"John Paul the Great" III

Joseph Bottum writes a masterful biographical essay at The Weekly Standard, dated Apr. 18:

History labors — a worn machine, sick with torsion, ill-meshed — and every repair of an old fault ruptures something new. Or so it seems, much of the time. Our historical choices are limited, constrained by the poverty of what appears possible at any given moment. To be a good leader is, for most figures who walk the world's stage, merely to pick the best among the available options — to push back where one can, to hold on to the good that remains, to resist a little the stream of history as it seems to flow toward its cataract....

History labors down its worn tracks, and the poverty of human possibilities leaves us few choices. Or so it often seems.

But not always. Not while we remember that living in truth is always possible. Not while we remind ourselves of the message of hope preached ceaselessly by Karol Wojtyla. Not while we recall John Paul the Great.

See also "John Paul the Great" II.

(Thanks, Scott.)

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Sun. 04/10/05 04:06:50 PM
Categorized as Pope John Paul the Great & Religious.