My big trip is tomorrow!

Well, tommorow is the big day! I'm leaving for the Middle-East. Would it be in bad taste to call it a Crusade? Probably. The press would eat that up, those lice.
I am sorry but I am so stressed out!
I am excited, though, about visiting the site of Our Lord's baptism by John (the Baptist). There are talks about building churches for pilgrims. I am glad of this.

My packing is just about done, though I am afraid that I am forgetting something. Here's what I have:
Vestements
Jewelry
"Casual" clothes (jeans, tank-tops, sandals, etc.)
Toothbrush
Bible
Larger Bible
Camera (with extra film, of course)

This seems pretty comprehensive, but this nagging feeling won't go away! Ah well, God will grant me the wisdom by the time I leave tomorrow. Let us close with a psalm pertaining to my trip:


Psalm 121

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.


Of course! Sunblock! Though I trust that the Lord will shade me from the sun, it couldn't hurt!

God Bless you All. Be well.

-The Pope