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[themeletor]

ho-lee. I'm away for 30 hours, and I am so. backlogged.

and I think all I can say right now is...
Pope.

I know it seems ineloquent. harsh, brusque, uncaring, insensitive, possibly even offensive. but... the loss of such a Holy Man is not something I can compute right now. God and the Church and I will confront it later tonight, with a copy of the Bible, the Catechism, and the BCP.


...hum

(comment with anything you're antsy for me to see. the 5madmuses fic is steadily happening, and surprising me at 10 pages and growing.)

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

~Em

I guess I'm the one you're concerned about offending, since I appear to be offended by everything.

But...

this time I'm not. I know that, when you're as far away from someone who dies (geographically, or distance-wise, whichever you prefer), it sometimes doesn't register right away. Especially for someone you don't know personally. You just kinda shrug your shoulders and go on, for the time being. When my grandpa died, I was rather numb for days. I did cry atthe funeral of course, but even now, occasionally, I find myself tearing up. I guess my point here is that grief affects us all in different ways, and if you're not feeling anything right now, that's okay.

I hope your little session with God tonight proves fruitful in the best way possible: with you at peace and with joy in your heart. That's the most anyone can ask for, especially in these turbulent times.

[captain-molly.livejournal.com]

He's not gone yet. He's still clinging to some semblance of life. He's still with us.

[elessil.livejournal.com]

It is terribly shallow, but I thought you'd perhaps be interested (and made jealous) by this.

[drbillbongo.livejournal.com]

the 5madmuses fic is steadily happening, and surprising me at 10 pages and growing.
That's great to read! I'm very interested in the outcome!!

And my (undoubtedly widely disagreed) opinion of the Pope fuss:
I don't wish him dead, but I really can't understand the big fuss.
The pope is nobody special. He has special rights (like being allowed to talk hypocritical and ridiculous nonsense in front of thousands of people - and being listened to and agreed with!) because a good lot of people believe in God. But I pity the Catholic church (and the world, actually) for having a pope who is too old to have any clue of what he's talking about. And male. And living with celibacy. He should actually have no right to talk about abortion and contraception. Or women becoming priests. It's not his domain. That would be the same if Dolly Buster started to talk about politics.

[captain-molly.livejournal.com]

And I wanted to stand up for you for a bit here. I'm dating a Catholic boy, and the Pope means a lot to him, spiritually. The Pope, in my opinion, is a wonderful and good man who has brought God and Christ into the hearts of many people. Even I, though I am a Protestant, feel a holiness about John Paul II. I truly believe that he will be missed— yes, I will miss him.