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hail, papa
the pope is sick.
vatican officials say he won't have to utter a word during easter services to inspire the faithful.
i had mixed feelings in the past when i watched him on t.v., shaking of parkinson's while he attended to his duties. many of my colleagues just want him to quit because they considered pictures of him shaking like that crossing the wires, the internet and the t.v. embarrassing. when priests, religious and ardent catholics admired how steadfast he held his ground, i wonder if they're just fooling themselves.
i read his book, "crossing the threshold of hope," and it is honestly the only feel-good book i would recommend to anyone. his ideas are so strange that it always takes me several rereadings to grasp each of his comments.
but i love how infinitely hopeful he sounds in that book. almost everything he says is against everything that's currently happening in the world, making you wonder if he's still in touch with reality. and he is - just like any adept writer, thinker, philosopher and trailblazer, you need to reach to him. all you have to do is read his work already.
in my new testament class at loyola, the author of my text early on in the book argued that many people immediately associate negativity and hostility toward christian text, but will willingly consider theories from other faiths. (i'm not paraphrasing it well enough, i'll find the book and quote it when i get back to the house.) he said we should apply the same open-mindedness to christian texts. that piece of insight was primarily what allowed me to open the pope's "threshold" and eventually minor in theology.
others feel embarrassed at having read "the da vinci code." some equate the two books on a par, along with anything by paulo coelho. well. i'm not embarrassed to say i've read "crossing the threshold of hope" and have started the latter(s). ahahahahahaha. what, i'm not telling you which "latters" i've started reading - and if you already know, SHUT UP.
dammit.
this entry was supposed to end with a sweet, "i hope the pope gets better soon, and i don't want to think of other inevitable outcomes" - ah, dammit. ¶ 3/05/2005 10:10:00 PM
vatican officials say he won't have to utter a word during easter services to inspire the faithful.
i had mixed feelings in the past when i watched him on t.v., shaking of parkinson's while he attended to his duties. many of my colleagues just want him to quit because they considered pictures of him shaking like that crossing the wires, the internet and the t.v. embarrassing. when priests, religious and ardent catholics admired how steadfast he held his ground, i wonder if they're just fooling themselves.
i read his book, "crossing the threshold of hope," and it is honestly the only feel-good book i would recommend to anyone. his ideas are so strange that it always takes me several rereadings to grasp each of his comments.
but i love how infinitely hopeful he sounds in that book. almost everything he says is against everything that's currently happening in the world, making you wonder if he's still in touch with reality. and he is - just like any adept writer, thinker, philosopher and trailblazer, you need to reach to him. all you have to do is read his work already.
in my new testament class at loyola, the author of my text early on in the book argued that many people immediately associate negativity and hostility toward christian text, but will willingly consider theories from other faiths. (i'm not paraphrasing it well enough, i'll find the book and quote it when i get back to the house.) he said we should apply the same open-mindedness to christian texts. that piece of insight was primarily what allowed me to open the pope's "threshold" and eventually minor in theology.
others feel embarrassed at having read "the da vinci code." some equate the two books on a par, along with anything by paulo coelho. well. i'm not embarrassed to say i've read "crossing the threshold of hope" and have started the latter(s). ahahahahahaha. what, i'm not telling you which "latters" i've started reading - and if you already know, SHUT UP.
dammit.
this entry was supposed to end with a sweet, "i hope the pope gets better soon, and i don't want to think of other inevitable outcomes" - ah, dammit. ¶ 3/05/2005 10:10:00 PM
