Although she was only a runner-up in the competition, Susan Boyle is to sing for Pope Benedict XVI next month. She will perform at an open-air mass in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, on 16 September.
‘To be able to sing for the Pope is a great honour and something I've always dreamed of - it's indescribable,' says Susan, 49.
‘My faith is the backbone of my life, I pray and say the rosary each day and am very close to my religion. I am humbled and honoured by this invitation and I hope I can do my best.'
Susan will perform 3 times during the event.She will sing I Dreamed A Dream and the hymn How Great Thou Art to kick off the event, join an 800-strong choir during the mass and perform a farewell solo song to bring the service to an end.
It seems all Susan's dreams are coming true. Coming from a very modest, quiet life in a small village in Scotland, suddenly she is being given the world and she is now handling it very well. She had a little emotional breakdown at the start of her rocketing career. She could not handle the hectic schedule and all the attendant public attention but she seems to have all her ducks in a row now. Enjoy Susie.
What a privilege for Susan to sing for the Pope.
ReplyDeletePope Benedict XVI will be thrill to hear Susan's beautiful voice.
Hi cutie...what ya doing ?
ReplyDeleteJust sitting here cutting my toenails.
ReplyDeleteI'm counting my chickens, think the damn gater got a couple...hahaha
ReplyDeleteHow's Nana still fussing about the paint ?
ReplyDeleteDid Brian try to get frisky when you got back from the movies ?
Enjoyed the drive-in. They had preserved it just the way it was when I was a kid. before the feature, they played only sixties music.
ReplyDeleteNana's an old bitch and Brian did a nice little jiggle dance tonight on his way to his shower.
ReplyDeleteDid you get my e-mail this evening ???
ReplyDeleteHow is your battalion of kids?
ReplyDeleteNo I just sat down. Haven't checked my emails or my phone messages. Been out and busy.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have a drive-in here, the last one we had was blown away by a tornado about 15/18 years ago.
ReplyDeleteI just read your email. So glad everything is working out so well.
ReplyDeleteBoth of those names mean "GIFT of GOD" Appropriate, don't you think???.
Just got them all tucked away about 8:PM my time . Gilly is still up I hear him singing to his daddy.
ReplyDeleteYou can always depend on Brian to put a smile on your face and you look forward to his jiggle dance.
I envy you, hell it will be 18/20 years before I can get a jiggle dance.[giggles]
Yes I do and out of the 3 he choose that one.
ReplyDeleteI bet the twins loved the drive-in. Boy,Pete makes some good finds.Pete sounds like a great son-in-law and you can be proud he loves his family so much.
ReplyDeleteThe jiggle dance is worth waiting for.
ReplyDeleteIt's so cute that Gilly is singing to his dad. Jakey used to do that too.He sang himself to sleep.
I am glad Elin is getting on with her life.
ReplyDeleteTell me where is all Tiger's skanks now, I guess they have slithered back under the rocks where they came from.
P used his business van and opened the back up and put a mattress and pillows in for the boys and J and set up seats for us. J brought so much food we were stuffed.We all had a ball. We took Maxy and he loved it. He snuggled in the bed with the boys. But when there was an explosion or loud noise he barked.
ReplyDeleteI am just imagining all the fun you can show Jonny. By the way I am so proud of the part I played in his name.Thankyou for that honor.
Did I hear right , that they released Lilo today ? I know they say she may be released early but it's just to soon...
ReplyDeleteI cried when I heard I think Sunday that Martin Short's wife had died...I do love Martin, I think everyone love him.
Elin is smart as a whip. I look forward to her story in People.
ReplyDeleteShe had six lawyers.She got over one hundred million in settlement plus child support and I believe, one or two homes.She is studying to be a psychologist.
I just hope this cloud of scandal doesn't hang over those kids' heads all their lives.
I love Martin too. They had a wonderful romance. He never looked at another woman. His summer home is on a lake where I have been for holidays. If you drive your boat past his dock he and the family always wave to you.
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome , I never thought of my daddy's name and when he like that one I was happy, we was going to let it be his choice.
ReplyDeleteSoon I will tell up close and personal.[giggles]
I didn't hear about LiLo
ReplyDeleteI meant I would tell you up close and personal.
ReplyDeleteThat's what Dad says about a cloud hanging over the kids heads. Dad says he never expected grands from Gil but he didn't want a lot of the things he did to hand over anut Mae's grands head because they alway consider his as grandfather.Dad said Gotti's son and Vic's kids are messes and want to be like Gotti and he wants them to remember him for much more than that.
I don't know if she's out now or will be out soon, but I think she needs all of the rehab time and a lot more help.
ReplyDeleteI am a chocolate freak and it would take me more than 90 days to break the habit.
Gotti's son is a vicious murderer and is in prison for the rest of his life. Does he have a younger son?
ReplyDeleteDad says Gotti was a man of honor and half the things that was in the movie he didn't do, he says the book was much closer to the truth and Gotti Jr. would never be half the man his daddy was.
