Posted on 04/02/2005 11:57:08 AM PST by CitizenM
Edited on 04/03/2005 6:40:57 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
On EWTN, they just played a clip from 1995 when Pope John Paul II was at the presidential podium, with Clinton at his side, under an umbrella in a driving rain, saying that there is a need for the strong to protect the weak. The crowd cheered, and Clinton was forced to clap politely. :-D
I wish I hadn't read that ...
That's our Papa!!!!
Vaya con Dios.
Joy and sorrow, RIP
As I said earlier, I think both designations are proper and pregnant with meaning, something akin to a liturgical Rorschach Test. God bless.
Thank you for the countless hours you have devoted to this thread, CitizenM. I think I may have spent almost as many hours reading all the comments :) What glorious tributes!
If I was to say it is remarkably moving, it's selling it short... If you have access to Napster, Kazaa, Itunes or anything like that, I whole-heartedly recommend checking it out...
OHH rack ittt
You know what I just realize Pope John Paul 11 is only pope that I know off in my lifetime there hasn't been another Pope
I was too young to remember passing of previous Pope
You're welcome!
Thanks for the tribute. What a sad yet glorious day!
I'm checking on something now and I'll let you know if I'm able to get my hands on this, but Mo1, I have two words for you...... Ronan Tynan!!! It'll bring you to tears, not sure if you are a fan of him or not or if you even know who he is, but he is one of the Irish Tenors....
He may have the most powerful voice I've ever heard... Anyway, I'll let you know...
Dave
I keep hearing story after story about priests almost breaking down at mass over the Eucharistic prayer no longer containing "John Paul our Pope".
Oh, thank you for your compliment also. I started doing it early this AM and had it ready when the news broke. I just had to do a tribute to Our Beloved Holy Father, Pope John Paul,II. It was my way of working out the sorrow. Besides, I figured many people did not know the progression of the past two days and reading all the different threads to "catch up," would be impossible.
But, unfortunately because of all the "hits" I was notified by the host server for my .gifs and .jpegs that I was using up too much bandwidth. LOL And they allerted me they might remove all the html's to those.
I am working on a revision, with fewer "goodies," and hope that will ease things a bit for the host. I used one of those free ones as I do not have my own webpage. The mod was kind enough to just post my words without the graphics so they are not lost. We will see what happens.
Any other ideas out there what to do?
Two great men gone.
I have much sadness for all of the Catholic faith.
They were so lucky to have a good and fair man of God leading their church for so long.
My prayers are with all of you.
My point is that Pope John Paul the Great died on Planet Earth and not just in one time zone or interpretation of Latin-rite liturgical law. He died in such a way that the Church experienced 2 events dear to the Holy Father that point us to the 2 most important devotional elements in his pontificate namely Our Lady of Fatima and the Divine Mercy.
O Kairos!
Love to you Sierra!
I have prayed for you today!!!
God Bless you, Dear!
))))))))))))))))))))))))))HUGS TO YOU(((((((((((((((((((((((((
But of course I know who he is .. I have his CD's .. what a beautiful voice
He also sang Ava Maria at President Reagan's funeral ..
Ava Maria is another one of my favorite hymns.
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