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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=372439" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The World Gets a New Pope! - (a prose poem)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Death spares no one! <br>Death spares no earthling! <br>Death spares no human being! <br>Death cuts the thread of life certainly; <br>And the Pope is no exception! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Pope John Paul II is no more! <br>The old shepherd had finally passed away; <br>He was eighty-four when he died; <br>He fell ill twice quite seriously; <br>He was Pope for nearly 26 years! <br>He was the ‘most traveled Pope’ and was a Poet too! <br>And he stood steadfast in all his spiritual endeavors; <br>He braved ‘the storms and calmed the seas that tried to capsize the Roman Catholic Ship’! <br>He led His flock to the Rock! <br>But some sheep did stray away; <br>Some had lost their faith; <br>Some went in search of ‘greener grass in newer meadows’; <br>But these were the souls which were dissatisfied, distraught and diseased! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A new Shepherd had been finally chosen! <br>Holy smoke from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney! <br>On three occasions, it remained black! <br>The anxious flock stayed back in St.Peter’s Square, all day and night! <br>They prayed fervently to God to give them a new Shepherd soon; <br>But each time they saw the black smoke, their hearts filled with sadness; <br>Yet, their faith never dithered; <br>The Holy Spirit would answer their prayers fast; <br>The Holy Spirit had never failed them in the last 2000 years after Jesus Christ! <br>He had always provided a new Pope whenever the earlier one died; <br>The people waited anxiously with hope in their hearts that were<br>already saddened by the demise of Pope John Paul II.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And Lo! There was the smoke again! <br>But this time, it was white; <br>The burning of the ballot papers caused the smoke from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney! <br>And it billowed up into the heavens! <br>And it was confirmed by the peeling of bells loudly.<br>A NEW POPE HAD BEEN CHOSEN! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The audio-visual effect was superb; <br>The flock cheered and sang thanks-giving hymns to the Lord; <br>They were jubilant and in ecstasy; <br>The air was rent with ‘Alleluias’! <br>The Holy Spirit had once more wrought a miracle; <br>A new Pope had been selected by the secret conclave of 115 cardinals.<br>God never abandons nor forsakes his flock! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Joseph Ratzinger, a German was the new Pope! <br>In thirty minutes, he chose the name of Benedict XVI.<br>He had served as Dean of the College of Cardinals for nearly twenty years earlier; <br>He was a man of great wisdom; <br>He was a great Philosopher, Professor of theology and an erudite scholar; <br>He had stunned the world with his orthodox, traditional approach; <br>He was simple and understanding, healthy and ever ready for dialogue with other religious leaders; <br>He was perhaps the best among the rest to lead the Church, in the new millennium; <br>He would lead the flock of more than a billion Roman Catholic people for the next few years on ‘their road to Heaven’! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘Hope was reborn in the form of a new Pope’<br>The new Shepherd would tend to his flock and know each sheep by its name! <br>And they too would know their Shepherd’s voice and follow his footsteps without any hesitation on ‘The Road to Heaven’! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Copyright by Dr John Celes 21-4-2005</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q>
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Death spares no earthling! 
Death spares no human being! 
Death cuts the thread of life certainly; 
And the Pope is no exception! 

Pope John Paul II is no more! 
The old shepherd had finally passed away; 
He was eighty-four ..."></div>
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