.

It was a name I did not know or recognized.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost.

He takes the name Pope Leo XIV.

I found myself crying.

So deeply moved, I was crying.

And found that baffling.

Then I discovered why.

His spirit resonates with me.

Somehow, I feel a connection with him.

For one crazy moment.

I knew if I wrote to him. 

He will reply.

And then I dismissed the thought.

Who am I but a very ordinary person.

I like the look of him.

I do not want any of those intransigent figures.

Where the name, reputation of the Church means more than the person.

Where rules and laws mean more than the person.

I had gone through all that.

Suffered through all that as a nun.

I do not need it again.

I do not want it again.

It is certainly not the teachings of Jesus.