tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14011761.post5318262342961340025..comments2023-11-05T16:19:05.197+08:00Comments on Unam Sanctam: At the Death of John Paul IIAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09356738924839809045noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14011761.post-82153780801751071362010-01-24T14:38:40.754+08:002010-01-24T14:38:40.754+08:00The author of andrew4jc.blogspot.com has written a...The author of andrew4jc.blogspot.com has written an excellent article. You have made your point and there is not much to argue about. It is like the following universal truth that you can not argue with: If it looks easy, its mind bogglingly complex. Thanks for the info.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14011761.post-56273472685391702492009-12-30T22:19:15.027+08:002009-12-30T22:19:15.027+08:00Good Morning!!! andrew4jc.blogspot.com is one of t...Good Morning!!! andrew4jc.blogspot.com is one of the most excellent resourceful websites of its kind. I enjoy reading it every day. Keep it that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14011761.post-20746577200272353882007-09-09T03:26:00.000+08:002007-09-09T03:26:00.000+08:00I was teaching English as a Second Language that S...I was teaching English as a Second Language that Saturday morning at the college with a heavy heart. I knew that in my local parish the Polish community was holding a Mass for the dying Holy Father, and I couldn't go. So, when my grieving Polish students entered class that morning, I sent them to the Mass to, "go pray for John Paul for me, since I can't go". They were grateful. <BR/>As soon as I left school that afternoon, I kept vigil in front of the TV, waiting for word of his passing.When he left us, I sobbed with grief and joy at the same time. He truly was my spiritual father, and I felt more for him than I imagined possible considering I had only seen him twice, here in the USA, and from a great distance (1979 and 1995 in NYC). I wrote a meditation on his passing which was published in such diverse publications as "The National Catholic Reporter" and "Faith and Family".<BR/>I still miss him, though I love Pope Benedict, because he saved the Church(and me)while we were still reeling from the post-Vatican II chaos.Leticiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08170455690163831806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14011761.post-80690622940970316662007-04-05T09:10:00.000+08:002007-04-05T09:10:00.000+08:00Thank you so much for posting these pictures of JP...Thank you so much for posting these pictures of JP II, and for the excerpt from his little Jeevish's book. <BR/><BR/>I was one of the seemingly few on the planet who never saw the Holy Father in person. As he was dying, I was sitting in a dark, saddened church pew, waiting for the confessional so as to fulfill the requirements for the Divne Mercy Sunday indulgence. <BR/><BR/>It was a most dismal day wherever we were, except for our deep unity as a global church. And our greatest solace, yes, came with the word "Ratzinger!" <BR/><BR/>Again, thank you. Nice 'blog!<BR/><BR/>(Littlestorms)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14011761.post-24502718128561348872007-02-03T23:33:00.000+08:002007-02-03T23:33:00.000+08:00Thanks, Mac, Shellie and Paulinus, for dropping by...Thanks, Mac, Shellie and Paulinus, for dropping by and commenting, and especially for sharing your experiences during those very emotional moments with me.<br /><br />Paulinus, I remember screaming the great big YESSSSS!!! as well when the Dominum Josephum Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Ratzinger announcement was made. Except that is was in the wee hours of the morn here in Malaysia and the shout created quite a stir among the neighbours =)<br />I felt like running to Church to start ringing the bells =)Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09356738924839809045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14011761.post-63093157333323106852007-02-01T05:19:00.000+08:002007-02-01T05:19:00.000+08:00I remember (and in fact wrote about) the death of ...I remember (and in fact wrote about) the death of the late Holy Father. I didn't like the way the medics medicalised (particularly the Papal spokesman, a medic by training) his death - the emphasis was always on his clinical condition when in fact when you read the closer accounts, John Paul walked the Way of the Cross on his deathbed. It could hardly be otherwise but his was truly a Happy Death, the archetype of Catholic Death.<br /><br />I still remember when the announcement came:<br /><br />"Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum; habemus Papam: Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum, Dominum [gap - me saying under my breath "Let it be Ratzinger! Let it be Ratzinger!"] Josephum {YESSSS!}Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Ratzinger" <br /><br />Yessss!<br /><br />"It's Ratzinger!!!" I shouted to my (bewildered, non-Catholic) wife.<br /><br />"Is that good?"<br /><br />"Oh yes. It's VERY good!"Paulinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764882488839589040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14011761.post-59011125760276558262007-02-01T01:39:00.000+08:002007-02-01T01:39:00.000+08:00Touching photos. As a recent convert, I don't have...Touching photos. As a recent convert, I don't have thoughts of a nature to be shared about the Holy Father's passing, but from where I sit now, oh... yes. I'd love to have been in that kid's shoes. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14011761.post-61066150516526445182007-01-31T23:56:00.000+08:002007-01-31T23:56:00.000+08:00It was our school Easter holiday and I had been gl...It was our school Easter holiday and I had been glued to the tv for days when JPII passed away.<br /><br />When the BBC announced his death, at about 9pm, I drove over to my parish church to light a candle and say some prayers.<br /><br />A group of us watched the funeral in the Parish Hall (it has cable tv)<br /><br />We were back at school when the conclave began. I went to the Parish Hall to watch the opening ceremony on the TV. The next day I saw the smoke at lunchtime on the Internet, and then I rushed back to the Parish Hall in the evening to see the smoke again...<br /><br />...I'd brought a pile of marking, and I made a cup of tea, and then everyone at the news studio started saying that the smoke was black, so I nearly packed up and went home, but I decided to finish my tea first...<br /><br />...and then the smoke went grey, and then got whiter and whiter! And when the Holy Father was announced, I cheered (scaring the people in the Hall setting up for a funeral!)<br /><br />What an experience!Mulier Fortishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01186202810919174492noreply@blogger.com