{"id":123990,"date":"2014-05-02T00:07:48","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T18:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=123990"},"modified":"2014-05-09T11:10:39","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T05:40:39","slug":"john-the-twenty-third-now-a-saint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/john-the-twenty-third-now-a-saint\/","title":{"rendered":"John The Twenty\u2013Third — Now A Saint"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Basil Fernando<\/a><\/span>\u00a0–<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

S<\/strong>o you are now a saint
\nDo remain human, all the same!<\/p>\n

\"John\"<\/a>Y<\/strong>ou understood our times
\nOur need to understand and respond
\nTo change;
\nTo have windows and doors open
\nFor all winds to blow through
\nDaring to face diversity
\nAs a friend and not a foe;<\/p>\n

T<\/strong>alk, talk, you said
\nAnd ushered in the great council,
\nThe Vatican two.
\nA great moment
\nWhen a force greater than
\nThe Niagara Falls came down
\nUntying the spirit of humans,
\nTo rise from their bondages
\nTo rediscover the sisterhood
\nWith all forces of nature;
\nTo break the knots of decadence
\nUprooting ourselves from utilitarianism
\nWhich caused
\nGreatest unhappiness
\nof the greatest number.<\/p>\n

N<\/strong>ow it is time for your second miracle
\nBring back again the living spirit of
\nThose great documents
\nAnd that great council
\nAnd let the people again
\nCry out for an open Church
\nWhere love will prevail,
\nWhere fear has no place
\nWhere all embrace all
\nTo end destruction
\nAnd make way
\nFor another flowering of
\nthe human spirit.
\nA resurrection, yes
\nA resurrection, please!<\/p>\n

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