In poetic notes and journeys I give you the audience real life experiences. There is no second hand writing, the purpose is to share true life meaning and through that journey anything of gain. I'm freeing the unselfish person so that through an exchange I disown the self and embrace a new one everyday. One of the most outstanding experience that haunts, is "bridging the the gap" the smokes signals, the communication barrier between opposites men/woman, the pure language.
Real men honor their mother/father and make them feel safe and secured in their most vulnerable state, it is a learned quality of gratitude, of submission, acceptance and unforgiving love. And when I say unforgiving' it's because true love does not seek validation, it doesn't compromise and holds absolute and resolute without transitioning.
Yes, true love is a question of will and it's not optional, it has the power to transcend, cause and affect. And the commandments circled (hang) on two virtues and love took center stage as the front runner. If Almighty God (YHWH) is the epitome of LOVE, and with this holy attribute he bathe and shower loyal subjects, the least we can do is emulate and imitate in practice.
The image above really touched a sensitive component in the human make-up, and I'm under the same impression it will do the same for many others. Seek the validation in practice, and allow him (YHWH) to expand, flex that quality until he is full and complete in radiant holiness.
Just like the cosmos hang in space, in a weightless environment
Almighty God (YHWH) bears my ups/downs in the same symbiotic state we all find
ourselves...weightless,
What the Almighty and Divine, sovereign Lord of the universe seeks in form of submission is a pure heart,
with that said, something dies in (me) everyday something created internally and externally it consumes and withers the finest of (me), exhausting my reserves and I fading seeking the cause,
I wish my call came swift like the thrashing wind,
my return peaceful which my heart contends,
in the rain drops of tears, my soul soak's the journey/experience playing out an endless commotion,
in the high's and low's of distortional views, those feelings that race, shall consume just as well,
I seek the comfort of your loneliness
your (Manic) depression
your anxiety (disorder)
your bi-polar-ism
your autism (functional or dysfunctional)
your schizophrenia
your social (disorders)
your alexithymia
any and all imbalance that strip away your true person, the sacred person...that which in labor pains were formed,
the anomalies attached interfering with Divine gifts, spiritual cadence, expressive frequencies, bridges, channels, a network hacked,
all man-made conditions and in that comfort of your host, send them packing to the abyss never to return..."your not needed here anymore" !
Embracing sanity and returning to full expression, releasing the fruits of the spirit
and acquiring the attributes of Holiest and Divine,
my happiest moments were not so difficult after all.
"My only friend, counselor, and second in command,
the only voice that speaks to me on a regular basis with zero bias, I never feel alone with its presence. The conscience yearns and suffers with those of conscientiousness, as for those absent of conscience, their pain is suffering the limitations of their exploits.
The black clouds...eternal stain, the bottomless contrived, the ever present weaver of mischievousness, bridges that burn, souls that yearn, the stare that pierce the soul, the cries that molest my deep sleep, and the eternal alarm that never seems to flee."
If one is conscious, one is awake, alert, aware, one searches for something that fills voids. An individual seeks a treasure in the same matter, life saving knowledge is reserved for those yearning and sighing for greater revelation in their internal conflict. Yes the conscious is an internal conflict being carried out by your divine implants, our father loves his children, this self guiding exchange is ever present...why not seek it and stop the obstructions.
Consciousness awake and rise from the deep slumber, express that which has been asleep for the final trial and judgement, Instruct the idleness and stagnant energies to transform that able body, become a friction to all resistance, opposition to what is truly Divine, Create a corridor like a dividing wall and channel all that which is fruitful and just cause, shrink not to the adversary, his power is dimming even in it's total darkness, herald in awareness so many can nourish the spark of hope, Summons all that is Holy and Divine, praise and laud "The Almighty God (YHWH) Jehovah, and prove the arch enemy has failed.
I'm not your enemy Oh Almighty one' just merely a benefactor of your great benevolence, I ride the wind on behalf of your directions, I breathe this substance that energizes every cell in my contemptible state of folly and ignorance.Why would you hold such blindness to your stature? Allow me to serve out your time in the space allotment! Did you not received me with jubilee when I first cracked open the sacred chamber? Why do I perceive the Spirit in retrieval?
What has happened to my dreams of delight, where sons hold their father's hand and feel a sense of security! Were you not the master craftsman whom put words of meaning in my mouth? Shall we journey together or should I perish in the hands of tomb-robbers? and body snatchers! They plot against the Most Holiest day and night, my soul feels devastation from the twisted views, let me fight on your side Oh mighty warrior! Was I not the last out of a great crowd? and did you not plan my exit well? I was my mother's birthday gift, she was in a blissful joy in labor pains...you have rewarded her well.
Are you not the one referenced in your own writings, with extended hands, making invitations and selections? Then allow me to fatten myself for a little while until the final call, in the banquet table!
Let the anointment and sacrifice take place as you so wish...but permit me to honor the Most High God and Holiest of Holiest.
