Long live the Pope!
The Irish have a knack for developing drinking songs for just about everything. Several years ago, while visiting the Dublin Pub, my favorite quasi-Irish hangout in Dayton, Ohio, I overheard a group of people singing happily over their stouts and cream ales a drinking song about Pope John Paul II, and they were singing loud enough to overhear. I certainly can't remember the words, but the phrase that sticks out in my memory from the song is "they tried to kill him, but he would not die."Such is the legacy of this Pope. Every time we think John Paul is just about done, he bounces back with a vengeance. The Nazis never could get rid of him, and the Communists gave up trying after sending a Turkish assassin to kill him (one the Pope forgave) and the Pope still survived. A little flu and pneumonia isn't going to take out the Pope, either. The Lord will call John Paul home whenever the Lord thinks that it's time. This could happen tomorrow, or it could be another twenty years, but I have a hunch whenever a conclave is convened, it will happen when we least expect it, and it will not yield results that will be favorable to those who do the bidding with the City of Man and the Kingdoms of this world.
Let the Church roll on...
posted by Deacon David Oatney @ 11:18 AM
1 Comments:
Well, as a Protestant, I'll second your motion. Long live the Pope!
The Pope has done a lot of good for the world and I have to admire for his courage in standing up for the right to life in an uncompromising fashion that's not afraid to speak truth even to the President.
Now if we could get some Evangelical leaders who have half the courage the Pope does in his little finger.
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