A Surprise on the Beginning of my Blog, from a family member.

On Thursday, March 31, with the life of Pope John Paul II down to its
last little candle on a windy beach, a cardinal in the Vatican said,
"Christ has opened the door to the Holy Father and he is ready to walk
through."

Why did Pope John Paul wait two full days before walking through that
door? Was it rude for him to keep Christ waiting?


Here's how I think it happened.

Another child of the Roman Catholic Church couldn't wait. After two
weeks without food and water, Terri Schiavo had no choice but to go through that door immediately. Oh, it's a wide enough door that you both could have both gone through it simultaneously. But a hastily arranged conference in Heaven concluded that was a bad idea. An angel, one of the most skilled and trusted, was quickly dispatched to the bedside of the failing pontiff and began to whisper to him. "Dear Holy Father," said the angel, "our Heavenly Father was expecting you earlier in the day, but we hope you'll understand our reason for the
delay. You see, Terri Schiavo, whose life you tried to save in one of
your last acts of mercy, is entering Heaven right this minute as we speak. "It's the near-unanimous consensus of the Heavenly Hosts that if you two enter eternity within minutes, or even a few hours, of each other, young Terri's passing will be denied the worldwide attention needed to mobilize the forces of good necessary to ensure that none of God's children
will be treated the way Terri was ever again. If you and Terri ascend
together, the radio and television and newspapers of the entire planet will cut
off the media oxygen needed to slap the world's face with the fact that an
innocent woman was legally starved to death in the country even you
call 'The Capital of the World.'" "We in Heaven, Your Holiness, would have been amused at the turn your language here on earth has taken if it weren't so depressing. Terri's
husband, you see, was as far from a loving, concerned, bedside
fighter for Terri's interests as your imminent destination is from Hell. And on
the radio and TV shows discussing Mr. Schiavo's behavior, we notice you
don't hear words like 'abandonment' or 'betrayal.' Mr. Schiavo moved in
with another woman with whom he's fathered two children so far. Apparently
what Mr. Schiavo did is now referred to as 'moving on with his life!' "So, Your Holiness, we hope you won't mind if we put you into a holding pattern and let you circle for, maybe, two days over the Heaven Inter-Universal Airport so Terri's story can reach what you earthly communicators call 'the broadest possible demographic. "Your reservation will be held, your welcome undimmed by this delay. "And your understanding in this matter will do so much to ensure a
surge of humanitarian achievement extending far beyond the precincts of
your beloved Roman Catholic Church."