If we lived a life of rights and wrongs (I include myself with you) and the rights never had a chance to see it's way through, let your wrongs be the light and driving force to expose Satan and all it's counterfeit schemes. And all those son's of light and the so-called son's of light, get a thorough witness, that through a benevolent act of Divine mercy, one can still bring forth the first fruits and not feel left behind.
Expose every machination and apparatus that which holds hostage, and free one self from a guilt Satan holds so dear. Be a friction of resistance, a spark felt at every angle, a light-house, a beacon of great hope to all gathering and seeking that last call for the awakening. In the foot steps of the greatest teacher that ever lived, we walk by faith and not by sight. Every opportunity granted let your life be a spark of friction for every wrong latched on, and every right that saw little room to exchange.
The enemy has conspire to create the great divide, so become a whistle blower through a collective conscience, and snitch on the devil (Satan) of who he really is and stands for. In the spirit realm of invisible cowardice, that wild beast will try it's best to sit on YOU/US...but through the power of a faithful (Host) Jesus (son of the most high God) welcome reign we are fearless to engage in spiritual warfare and theocratic order. Jesus Christ of the gospels (Christian message) made it very clear and so be it !
Again make it your very own to bring down any vintage of distraction this horror of beast cast in minds of countless, innocent humans through subliminal subjugation. With a cloak of a deceiver and infiltration he makes mock of the unaware.
Also I give thanks to all those who pushed wrong upon (me) knowing or not...willingly or pure ignorance,
when a person stands for the truth it always shines, the light will find it's way through the cracks and make itself available, it may not shine for some...but there are countless other,
one can't push wrong upon the light for it does not bear truth, one can push light upon wrong because through a benevolent act of LOVE light can pierce through any wrong and make right, I hope some will get the point !
Now that you/we know carry the truth to the highest power...
he who made you search deep in the four corners of that endless chasm
the one you mistaken...the one you took for granted...the one you pierced
the one who became a subject of endless debates
the one whom you planted doubts
the one confidence you striped away
for your learning curves and purest of heart I disown myself
it is something we* had to do
the unbridled exclamations I had to endured
my character assassinated and misplaced among the crowd...
the unlearned
and yes I may look uplifted and unfazed
there were times I wish to abandon all hope and disconnect
the lifeline of self consuming events
yes a thorn I have remain like a natural hair follicle embedded of no cause
yet it matters not how many times its pulled out...it has it's own memory
I hope when you read this and it's not second hand writing
the spirit of Almighty God can stir and grant you the access
for unlocking those gifts well placed within those vaults.
*I don't expect anyone to draw a conclusive picture of what is being said, or what a weaver knits in a fragile web. "do not build on someone foundation, or destroy what one has not build, by doing so in the pauses of time, that which is built becomes a lodge and resting place for that allotted space.
To the devastation's of war and famine that follows right behind like the four rider's of apocalyptic scene's no human can embrace in a right mind set. There will always be a more serene vision for the oppressed and less fortunate. They shall rise with wings of phoenix and from the ashes deconstruct the instruments of hatred, and be the most blessed for their steadfastness in hope of exchange.
I feel completely at ease and I'm not just jiving that through-out life's challenges, ordeals I wouldn't have enjoyed the way it has transformed and created the other half which I been longing for. I can truly express fully the whole person molded and placed in reserves for the greater awakening.
How do I see (me) a man to be held in contempt or a man for the greater works ?
Almighty God (YHWH) is my witness...and so here I'm
Consciousness awake and rise from the deep slumber, express that which has been asleep for the final trial and judgement,
Instruct the idleness and stagnant energies to transform that able body,
become a friction to all resistance, opposition to what is truly Divine,
Create a corridor like a dividing wall and channel all that which is fruitful and just cause, shrink not to the adversary, his power is dimming even in it's total darkness,
herald in awareness so many can nourish the spark of hope,
Summons all that is Holy and Divine, praise and laud "The Almighty God (YHWH) Jehovah, and prove the arch enemy has failed.
All
things kept secret find no use for those searching the light, as for
the expression it becomes ostracized and a villain for making available
secrets to posterity and observing righteous growth ! All things kept in
obscurity is repugnant, and all things that arts darkness is a
miscarriage of Divine Justice.
It's been a heavy burden carrying-out the mandates of God Almighty Jehovah (Truth), but not heavy enough to separate me from it. Every opportunity in which I can be a counter weight, and counter-productive, I boast as being that contender with a heavy price. If I boast it's certainly not the same way others may see it fit, and if my boasting creates some kind of friction, I boast even greater, because through the operations of the Holiest-of-Holiest my person is being manifest in weakness and tribulations for the betterment of those who feel left behind...and certainly its not my cause.
