Vatican "forgives" Lennon...
Monday November 24, 2008
That'd be John, not Vladimir. (Yes, I know, and it's Lennon, not Lenin.) And "forgive" would be the hedder on the Reuters version of the story about L'Osservatore Romano's remarkable appreciation of The Beatles on the 40th anniversary of The...
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Well, it sounds like the Vatican is right on top of things. I wonder what their position on Elton John will be?
As far as Lennon in "Imagine," he also asked us to imagine what it would be like with no possessions, which, considering his wealth, he failed at. Sorry, while it got a lot of acclaim, I thought it was awful.
Well, if John was still alive, I guess he would be "pleased". OR note care. The song is one of my favorites....
Well, if John was still alive, I guess he would be "pleased". OR note care. The song is one of my favorites....
I'm sure all the aging Beatles fans will be impressed if they can stop laughing long enough to be.
I can't find the actual Lennon article from the Vatican - can you provide me with a link to it. To me it does not make any sense to say the Vatican "forgives" Lennon. The poor man is dead and has already faced God's judgment as well as the Vatican knows.
So where is the substance in this story?
As to the paper being boring; well that says more about the audience than the newspaper itself. Perhaps we should ask who has the dull mind? The author or the reader?
God is great,freedom is great,lets be thankful for we can fallow who we want or desire.
Well, since forgiveness is an act that cleanses the forgiver's soul more than it benefits the forgiven, I guess it makes sense. But wwho exactly is "The Vatican"? Does it have a soul?
Anyway, IMO, John Lennon had remarkable principles for a man of his age...let's not forget how young he was when he wrote some of those things and said some of those things. Being young and brash, however, he lacked the diplomatic skills to convey his message more tactfully.
He was quoted years later about the "Jesus" comment and said his intent was to point out the absurdity of celebrity worship. The fact that he was barely 25 and unaware of the impact of his words led to the controversy.
Well, that's large of them. 'Imagine' has always been one of my favorite songs, about life on a renewed earth. doesn't have to be interpeted as athiestic, or marxist. shine on, John.
I think is now as it was at the time much ado about nothing.
On my parishes festal day our assistant priest came down the aiske during his sermon sing Ave maria, and Let it be which has a refernve to :Mother Mary " Always liked that song. It helped this past 3 months when I had a loevd one dying on me. So thanks to
John Paul George & Ringo.
I remember reading a short article (I think it was in Newsweek in the US) where John was musing about the furor over the remark. He told the interviewer "I think it will be a while yet before people realize that we were never even as big as Mickey Mouse."
Talk about Nero fiddling while Rome burns! How foolish...
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