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To: RosieCotton; HairOfTheDog; Lil'freeper; JenB; RMDupree; g'nad; 2Jedismom; Ramius; ecurbh; ...

Rosie! You've come to it at last.

Me on the other hand...I'm wondering if it's healthy that my first thought is of semiautomatic weapons ~every time~ I drive into the parking garage...

I was gonna change my tagline for April Fools Day. But with the news coming from Rome, perhaps it should stay for a while.


4,262 posted on 04/01/2005 5:47:32 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (Luke 2:29 - Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word...)
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To: Corin Stormhands

News is the one thing that may keep me here today. With no TV, limited radio, and no internet at home...it's been hard.

In a way, I almost don't want to follow things closely. But not knowing is even harder.


4,263 posted on 04/01/2005 5:49:08 AM PST by RosieCotton (3 days until my Colorado adventure begins!)
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To: Corin Stormhands; RosieCotton
I fully expected to wake up to the news that the Pope had died. It's amazing. With a new one, there will have been 6 Popes in my lifetime, so far. I was too young to remember Pius XII, but I was 10 when John XXIII died.

The most astounding time was when Paul VI died and John Paul I became Pope. We were living in Tallahassee at the time, and it was before we had kids, so I was working. I remember, about a month after JPI became Pope, I came in to work, having picked up the newspaper at the front door on the way in. I opened it and saw the headline "Pope Dies". I thought someone had left an old newspaper for us! I was stunned when I realized that it was JPI! I was even MORE stunned a couple of weeks later when I heard the name of the new Pope, and he wasn't an Italian!

We've been so blessed by God with this Pope, but when he goes home, I know God will send the man we need for these tough times.

4,269 posted on 04/01/2005 5:59:31 AM PST by SuziQ
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