Mood: blue
Now Playing: My Fair Lady soundtrack
I want to tell you guys about the memorial mass my Catholic Church gave for the Pope yesterday. In front of the church was beautiful (I have a picture, I'll upload ASAP) it had a picture of Pop John Paul II and a water fall, a picture of Jesus, and a massive amount of flowers. Our church borrowed a coffin for symbolism. They brought it down like they would in a regular funeral, but the were shaking some sacred smoke throughout the church. The mass was Bilingual, and it was so beautiful, especially the Homily. Our pastor kept repeating the Pope's most famous quote, "do not be afraid." Even though I want to follow that quote, it's hard. I am in doubt that the College of Cardinals can find a replacement pope at least half as good as Pope John Paul II. People were waiting in front of the Vatican for 12-24 hours to see the Pope for a couple of seconds. The funeral in Vatican City tomorrow (about 3 AM EST) should be beautiful. I want to wake up early just to watch it on CNN. The memorial mass here offered some closure for me, but not enough. This was the only pope in my lifetime, and I was suppose to meet him this summer at World Youth Day in Germany. To think I missed it by a few months. I think thats why this is so hard for me. The Pope was my idol, I loved him, he was like a father to me. When I found out he died, I was in Brandsmart, and they have TVs all over the place, but the ones with the broadcasting had no sound, so I ran around the store to find a TV that had the sound up (it never occurred to me to just walk up to one of TVs showing it and turning the volume up. Shock makes you stupid.) I was not able to cry till Wednesday, at the mass. It just seemed so unreal, so impossible that this man has passed on. Now I have a hard time to feel happy. I hope the broadcast tomorrow will help.
Thank you for dealing with my unbearable blabbering.
-Lyn
Posted by fcla16 (lyn)
at 9:54 PM EDT