Dear
Relatives, Friends and
Group Members:
Yes You! What
Are You? ....
Listening?....Well, right
now I'm listening to WLS Radio 89 Chicago, www.wlsam.com the mouthpiece of the "Host for
Life" and "America's News Anchor" Rush Limbaugh. www.rushlimbaugh.com It's the most
listen to radio station on the internet. Last Saturday, April 2nd, as I
listened minute by minute of news about the condition of Pope John Paul
II to gabby John Gibson (the man with the funny brush-white hair with a
look alike kid from FOX CABLE NEWS who's substituting for Tony Snow), I heard
the pope passed away at 1:37 P.M. CST. As soon as I heard it, his
inspiring life flashed in front of my eyes all at the same time if it was ever
possible: me with Chicagoans celebrating the pontifical Mass with the Pope John
Paul II, the stage surrounded with flowers of yellow mums, in 1979; his huge
statue welcoming me as I passed by at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Mexico
City, the first country he visited as a pope; his two papal visits to the
Philippines where 45 million people joyously greeted the Pontiff and
attended the Mass and the pride of one Filipino guy in making the pope
mobile he used in Manila for the welcome parade. And yes, my shock
when one Saturday Night Live show many years back when a bald-headed woman
singer from Ireland (I forgot her sorry name) tore the picture of Pope John
Paul to pieces at the end of her song. Everyone is fair game in the Land
of the Free! Somehow, the pope's assassination did not come into view.
Perhaps because the pope had forgiven the man who shot him in Saint Peter's
Square. I remembered all these things. It's no wonder for according
to science, the human brain can store 100 trillion facts!
Watching?....I know what
the folks are watching in southern Texas. They are glued to FOX or MSNBC
videotaping the pope's death and what's going on in Rome. I,
me myself, make it a point to watch on weekends the local morning
news. I find the ubiquitous eye and van of CBS 2 always ever-present at
momentous time (the visit of Princess Diana at Northwestern University in
Evanston) and at brief local events and locations. Imagine my surprise
last Saturday morning as I watch Jim and Alida feature my small,
plain and quiet church of Saint Joan of Arc in Evanston. We all have our
favorite local news anchors - I sometime watch handsome Antonio Mora and
beautiful Mary Ann Childers.
Reading?....I'm not into
reading for I listen to the radio and watch TV morning, noon and night.
But this is beside the point - I'm sincerely grateful to Thomasian Vicky for my
gift of reading of a book by Rick Warren called The Purpose
Driven Life: What On Earth Am
I Here For? I learned later that she bought two dozens
from Sam's Club as her Christmas gift to her dear friends! I'm really and
truly delighted to be thought of in such a way. Thanks again, Thomasian
Vicky!
Eating?....I just finished
eating my last big box of m m m m yummy Ferrero Prestige
chocolate. I ate the whole thing of my favorite Ferrero Manderly, Mon
Cheri, and Ferrero Rocher (a special favorite of Thomasian Susan, too!).
If my life is fruitless, it does not matter who praises me, and if my
life is fruitful, it doesn't matter who criticizes
me.
-John Bunyan
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