'SPARK FROM HEAVEN': POPE SEEN AS SIGN OF COMING EVENTS AND WAS LINKED TO SEERS
Posted on 04/01/2005 8:07:11 PM PST by Salvation
No.....he loved them to change their hearts.
Kissing the Koran isn't what Jesus would have done. He would have loved the Muslims, but not venerated their holy book.
See, now that's what I love about being a Protestant.
We don't need a Pope when we have you as Christ's representative here on Earth. Thank goodness you know His mind so perfectly and speak for Him with, dare I say it, infallible confidence.
LOL!
"Be not afraid"!!!!!
[smirk]
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire / Agence France-Presse
Dhaka, Bangladesh / Agence France-Presse
Minsk, Belarus / Reuters
Hamburg,Germany / Reuters
Jakarta, Indonesia / Reuters
Knock, Ireland / The Associated Press
Krakow, Poland / Agence France-Presse
Londong, England /Agence France-Presse
Nagasaki, Japan / Reuters
Damascus, Syria / Agence France-Presse
Vilnius, Lithuania / The Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
WHO is the happy Warrior? Who is he
That every man in arms should wish to be?
--It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought
Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought
Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought:
Whose high endeavours are an inward light
That makes the path before him always bright:
Who, with a natural instinct to discern
What knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn;
Abides by this resolve, and stops not there,
But makes his moral being his prime care;
Who, doomed to go in company with Pain,
And Fear, and Bloodshed, miserable train!
Turns his necessity to glorious gain;
In face of these doth exercise a power
Which is our human nature's highest dower;
Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves
Of their bad influence, and their good receives:
By objects, which might force the soul to abate
Her feeling, rendered more compassionate;
Is placable--because occasions rise
So often that demand such sacrifice;
More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure,
As tempted more; more able to endure,
As more exposed to suffering and distress;
Thence, also, more alive to tenderness.
--'Tis he whose law is reason; who depends
Upon that law as on the best of friends;
Whence, in a state where men are tempted still
To evil for a guard against worse ill,
And what in quality or act is best
Doth seldom on a right foundation rest,
He labours good on good to fix, and owes
To virtue every triumph that he knows:
--Who, if he rise to station of command,
Rises by open means; and there will stand
On honourable terms, or else retire,
And in himself possess his own desire;
Who comprehends his trust, and to the same
Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim;
And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait
For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state;
Whom they must follow; on whose head must fall,
Like showers of manna, if they come at all:
Whose powers shed round him in the common strife,
Or mild concerns of ordinary life,
A constant influence, a peculiar grace;
But who, if he be called upon to face
Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined
Great issues, good or bad for human kind,
Is happy as a Lover; and attired
With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired;
And, through the heat of conflict, keeps the law
In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw;
Or if an unexpected call succeed,
Come when it will, is equal to the need:
--He who, though thus endued as with a sense
And faculty for storm and turbulence,
Is yet a Soul whose master-bias leans
To homefelt pleasures and to gentle scenes;
Sweet images! which, wheresoe'er he be,
Are at his heart; and such fidelity
It is his darling passion to approve;
More brave for this, that he hath much to love:--
'Tis, finally, the Man, who, lifted high,
Conspicuous object in a Nation's eye,
Or left unthought-of in obscurity,--
Who, with a toward or untoward lot,
Prosperous or adverse, to his wish or not--
Plays, in the many games of life, that one
Where what he most doth value must be won:
Whom neither shape of danger can dismay,
Nor thought of tender happiness betray;
Who, not content that former worth stand fast,
Looks forward, persevering to the last,
From well to better, daily self-surpast:
Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth
For ever, and to noble deeds give birth,
Or he must fall, to sleep without his fame,
And leave a dead unprofitable name--
Finds comfort in himself and in his cause;
And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws
His breath in confidence of Heaven's applause:
This is the happy Warrior; this is He
That every Man in arms should wish to be.
Notice how much education he had, two doctoral degrees. The Catholic church has always placed heavy emphasis on education. I attended Bishop England High School in Charleston, SC for 4 years. While a mediocre student with poor grades I was a little surprised when I went onto college and graduate school at how much more I had been exposed to than fellow students who attended public schools. Even without paying a lot of attention the good Sisters managed to teach me something. And if someone doesn't think that the Catholic church believes in education, try getting into an argument with a Jesuit!! You better know what you are talking about.
Thanks for that Tribute!
I agree with you. If I had it to do over again, all my children (5) would attend Catholic School.
I've been meaning to GOOGLE that phrase for awhile. If you believe the results, then the phrase used so often by contemporary editorial pundits may have had its genesis originally from this Wordsworth poem. There doesn't seem to be any widely accepted 'popular' usage of the phrase prior to this.
Salvation - Did you see the documentary these photos are from? I saw it late last night on EWTN. It was Italian w/subtitles and English voiceover; a year to year review of the Pope's activities from 1993-1997.
It was a real historical review. You got a sense of world history, the Pope's activities (I had not realized the extent of his political activities during this time), and the tremendous healing effect his efforts at apologizing and reconcilliation had on those wronged by the Church.
The Pope's disagreement with the proposed proclamations of the UN, which he felt to be anti-life and anti-family, were especially interesting. I don't even recall him speaking at the UN against these draft documents. So again, it was an interesting documentary in that the extent of his political action was put at the forefront.
I learned quite a lot.
No, I don't have EWTN. Bah! I bet it was great.
I don't know, however, if everyone knows that you can go to ewtn.com
and then find the video audio link and select the choices that go with your computer. You can then watch EWTN on your computer as you type.
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