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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Marc Gellman
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” – Mark TwainI have been deeply touched by the flood of mail from Catholic readers who have appreciated that a rabbi could have some spiritually helpful insights on the new papacy of Leo IV. Here, a Protestant reader, R, shares her soul’s excitement:Dear Rabbi Gelman, I love your column! I’m on vacation writing to you from Rome now.
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2 weeks ago | 
pressrepublican.com | Marc Gellman
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” – Mark TwainI have been deeply touched by the flood of mail from Catholic readers who have appreciated that a rabbi could have some spiritually helpful insights on the new papacy of Leo IV. Here, a Protestant reader, R, shares her soul’s excitement:kAmkDEC@?8ms62C #233: v6=>2?[k^DEC@?8m x =@G6 J@FC 4@=F>?P x’> @? G242E:@?
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2 weeks ago | 
arcamax.com | Marc Gellman
“Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” – Mark TwainI have been deeply touched by the flood of mail from Catholic readers who have appreciated that a rabbi could have some spiritually helpful insights on the new papacy of Leo IV. Here, a Protestant reader, R, shares her soul’s excitement:Dear Rabbi Gelman, I love your column! I'm on vacation writing to you from Rome now.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Marc Gellman
I recently offered up my list of qualities I hoped to see in the new pope and asked you, dear readers, to share with me your hopes. Now that we joyously have welcomed Pope Leo XIV we can begin to match up our lists and his papacy. I did not include in my list a pope who is a White Sox fan, who has a COSTCO card, who loves Chicago deep-dish pizza, and who speaks English – but we should all give thanks for small favors.
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3 weeks ago | 
pressrepublican.com | Marc Gellman
I recently offered up my list of qualities I hoped to see in the new pope and asked you, dear readers, to share with me your hopes. Now that we joyously have welcomed Pope Leo XIV we can begin to match up our lists and his papacy. I did not include in my list a pope who is a White Sox fan, who has a COSTCO card, who loves Chicago deep-dish pizza, and who speaks English – but we should all give thanks for small favors. kAm|J >2:? 56D:C6 H2D 7@C 2 A@A6 H9@ H2D AC:>2C:=J 2 r9C:DE:2?
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3 weeks ago | 
arcamax.com | Marc Gellman
I recently offered up my list of qualities I hoped to see in the new pope and asked you, dear readers, to share with me your hopes. Now that we joyously have welcomed Pope Leo IV we can begin to match up our lists and his papacy. I did not include in my list a pope who is a White Sox fan, who has a COSTCO card, who loves Chicago deep-dish pizza, and who speaks English – but we should all give thanks for small favors.
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4 weeks ago | 
pressrepublican.com | Marc Gellman
Editor’s note: This column was written before the ascension of Robert Prevost, who became Pope Leo XIV, Thursday. Q: What do you as a rabbi want from the new pope? – (From F)kAmpi pD :E EFC?D @FE[ x H2?E E96 D2>6 E9:?8D 7C@> 2 ?6H A@A6 E92E x H@F=5 H2?E 7C@> 2 ?6H C233: – A=FD E96 23:=:EJ E@ CF? 2 H@C=5H:56[ >F=E:4F=EFC2=[ >F=E:\3:==:@?\5@==2C :?DE:EFE:@? C6AC6D6?E:?8 >@C6 E92? 2 3:==:@?
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1 month ago | 
arcamax.com | Marc Gellman
Q: What do you as a rabbi want from the new pope? – (From F)A: As it turns out, I want the same things from a new pope that I would want from a new rabbi – plus the ability to run a worldwide, multicultural, multi-billion-dollar institution representing more than a billion Catholics. I want a pope who believes that Christ was the messiah sent by God to atone for the sins of the world. There are enough important spiritual leaders who can give speeches that sound like political op-ed pieces.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Marc Gellman
Many notes of reflection on the passing of the pope. This from my friend F in Wisconsin:“When he was a teenager, he loved to play basketball. Then, in his 20s, he had life-threatening pneumonia and part of a lung was removed. No more basketball for that young man! He became a priest after being inspired by a priest. John Paul II made him a cardinal and then, years later, habemus papum! We have a pope, and he chose the name Francis because he was concerned with the well-being of the poor.
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1 month ago | 
pressrepublican.com | Marc Gellman
Many notes of reflection on the passing of the pope. This from my friend F in Wisconsin:“When he was a teenager, he loved to play basketball. Then, in his 20s, he had life-threatening pneumonia and part of a lung was removed. No more basketball for that young man! He became a priest after being inspired by a priest. John Paul II made him a cardinal and then, years later, habemus papum! We have a pope, and he chose the name Francis because he was concerned with the well-being of the poor.
