Death and Life: In the Holy Father’s Own Words
Family, Life, and the Body April 1st, 2005Amazing words from a man whose trust in God through his actions should inspire us all:
The natural aversion to death and this incipient hope of immortality are illumined and brought to fulfillment by the Christian Faith, which both promises and offers a share in the victory of the Risen Christ: it is the victory of the One who, by his redemptive death, has set man free from death, the wages of sin (Rom. 6:23), and has given him the Spirit, the pledge of resurrection and of life (cf. Rom. 8:11). The certainty of future immortality and hope in the promised resurrection cast new light on the mystery of suffering and death, and fill a believer with the extraordinary capacity to trust fully in the plan of God.
From The Theology of the Body (Human Love in the Divine Plan) (pp. 546-567)
April 1st, 2005 at 10:56 pm
YOU ARE A WONDERFUL MAN OF GOD,YOU HAVE DONE GOD’S WILL HERE AND A WONDERFUL JOB AT THAT,, SEE YOU IN HEAVEN BROTHER POPE JOHN PAUL.LOVE YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE ON THIS EARTH!
April 1st, 2005 at 11:33 pm
may he rest in peace and show all of us how to die with dignity
April 2nd, 2005 at 7:24 am
I am grateful for the Holy Father and his leadership in the Catholic Church for these some 26 years. I was in the Navy stationed in Naples Italy in 1978 when John Paul II were elected. I pray this day for his comfort. He has been a constant force in this world of change and fast movement. He has truly lived the life of faith and suffering to mirror as much as possible that of the Lord Jesus Christ. My wish is for him is to be granted eternal peace and may God grant him entry into the Kingdom of Heaven and continue to look down upon us on earth so that we may continue to feel his spirit.