JP's Response
At this time I was supposed to be writing a paper for a class on Catholic Social Thought and the Law, but oddly enough, I haven’t done one bit of work on it today despite the fact it was due yesterday. Let me tell you why.
Right now, the most influential living guide on morality, religion and a bunch of other things is fighting to survive in a room somewhere in the Vatican while hundreds of thousands of people stand outside praying for him. Millions if not billions of people around the world are praying for him too. But this is not about that, this is about something else, its called the art of forgiveness.
You want to complain because he met with Yassir Arafat? Here is a man who got shot, someone attempted to assasinate (or however you spell it) him, and the man recovered. But not only did he recover, but he did something none of you sh*theads would be able to do. He went to the man who tried to end his life, who pulled a trigger and aimed to extinguish his existence, and he said “I forgive you.”
Picked the wrong religion? Ha. Whatever buddy. Now maybe I am a hypocrite because I still laugh at jokes like, What were JFK JR’s last words, and then I take a glass of water and gargle it, but, this is a bit different. All I am saying is, lay off. Make your jokes whatever, but be careful who you make them around. Because unlike some bitch who threw up her f***ing taco boat salad to try and lose weight and induced a heart attack, this is a man who lived for the people, for us, to show us the right way of life. And while he may never have had a piece of ass, and I agree that’s a little nutty, I will tell you one thing, there is no leader out there, religious, political, or otherwise who had the true moral conviction of my namesake.
So before you bitch and complain or try to make jokes that aren’t funny, keep in mind, that while your brethren were being taken to concentration camps, so were his in WW2 Poland. And when the communists came in, he dealt with them too. Don’t hate the man because he loved those that you hate, because if you look at the guys life and papacy, he loved everyone. Stop being a jealous stepchild, and maybe if your lucky, he’ll put in a good word for you on the other side.
PS You realize three very influential people in my life died this week? Johnnie Cochran, the best trial lawyer of our time, now the pope (who for you idiots out there, my dumbass parents named me after) and finally, Frank Perdue. That man put so much love into his chickens, it brings a tear to my eyes.
Right now, the most influential living guide on morality, religion and a bunch of other things is fighting to survive in a room somewhere in the Vatican while hundreds of thousands of people stand outside praying for him. Millions if not billions of people around the world are praying for him too. But this is not about that, this is about something else, its called the art of forgiveness.
You want to complain because he met with Yassir Arafat? Here is a man who got shot, someone attempted to assasinate (or however you spell it) him, and the man recovered. But not only did he recover, but he did something none of you sh*theads would be able to do. He went to the man who tried to end his life, who pulled a trigger and aimed to extinguish his existence, and he said “I forgive you.”
Picked the wrong religion? Ha. Whatever buddy. Now maybe I am a hypocrite because I still laugh at jokes like, What were JFK JR’s last words, and then I take a glass of water and gargle it, but, this is a bit different. All I am saying is, lay off. Make your jokes whatever, but be careful who you make them around. Because unlike some bitch who threw up her f***ing taco boat salad to try and lose weight and induced a heart attack, this is a man who lived for the people, for us, to show us the right way of life. And while he may never have had a piece of ass, and I agree that’s a little nutty, I will tell you one thing, there is no leader out there, religious, political, or otherwise who had the true moral conviction of my namesake.
So before you bitch and complain or try to make jokes that aren’t funny, keep in mind, that while your brethren were being taken to concentration camps, so were his in WW2 Poland. And when the communists came in, he dealt with them too. Don’t hate the man because he loved those that you hate, because if you look at the guys life and papacy, he loved everyone. Stop being a jealous stepchild, and maybe if your lucky, he’ll put in a good word for you on the other side.
PS You realize three very influential people in my life died this week? Johnnie Cochran, the best trial lawyer of our time, now the pope (who for you idiots out there, my dumbass parents named me after) and finally, Frank Perdue. That man put so much love into his chickens, it brings a tear to my eyes.
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