[Neenah]

I do not speak as a Catholic. I do speak as a Christian, and am begging those of you who feel the need to joke, malign, or dispute the Pope or the Catholic Church, to please think twice.

Could we for once, all be brother's and sister's and hold the hands of those of us who are in mourning at this time? I think we can do that. Let's stand together this time..........ok?

[Rutles4Ever]

Why on earth did you post that to me? I'm not doing anything of the sort!

[retrokitten]

Could we for once, all be brother's and sister's and hold the hands of those of us who are in mourning at this time? I think we can do that. Let's stand together this time..........ok?

Worth repeating. (((Neenah)))

[zeugma]

I'd like to share a bit of verse that I recently came across that has been going through my mind of late.

A Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of Your Peace.
Where there is hatred, let me so love.
Where there is injury, pardon,
Where there is doubt, faith,
Where there is dispair, hope,
Where there is darkness, light,
And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may
not so much be consoled as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive -
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

amen