Pope John Paul II passed away last night (Italian time). Devoted followers have been expecting his death since he has been gravely ill these couples of weeks. No one is asking for any miracles here except that he dies peacefully. He has done his purpose here on earth and it's time for him to join the presence of our Lord. I believe that everone is very much worried that he has been suffering a lot. A traechiotomy was performed on him a few weeks back then he had to be tube fed through the nose a few days back. He also suffered a heart failure due to the urinary infection he had. At least now, no more suffering. Goodbye, Pope!
I was disappointed, though, that his death was not addressed in today's mass (9 AM). It was like an ordinary Sunday mass where the people from the church did their Sunday routines. Shouldn't the Catholic churches be mourning because of his death? Yes, they mentioned to pray for him but it was just in passing. It wasn't even mentioned whether the prayer was for his health or soul. Could it be that they had no idea about it? But why? Shouldn't the CBCP be passing a memo either through fax or phone informing all the churches about this incident? What is happening to our church?
