What John Paul II Owned

An excellent thought.

Posted by rzs at April 9, 2005 11:42 AM

Pope John Paul 2 has good company. His beloved Jesus had his worldly possession his robe, raffled over by Roman Soldiers. He too had no property to leave. He declared his home was in the fields with the Sparrows. Funny thing is John Paul 2 has a magfinicent Mansion no doubt where rust and corruption will not decay it. Where there are no property taxes, or fire damage, termintes don't impact the structure and his legacy will last forever. His name will be long remembered after his critics are dust. He was a great and noble Man. He was the "Real Deal". He was true to his last breath in his devotion. He was no phony in a world of knock offs and imitations. I would hate to be his "follow up". What a tough job that will be. If the Cardinals are smart they will choose a
young Man who is as devoted to principle as John Paul 2. May he rest in Peace.

Posted by khankrumthebulgar at April 9, 2005 12:10 PM

His life was a great book well ended.
Thanks for taking the time to post this small but telling item.

Posted by Dan Lacey at April 9, 2005 10:24 PM

The Pope had no worldy possessions... while living in a palace, in his own country, with every need catered to. Aside from that, he was practically a monk, sure.

Posted by Spiffy Slybek at April 10, 2005 2:59 AM

And what a testament it will be, to the pope who leads the faithful TOWARD Christ in His new name!
(Rev 2:17, 3:12) Not content with waiting for the righteousness that is Christ to return in 1844, and not wanting to be a pope who engages in the "damnable heresy" of "scoffing and denying" our lord who redeems us really MEANT for us to turn toward the Holy One Who came at the time promised by Jesus, such a pope would obtain to everlasting glory by publicly kneeling before the source of Glory, the Glory of God!

damnable heresy, scoffing and denying our lord has returned: II Peter 2:1

Posted by Carridine at April 10, 2005 3:14 AM

'Dictator' is the name we usually call the men who have died after "...living in a palace, in his own country, with every need catered to." The same men who usually leave behind billions in secret, numbered Swiss bank accounts and a starved populous that is grateful for his death and fearful of his replacement. The dictator is mourned only by those in his inner circle who now see the gravy train pulling out of the station. JP2 is mourned by millions who are outside the Catholic church with nothing to gain. This pope, who leaves "no property behind me of which it is necessary to dispose", dies having taken nothing and given his all. It is not relief we feel at his passing and our only fear is that the next pope will not be as great him. As a Lutheran I have no vested interests here but I remember the 1980s and Poland and communism and
Lech Walesa and the Gdansk shipyards and JP2s support of freedom in the face of tyranny. If he had done nothing else in his life, what he did for Poland was enough to earn my admiration.

My take on Spiffys materialistic comment above is that he would probably mock the monk who had less than him just as he, here, shows his disgust of the trappings of the Papacy.

Posted by Scott R at April 10, 2005 6:16 AM

My take on Spiffys materialistic comment above

Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you...

The Spiffer is just confirming the truth.

Posted by siunevada at April 11, 2005 11:50 AM

Hey, you can dig the Pope all you want, and nothing I say diminshes the things he did in his life. However, saying he died owning nothing as evidence of his unmaterialistic piousness is silly. He lived in a castle! With servants!

Posted by Spiffy Slybek at April 13, 2005 10:11 PM