April 01, 2005

The Pope's Final Hours

The Pope is near death, and I don't have anything to say. What's strange to me is I know more about the leader of the Catholic Church, but I can't name the man at the top of my church, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Part of that is due to Pope John Paul II's name constantly in the news. Another is the different structures of the churches. The LC-MS isn't as hierarchical as the Catholic Church. Our churches have much more autonomy financially and operationally. We Lutherans don't depend as much for instruction from "on high."

Pray that Pope John Paul II dies peacefully, and that the world is blessed with another who can be as great.

"The Legacy of Pope John Paul II"

"Requiescat in Pace"