Posted by
KsReaganite on Wednesday, May 04, 2011 5:34:41 PM
Few men in modern times deserve the fast track to
canonization; the Blessed John Paul II (JPII), the immediate previous Pope is
one of them. He himself admitted that over the course of an eventful life, he
was often tempted by the largesse of evil, evil which came in the form of
Nazism, communism, materialism, fame, and egoism. Never once did JPII pick
evil-or even the perception of wrongdoing-over fidelity to the letter and
spirit of the Truth. Fidelity to principles is tough in our world and fidelity
to God tougher in a world where God often is caricatured as the co-pilot of one’s
own selfish desires and evil doings. For often we forget that the voice of God
tells us, if anything, to do the right thing rather than the convenient thing.
For eight decades, JPII invoked quietly the blessing of his
Creator in doing the right thing, facing oppression and temptation, and
forswearing the sin of violating the Second Commandment. In taking that path,
he came close to the thinking of the first Republican President who counseled
us in private and public life to ‘wonder not if God is on your side but rather
if you are on His’. It is a lesson that most people, from the highest offices
of the land to the lowest trailer trash have forgotten.