There is great fanfare in the District this week as the Holy Father is in town for a quick visit. In addition to the obligatory meetings with various dignitaries and popemobile parades, the pontiff is holding a service for the common man tomorrow morning at our new Nationals Park. The excitement is palpable. One can envision few spiritual experiences more profound than a papal mass in a baseball stadium with 47,000 people.
Not surprisingly, the logistics of such an event are the topic of much intrigue. Will they sing the National Anthem before the processional? Will they shoot off fireworks during the service like after a Ryan Zimmerman HR? Will the concession stands be selling the traditional Senator's Sausages? Will the Ben's Chili Bowl be open? Probably not.
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Yankee Stadium and God's Messanger on earth...that sounds pretty awesome to me. I went to St. Peter's during an FSP (mer mer) and I can only imagine that this will be the same thing as the large Easter mass I saw then: soccer-styled chants (seriously), tremendous cheering and ovations, and many, many people trying to sell Pope-merch.
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