tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4702382876668711798.post8760653940010753787..comments2023-10-21T13:33:22.177+02:00Comments on Thoughts from a Catholic Oasis: French editorials on the Visit of Pope Benedict: IIJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00419516065899508757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4702382876668711798.post-1984684859516141212008-09-25T15:25:00.000+02:002008-09-25T15:25:00.000+02:00Dear Jane,Thank you for your response. The Hail M...Dear Jane,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your response. The Hail Marys are very welcome.<BR/><BR/>I was not being critical about you for being critical :-) I was trying to be self-critical for my inability to think critically where he is concerned. It is like my parents - I cannot see their faults (of course in their case it may be that they do not have any! :-) ).<BR/><BR/>I understand that John Paul II and Benedict XVI were very close? The former a Philospher, the latter a Theologian supreme.<BR/><BR/>Please send my love to les chats. I will pray for you all in between clients.<BR/><BR/>God bless.<BR/><BR/>In Christo pro Papa,<BR/><BR/>GrigoriGrigorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019329087527654438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4702382876668711798.post-42687523612592069942008-09-25T14:40:00.000+02:002008-09-25T14:40:00.000+02:00Dear Grigori,First of all thanks for your comment ...Dear Grigori,<BR/><BR/>First of all thanks for your comment and for your morning's offering of a decade. re: earlier promise on HS, go asap to both of these:<BR/><BR/>mots.des.gousses.rames'@gmail.com<BR/>and<BR/>tudorbanana@hotmail.com<BR/><BR/>in the subject boxes put FROM GRIGORI<BR/><BR/>Both will be alerted when I've finished this comment.<BR/><BR/>Now, your comment:<BR/><BR/>I did not mean to criticize Pope John Paul II in quoting Fr Guy. Quite the reverse. I interpret his comment as going much deeper and like to think it means, that we can learn tremendous lessons about Christian suffering and death when we look at him. By the end his suffering was almost unbearable to watch but he showed us (when he could hardly speak anymore), how to die silently, with dignity, acceptance and love of God and of us all. <BR/><BR/>Of course I understand how it must have felt to lose the only Pope you had known and regarded as a spiritual father in more than just the ordinary way that we Catholics regard our Popes. <BR/><BR/>I would like to go on and explain what I see as the important connections between John Paul and Benedict, and I'm not merely talking about the fact that they were close and valued each other tremendously. However, I must go now. Have had a difficult morning on the computer when for four hours I couldn't access my posts and comments. Seems OK now though.<BR/><BR/>God bless and will come back this evening. Have to go shopping in a couple of hours which I detest. Will say a Hail Mary or two for you when at the cat food shelves!<BR/><BR/>In Christo pro Papa,<BR/><BR/>JaneJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00419516065899508757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4702382876668711798.post-21726080437755444582008-09-25T11:29:00.000+02:002008-09-25T11:29:00.000+02:00Dear Jane,I find it exceptionally difficult to be ...Dear Jane,<BR/><BR/>I find it exceptionally difficult to be critical of JPII because he became Pope in the year I was born and remained so until my late twenties. <BR/><BR/>I have heard a lot of criticism of him, but find it very hard to depart from the childlike unconditional love of someone who knew him as the only Pope from when I first gained awareness of the world.<BR/><BR/>When I first heard Benedict XVI with his German accent, which had previously only been regularly heard in WWII films(!!) it was quite an adjustment to make mentally. However, his wonderful wisdom and love quickly won me over (especially when he released Deus Caritas Est and his book on Jesus).<BR/><BR/>I continue to pray that God will bless us by keeping him with us for as long as possible.<BR/><BR/>God bless.<BR/><BR/>In Christo pro Papa,<BR/><BR/>GrigoriGrigorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019329087527654438noreply@blogger.com