I would have thought...

... that on this, of all weekends, amidst the specifi--- sorry, I meant to say, general intercessions for various small segments of the population and for ecological responsibility, we could have spared a fraction of a petition, a word at least, for the anniversary of the Holy Father's inauguration.

Wouldn't you?

As a rule, the series of intentions is to be

1. For the needs of the Church;
2. For public authorities and the salvation of the whole world;
3. For those burdened by any kind of difficulty;
4. For the local community.

I'm trying to think when I last heard a petition for even our own salvation, much less that of the whole world, at Sunday Mass. In fact, I can't remember hearing our need for salvation expressed. (Always excepting at the Reform2 "flagship.")

And no, I don't come to share our story, and I myself am not the Bread of Life, and the Kingdom, despite our efforts at singing it into being, hasn't arrived.