"I have fought the good fight,
I have finished the race,
I have kept the faith.
Now there is in store for me
the crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous Judge,
will award to me on that day --
and not only to me,
but to all who have longed for His appearing."
2 Timothy 4:7-8
With respect and sympathies to my dear Catholic friends, and all those who have been saddened by the news of the Pope's passing early this Easter Monday morning.
I'm not Catholic, but I have a strong sense that Pope Francis himself would be glad if now, upon his death, the world might be distracted for a bit from war and conflict and all that separates humanity from God and one another, to reflect instead on the essence of the gospel he lived out; unity, compassion, mercy and forgiveness.
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