After months of health problems Pope John Paul II lays on his death bed and the world waits for word from the Holy City on the condition of the ailing pontiff. At 84 years old he has held the 3rd longest reign over the worlds estimated one billion Catholics. He has travelled the equiviland distance from the earth to the moon 7 times. He has been seen in person by more people than any other person in History.
What words can be used to describe such a figure? What can be said about the magnitude of this mans life? Words fail. His is a legacy for the ages and his lifes work will resound for decades to come.
While the whole world watches, waits, and prays, the beloved Holy Father wages the eternal Final Struggle with time and death itself. It is now only a matter of time before we will witness a funeral mass unlike any the world has ever seen. Until then, let us remember that life is fleeting and power is temporal but the Catholic Church and God are Eternal.
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