What the Pope Said: A Chapter by Chapter Single-Sentence Synopsis of The Name of God Is Mercy by Pope Francis
Cleaning Day on Apparition Hill
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“I’d like to open wide the doors and windows,”
Catharine said. “Flush with a hose all non-
essentials: shabby furniture, plastic baubles,
cheap figurines. Start over, perhaps choosing
to live like a monk.” She didn’t,
but Susan scurried down a mountain—
blowing through open markets and small villages,
hastening to Confession in a Medjugorje church—
for she heard the voice of God.
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About the Author
A former English teacher, Helen Losse is the author of ten collections of poetry, including A Flower More Enduring (Main Street Rag, 2021). Her poems have been anthologized in Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont, The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume VII: North Carolina, and Kakalak 2014, nominated for a Pushcart Prize and for a Best of the Net award. She is Poetry Editor Emeritus for The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature and a former Associate Poetry Editor for Kentucky Review. She is married and has two grown sons. A Christian her entire life, Helen entered the Catholic Church on Holy Saturday in 2015 to grow closer to Jesus.
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