That's pretty cool. My father in law met and shook hands with JP2, and has several items that he blessed and gave to him.
I don't have any doubt that he will some day be canonized. There was lots of talk of miracles while he was still alive. (The "miracles" clause for canonization always amused me a little bit. The Catholics laud the story of Doubting Thomas...and emphasize Jesus' credo of "blessed are they who have not seen, yet believe". And yet...to crown a saint....they gotta see miracles baby!) On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't think there will be another JP2 in our life time. > > Interesting (to me) side note. The former pastor at the church my wife > attends gave me a rosary that was blessed by JP2 and was actually given to > him by the Pope during his last public visit before he died. If he ever > gets canonized, these would be considered a 2nd hand relic. > > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:34 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I never liked the guy......i'm predisposed to dislike popes as it > is....but > > JP 2 was a terrific force for good and peace around the world, i > > thought....he was a good example of the capacity for good that the office > > of pope can have. JP focused on helping children and reaching out to > other > > religions. He never condoned violence of any kind....he met with Bush > > immediately after 9/11 and asked him not to retaliate violently. He took > up > > positions of peace and forgiveness even in matters where neither were > > realistically possible....such as 9/11. He even forgave the guy who shot > > him! > > > > i think that's exactly what the leader of 2+ billions people who purport > to > > support the teachings of Jesus Christ...should do. I hope the catholics > > elect themselves another JP2. > > > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > I heard it was his Hitler Youth background finally catching up with > him. > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Larry C. Lyons < > [email protected] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > 85 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > >> The guy is 91. > > > >> > > > >> Sent from my iPhone 4S. > > > >> > > > >> On Feb 11, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> > > > >> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > Conspiracy? > > > >> > > > > >> > -Cameron > > > >> > > > > >> > .... > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360806 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
