"Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: habemus papam"

Lesson #1 of the new papacy: over-weight, middle-aged bloggers should not do a happy dance in front of the television news without the proper footwear. (I'm fine, thanks, and so is the lamp. I'm even still happy. To put it mildly.)

Oremus pro pontifice nostro Benedicto.

Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatam faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius.

Something to add to the practice repertoire today:



Not a classic, perhaps, but the Te Deum doesn't fit the pipe scale so it'll have to do.