His Holiness will travel to Ireland and say Mass for 500,000
vintage Christians. Think about it. When it comes to following the teachings and examples of Jesus, there is nothing to compare to such a celebration of faith and fidelity to our Lord and Saviour and to his most precious of servants.
As a matter of course, The Pope routinely says Mass all over the world to vast and thankful crowds who dream their whole lives of getting to hear God's Vicar and enjoy the chance of being personally blessed by a sure Saint in the making. Like Popes before him, he fulfills the wishes of Jesus and brings both the teachings of Jesus and a humble, Catholic grace to every corner of the
globe. (
The earth, besides being 4.5 billion years old, is round. I know this is confusing for the least capable of His children but such is His plan!)
I took a few minutes to google what sort of fantastic 'Christian' gatherings various Baptists were organising and, much to my incredulous surprise, all I found were a series of bake-sales and Am-way seminars.
Why is that?
Well, I think we all know why. It is because God wants there to be a billion or so Catholics and is not interested in populating the planet with the type of 'Christians' who venerate, support and adore people like the Tangerine Caligula.
Occam's Razor.
If it weren't God's will there would be no Catholic Church.
It it weren't God's will there would be no Pope.
If it weren't God's will Jesus would not have built His Church on the sturdy, Jewish back of Saint Peter.
Whinge all you want about the occasional and understandable failings of the Church, and a very few of its clergy, but remember that if He wanted anything else for Christianity He would have given the World something different.
But He hasn't. Deal with it.
On another note, we have a little joke kicking around the Vatican we tell during the plans for Dublin. It comes from a former Anglican clergy who saw the light and has become a Catholic Priest.
"How many Potatoes does it take to starve an Irishman?
"None."
Bless you, my tatterdemalion tiki torchers,
Father Mo
P.S. I just learned that the toothbrush was invented in Iowa. This is why it's not called a teethbrush.
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