{"id":981,"date":"2025-06-17T22:04:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/the-punctum\/?p=981"},"modified":"2026-05-18T23:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:26:08","slug":"the-white-smoke-in-celebration-of-our-new-pope-leo-xiv-by-dr-theresa-cunanan-division-of-arts-and-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/the-punctum\/blog\/2025\/06\/17\/the-white-smoke-in-celebration-of-our-new-pope-leo-xiv-by-dr-theresa-cunanan-division-of-arts-and-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"The White Smoke (in Celebration of Our New Pope Leo XIV) — by Dr. Theresa Cunanan, Division of Arts and Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Keywords:<\/strong> Pope Leo XIV, Macbeth, catharsis, modern poetry, journal therapy and prayer healing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accepted:<\/strong> May 30, 2025; Published online:<\/strong> June 17, 2025; Published:<\/strong> June 27, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arise from the dead<\/strong>
Easter Monday<\/strong>
To:<\/strong> Francis & Francis Co. Ltd. @ cc: Francis
Subject:<\/strong> Demise<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 8th<\/sup>: Make me a channel of your peace<\/em>
May 8th<\/sup>:<\/span> Truman declares the surrender of the swastika;
May 8th<\/sup>:<\/span> Where there is hatred let me sow love<\/em>
May 8th<\/sup>:<\/span> The accused stands trial still;
May 8th<\/sup>:<\/span> Where there is injury, pardon<\/em>
May 8th<\/sup>:<\/span> The hurt bleeds into tepid waters;
May 8th<\/sup>:<\/span> Where there is doubt, faith<\/em>
May 8th<\/sup>:<\/span> The bled waters coagulate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To form new hurt procreating new injuries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Befallen in Golgotha
Good Friday
Re. Falsely accused, betrayed and beaten. Naked.
“Why lovest thou that which thou receiv’st not gladly,
Or else receiv’st with pleasure thine annoy?” (Sonnet 8<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shall self-deception procure thee to
“\u2026 have no spur
To prick the sides of (thine) intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself
And falls on the other\u2014” (Act 1, Scene 7, Macbeth<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pater in manus tuas commendospiritum meum
New hurt procreating new injuries,
Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid faciunt
Bless new hurts, oblivion. Into healing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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