A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....04-12-05...."He's Free" (Pippin's tribute to Pope John Paul II)

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[Billie]

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~ ~ He’s Free ~ ~
~ by Pippin ~

     On Saturday, April 2, 2005 Pope John Paul II was set free.

Free to be with God, free of suffering and pain. No longer trapped in a mortal body that was failing and worn out in the service of God and the people.

He was an inspiration to me, though I knew it not for a long time. I took for granted his continued strong presence and his kindness and love for all God’s people, not only Roman Catholics, but Protestants and people of other religions and creeds.

His faith sustained him in hard times as well as the joyful ones. It was his faith that moved him to forgive and to pray for the one who tried to take his life back in 1981.

God had plans for John Paul II and He was not to be put off!

No, not by a crazed would-be assassin or a world gone mad.

He was a man of peace, a man of faith and courage and an inner strength.

What touched me most about the Pope is the way he reached out to all the people, especially the young people, and they in turn, responded in kind.

I've prayed that God would grant me that kind of faith; it has been waning ever since 09/11/01, much to my dismay and fear.

I’ve prayed and cried.

But watching what Pope John Paul II has gone through these past several years has taught me that there is no shame in suffering as long as it’s done with dignity.

So instead of complaining about my own infirmities and short comings, I’ll think of him and remember, as he’s always done, that God is in charge and He will never abandon us. After all, God did not abandon John Paul II, He freed him! ~ Marie (Pippin)

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[Pippin]

You're welcome. DD.

[Pippin]

:o)

[Pippin]

Thanks, Iceskater

[Pippin]

You're welcome, Sal.

[Pippin]

((Dutchess))

[Pippin]

Thanks.

[Pippin]

Amen!

[Pippin]

Beautiful!

[Pippin]

Hi, Lonestar (and Weinie)!

[Conspiracy Guy]

No. Thank you!

[Pippin]

I hope so too.

[Pippin]

:o)

[visualops]

Thanks :)
I scanned one of the prayer cards I got at church.

[deadhead]

Beautiful tribute and presentation. Thank You, Pippin and Billie

[MEG33]

Beautifully said, Pippin, and presented, Billie..Thank you!

[LadyX]

What a truly lovely collaborative effort!
While your presentations always are flawless and most appropriate and beautiful, Billie,
you have really captured the essence of Pippin's touching tribute.

In contrast with the very intense colors surrounding coverage of the settings in Rome for the vigil and afterward,
this quietly illustrated from-the-heart expression is positively eloquent and moving ---

Thank you both.

[Pippin]

Thank You, (((MAGGIE)))!

[Pippin]

Hi you two!

[tuliptree76]

Beautiful tribute. Thank you both.

[Mama_Bear]

I'm not SURE how Lori and Aqua and dutchess have done theirs with XP, but do think that in the beginning at least, they all used NOTEPAD as I STILL DO (the text program in "My Documents").

Nope, not this sistah. I have always formated my posts as an html "page" in Domania....that is, until about two weeks ago when you (Billie) told me that you do yours as an html document in Notepad. After trying that, I agree, that is the way to go. For one thing, the file is on the hard drive, not on the internet. When Domania was down, I couldn't get to my pages to work on them.

The first time I tried doing it in Notepad it threw me a bit because there is no option to save the file as an html document. So, I just removed the .txt and typed in .html. The other thing that I had a problem with was opening it as a webpage, until I realized that (in XP) if you right click on the file the drop down menu gives the option to open it with Internet Explorer. My default seems to want to open the files in Notepad and they open as a text document. But it is easy to over-ride by right clicking.

Yes, it is much easier to format posts in Notepad. :-)