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You are way more hopeful then me. I am glad someone is. I am pretty much on the Oh here we go again, wheel. Not because I think he's wrong, it's just the constant harangue, most especially in here.

Then again who cares what they think. The Holy Father no matter what he says or does has a target on him.

I once had a philosophical discussion on the nature of sin and does the priest take on the sins of confessees. It was about the time that JPII was being criticized for not stepping down in his illness. Of course we know Benedict got criticized for stepping down. So they never can win. I was in the JPII was teaching us how to embrace suffering by his example and how to die. Quite moving, although it was tough to watch his decline. But then again the Crucifixion was no picnic either.

It was hard seeing Pope John Paul suffering, and I'm sure it was hard for him, too. I remember reading about his meeting with a group of skiers, perhaps at World Youth Day, and saying, "I used to be a sportsman. I could ski!" Entropy is going to get all of us, eventually.

Then again who cares what they think. The Holy Father no matter what he says or does has a target on him.

Exactly. Before anyone has a cow, I'm not saying Pope Francis is Jesus ... but just consider the example. Jesus didn't worry about what his enemies were going to say about Him. He didn't worry about what his friends thought about Him! He didn't carefully calculate every word to make sure nobody could possibly misunderstand or twist it. He just pursued the mission of redemption.

When Jesus commissioned Peter, He didn't say, "Make sure you never say anything that people of ill-will can pretend to misunderstand." He said, "Feed my sheep, feed my lambs, tend my sheep."