ReplyDeleteNo ,I don't think so, just Vic and Jr. I think Vic's sons is giving her trouble.
ReplyDeleteDamn straight; she needs continuous ongoing help.Maybe for the rest of her life.She is just going to slip back into her old habits the minute she is out.
ReplyDeleteI know Jr. was in jail for quite a few things and some of his people spilled the beans on him.
ReplyDeleteThat's a life I would't want to live .
I will research Vic's sons and find out who is doing what.
ReplyDeleteHer mama is no help, Dina and Michael wants to blame each other, when they both are at fault.
ReplyDeleteI wonderr how Vic is doing, I don't think she sold the manison.
ReplyDeleteOne day I am going to be like you and Gil, he do research on people also. I know he did research on Heidi.
LiLo should have had her ass kicked when she was a kid. If I were LiLo I would tell my parents to go to hell and stay there.They are ridiculous people.
ReplyDeleteLilo needs a good advisior to help her sort out her life .
ReplyDeleteSteve Corell is on Leno. I just love him and he did a fantastic job on Despicable Me.
ReplyDeleteYou know about the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.
ReplyDeleteNan says I have to see the movie it's really good.
ReplyDeleteJ fell in love with the little yellow guys in the movie.The monions.
ReplyDeleteSo do you think your new son is in good health generally? A search into the medical background of the parents is a good idea
That's minions...HA!
ReplyDeleteYour day was very busy, sometime the days don't seem to have enough hours in it.
ReplyDeleteLois call today and want me to look at some fund raising ideas she has , she wants to show them at the meeting Friday. It will be for the winter months , to cold to have yard sales.
Yes I know the A&A. It is very highbrow. only eggheads really understand it.
ReplyDeleteHe's searching into their backgrounds with the help of Alex , he do the research for the firm and he's good. Alex is a PC geek like you.
ReplyDeleteSo far nothing has showed up on Annie but the daddy is a pretty shady guy...I take him to the doctor Friday to be checked , his school records shows he's had all his shots.
[giggles] If Jonny is a little crazy he will fit right in with both our familes.
ReplyDeleteSis says he's mine now and I will have to take the good with the bad, she says he will be happy because it's what he told Annie he wanted.Dan told me that some people may say nedative things but no one is perfect.
What people think doesn't matter. At the end of the day, what matters is if the kid is happy and loved and the rest of the family is happy with the situation.
ReplyDeleteHaha... Jill calls them big heads.Gil was telling me about an Exoplanet and it has a star with as many as 7 different planets it was found outside of our solar system, he can get me the picture but the article can't be rewritten without the consent of the AP news.
ReplyDeleteThey has an active Hyperlinks inserted.
Sweetie that point is well taken and all my babies is very happy.Thankyou.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds fascinating. I haven't checked in with NASA for a few weeks. I have probably missed a lot of new things. I'll have to smarten up.
ReplyDeleteI wish he could get the article
Exoplanets or as they are also known, extrasolar planets are planets outside our solar system.
ReplyDeleteSo far they have detected 448 of them and they think there are billions of them in our galaxy.
We want to find the ones with life on them.
Actually, I should say the ones that can support life.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you have missed it, it was posted August 24 in Geneva, they used the observatory's telescope at La Silla , Chili to study the star itself.
ReplyDeleteHe said he would get in touch with Ruben the next time he was in the states to hook us up with A&A.
Maybe you should catch some ZZZZZ's sweetie. The more kids you get, the more sleep you need.
ReplyDeleteI bet you would have a ball...then I would have to call you my geeky-big-head PIC.Hahaha
ReplyDeleteI think I will, I get in bed about 1 ...I have to wine down, and I do need to go and see about my bread.
ReplyDeleteSweetie ...I will say goodnight and you have a very pleasent night and I will see you around the bend after twilight.
ReplyDeleteGOODNITE...HUGS & KISSES...PIC
Kiss the ROCK
If you are not going to kiss Nana ...well just shake her hand. Hahaha
NITE CUTIE
My head isn't big enough to hold all that astrophysics stuff.It's pretty hard to comprehend.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, sleep tight and I hope the bread is rising.
ReplyDeleteSee ya later,Witchy.Everything will turn out well. You can take that to the bank. Wishing you the best, as always...LUV PIC
If I shake her hand she'll try to scratch me and I'll get an infection.IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT??
ReplyDeleteWould you believe he talks to me about that shit and I tell him I don't a damn thing he is talking about, he just laughs and say just smile and look cute, because he likes me the way I am...the real deal.
ReplyDeleteNITE
PS:
ReplyDeleteNOOOOOOOO...don't let her scratch you I like you the way you are..
Real mean and naughty.....
When a guy talks astronomy to me it turns me on.
ReplyDeleteDon't you dare sit there and look cute. Shank sounds like a bit of a chauvinist.
Do you mean a chauvinist pig or a excessive patriotism pig.
ReplyDeleteWhichever he is I wouldn't take anything for him. I started to log off but glad I can back to check if I missed anything.
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