The Sky is Crying...

The thunderbolts are flying. We on the Gulf Coast have had six to seven inches of rain since yesterday, starting soon after the announcement of Terri Schiavo's death. Presently, we are hearing that the Holy Father, John Paul II, is in the throes of death. Choirs of angels are forming at Peter's Gate.

Two saints have defied not only death, but all of those who would forego suffering in the rush to the choice to die. Already, two cable news channels which I have watched all morning have reported John Paul's death, based on Reuters, rumors, and the Italian press, and have had to retract and apologize for an incorrect diagnosis. As long as the windows remain open at the Papal apartments then we know that the pope is still with us.

My prayers were for the relief of his suffering or for recovery to health. My prayers are now for the Church and its future. The Holy Spirit will insure that the Mother Church will prevail as a mystical body of Christ. It is the human institution which needs our prayers, for it needs discernment, atonement, humility, and holiness. Many Western Catholics are in opposition to each other and to the Vatican. We are polarized religiously as well as politically. I fear that upheaval will rear its head in reaction to the way the pope has molded the Church in the last 26 years.

The Vatican has just announced that John Paul's heart and brain are still functioning, still have life. When his soul departs his body there will be such a world-wide torrent of love, flowing from his flock, and he will ride that wave into the arms of our loving Lord. God bless you, John Paul the Great, and bless us all.

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