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Saturday, April 23, 2005 The Pope - Old & NewWe receive the weekly Christian Paper - New Life - and there were a few things written about the Pope that I found interesting. I'll share with you just two quotes - "...While no one can deny that Pope John Paul II was a significant influence in the fall of communism and that he took a major stand on abortion, for example, never-the-less he led a church further into apostasy on at least one key point. Namely the promoting of Mary to only a step short of making her co-redemptrix with Christ..."(David Stephens, Qld) and "...Pope John Paul II was unquestionably the most influential voice for morality and peace in the world during the last 100 years. His extraordinary gifts, his strong Catholic faith and his experience of human tyranny and suffering in his native Poland all shaped him and yet he was respected by men and women from every conceivable background across the world. He was truly one of those rare individuals whose legacy will endure long after he has gone..."(Billy Graham) Hmmm interesting.Now the new Pope. He apparently has very strong convictions concerning abortion, homosexuality etc., only time will tell if he continues to uphold these views now that he is a leader of so many people. Many people have commented about his participation in Hitler's Youth. I have a cousin, through marriage, who was also in Hilter's Youth. He had no choice but to join it and when he was able to he ran away. Until now, he rarely speaks of this time as it still upsets him. I hold nothing negative about the new Pope's past. Indeed, isn't it our past that shapes us the way we are today? On a different note - I was chatting to my sister-in-law today and she was talking about 'prodigal children'. A comment that she passed on to me was "They are out there working on their testimony". I like that! Something to take solace in for those who have 'prodigal children'. (But in actual fact - isn't that what we are all doing? Working on our testimonies day by day?) God Bless, # posted by shellymac @ 6:13 pm 0 comments
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