The Pope

My own inner weird thoughts about the Pope

Am I the only one wondering just why is Pope John Paul in a pine box? Did anyone else notice that? Do they not put them in a normal casket? I think he deserved far better. Just my own wondering......

Also I have a hard time believing that the Pope would have wanted this much attention.

My other thought, When Jesus died on the cross, there wasn't this many people lined up down the streets to view him. And, I think there should have been.

I am not Catholic so I apologize if I offend anyone with my random thoughts but, I was totally taken back by listening to one of the fathers speak. He said on ABC news, "Before, I prayed for the Pope, now I can pray to him."

See this bothers me some, because the Pope is not God, you should be praying to God, not to the Pope. Now if you feel like you need to talk to the Pope, sure go ahead. I talk to my son who passed away in my head all the time.

Now, I too loved the Pope though, one thing that amazed me about this Pope is I have heard him several times mention the plan of salvation, not too many have done that.

And the Pope was one for forgiveness, even to come to the jail were his attempted assassin was. How many of us can forgive like that?

Forgiveness is hard, I know in my own life, I have yet to forgive for things done years ago. My mother always told me, you forgive but you don't forget. I believe this to be true.

I think we can all learn a lot from the Pope. I took this off of another blogger's post and it makes all the sense in the world in regards to the Pope, (Greg, I am highjacking your quotes you get again)*************************************************************************************
Micah Halpern suggests he was a visionary that we will remember for all the ages (Hat Tip PowerLine)."On most issues the Pope was a theological conservative. When it came to approaching Jewish issues, he was a theologically visionary.For the Pope, Antisemitism was wrong, plain and simple, wrong. Antisemitism symbolized the Dark Ages. Given his understanding of history and the Bible, the hatred of the Jew on the theological level was totally unjustified. Moving away from Antisemitism was moving the Church, finally, out of the Dark Ages. Theologically eliminating the hatred of the Jews was the perfect symbol of the modernization of the Church. It was a move toward modernity that neither touched nor eroded mainstream theological issues like marriage, homosexuality, and abortion, issues that might shake the foundations of Church teachings. . . .On his visit to Jerusalem's Western Wall the Pope, as tradition dictates, placed a note between the centuries old stones of the Wall. The text of the note was later made public. This is what he wrote, please note that it was addressed to "God."God of our fathers, you chose Abraham and his descendants to bring your name to the nations: We are deeply saddened by the behavior of those who in the course of history have caused these children of yours to suffer, and asking your forgiveness, we wish to commit ourselves to genuine brotherhood with the people of the Covenant.Those few words explain it all.In a few sentences the Pope transformed the Church's perspective of the Jew. Jews were moved from the world of persecution where it was accepted and even requisite to oppress them for their past and for what they had done and embraced in brotherhood. For the first time, Jews were recognized for their original contribution in setting the foundation of Christianity.How amazingly simple and correspondingly profound.The Pope was not only eliminating officially sanctioned Antisemitism because it is wrong. The Pope was bolstering, protecting and insuring the future of his Church. He was helping the Church confront future challenges.John Paul II. The Jew's Pope. Everyone's visionary. May his memory be blessed.A man whose life spanned loss of mother and brother at a young age, living in Nazi-occupied Poland and, of course, Stalin.He was a man who loved God and His people. Allpeople."
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Now if all of us can remember that we are all God's People!!!!!!!