SABBATICAL

I've been traveling in an ecumencal mood of course for several months.  In Mexico I was part of a Mayan blessing and also celebrated Christmas among hundreds of jovial religionists. In Florida I witness Yahweh's triumph over Baal.   In Lisbon I made a pilgrimage to an open arms Jesus.  And in Rome I gave homage to countless churches, basilicas and cathedrals.  I visited catacombs and payed respect at the tomb of St. Peter below his basilica.  And in addition I venerated Mithras at an altar in excavations two layers down from a 12th century basilica.  And in Pompeii I revered the Temple of Jupiter.  And finally in Frankfurt, I respected the church where emperors were crowned for hundreds of years.  There was simply no shortage of ecumenical moments.  The bizarrest to me in Rome was the body of Pope John XXIII laid out in a glass coffin.  They didn't seem to be expecting a resuscitation but they did expected him to act saintly. 
Frankfurt               
         Pompeii                

 Mithras

St. Peter's Tomb

Moses in Church of St Peter in Chains

Cristo Rei

Mexican Snow

Florida

Pair of  Shamans

-----the Bishop