Release from bondage all that is kept secret,
all that which is hostile and holds the expression hostage,
Express the self in purity,
express the self in the simpleness of mind to what is love,
fill the self with the fruits of the Holiest-of-Holiest,
Allow the attributes of saintly and Divine to take hold of what is rightfully his own,
express the self to the point the spoiler and usurper can’t find traction and cause it to slip,
what ever it takes to find within the self to uphold the moral conscience...stay the course,
water that sits stale and stagnant remain flat and finds no traction,
water that is constantly moving, flowing fills gaps and these new orders replace the old habits,
as the wheel in the sky turns (Celestial Chariot) doing away with the antiquated traditions, versions and cause to cease and desist that which is hindrance in the corridor of space,
this continuity of flowing living water is not all that new...but a reminder of what is law and transitioning from it,
remain a friction to the apparatus of deceitful schemes,
make it your own to walk in the person of the faithful slave,
Disown the self to renew and replenish all which is old and make use the excellence of works,
call out the ancient (YHWH) of time and make it your stronghold, in needful places it never fails,
your call is not in vain but the actions maybe serving different causes,
remain grounded and seek not the temporary and trivial matters of life that herniates the true self and expression.
04/15-30/24
Thank you all for the support and allowing our blog to grow, expand and reach it's audience. Facebook and google have been instrumental, along the many other media outlets. April has been a good month, so I express it in all gratitude. The nations of the World, the global family, and friends who have stay the course through some very rough times. You have gone beyond my expectations, and that's why I'm still here and will remain a while. I shall continue publishing articles poetic notes and journeys, and what ever internally seeks in the outside.
Currently this April, 2025 has been a great joy to (me), and March was also a wonderful experience of visitor's. I thank you all for the support, I'm grateful and over whelmed. Much LOVE and I can't say anymore :}
Also if what is being written touches those fine notes, I have a helper always at hand and his love is unsurpassed, Yet I'm far behind that operation of gestures. My love joy to you all who have made this page a resting place. Please continue reading and share freely as I we have.
Thank you all for the support and allowing our blog to grow, expand and reach it's audience. Facebook and google have been instrumental, along the many other media outlets. April has been a good month, so I express it in all gratitude. The nations of the World, the global family, and friends who have stay the course through some very rough times. You have gone beyond my expectations, and that's why I'm still here and will remain a while. I shall continue publishing articles poetic notes and journeys, and what ever internally seeks in the outside.
all that which is hostile and holds the expression hostage,
Express the self in purity,
express the self in the simpleness of mind to what is love,
fill the self with the fruits of the Holiest-of-Holiest,
Allow the attributes of saintly and Divine to take hold of what is rightfully his own,
express the self to the point the spoiler and usurper can’t find traction and cause it to slip,
what ever it takes to find within the self to uphold the moral conscience...stay the course,
water that sits stale and stagnant remain flat and finds no traction,
water that is constantly moving, flowing fills gaps and these new orders replace the old habits,
as the wheel in the sky turns (Celestial Chariot) doing away with the antiquated traditions, versions and cause to cease and desist that which is hindrance in the corridor of space,
this continuity of flowing living water is not all that new...but a reminder of what is law and transitioning from it,
remain a friction to the apparatus of deceitful schemes,
make it your own to walk in the person of the faithful slave,
Disown the self to renew and replenish all which is old and make use the excellence of works,
call out the ancient (YHWH) of time and make it your stronghold, in needful places it never fails,
your call is not in vain but the actions maybe serving different causes,
remain grounded and seek not the temporary and trivial matters of life that herniates the true self and expression.
Any human being with a God driven conscience, can express and feel the pain, suffering the lesser must go through,
Be silent...keep silent because of the hollow, bottomless void that fills your emptiness or express yourself accordingly to that which is Divine...LOVE.
When one keep's the expression silent it doesn't take root, it is obvious what is held in secret it is also held hostage and in bondage.
To let go of one's intentions take a lot courage, pride must be absent and this is very difficult in our days.
It is true some things held in bondage are released in do time...and when thinking of time it's like we had authority over it,
that is the greatest illusion. Time makes the calls and we're but microscopic in it's infinite portals.
If we were the time-keeper and some of us regard that illusion, think about how far you have come ?
Much love to the Ancient people of Great Persia (Iran) for making good of this page and sharing it's content. They hosted the prophet of Almighty God (Daniel) and made possible the Divine will written for our acknowledgement and historical reference. Iran, or Persia, is mentioned many times in the Bible, and features as a key component of God's plans for His people. In the Old Testament, the stories of Esther, Ezra, Nehemiah and Daniel came from the Persian Empire.
Evolutionists Explain Design Using Unscientific "Magic Words"
The term "magic
words" is used here as a concise idiom that describes the best
words evolutionists use to explain "apparent" design.
Evolutionists confidently insist that a complex biological feature
simply "appeared," "emerged," "arose,"
"gave rise to," "burst onto the scene," "evolved
itself," "derived," "was on the way to becoming,"
"radiated into," "modified itself," "became
a miracle of evolution," "was making the transition to,"
"manufactured itself," "evolution's way of dealing
with," "derived emergent properties," or "was
lucky."
How do words like
"appeared" explain design? Just like magic, the use of this
word invokes mysterious powers within unseen universes that are
capable of leaping over enormous scientific obstacles without having
to provide any scientific consideration for how a particular physical
result was achieved. Magic words convey wish-like convictions that if
evolutionists just believe deeply enough, their explanations must be
true and someday will be true--though currently resisted by all
scientific evidence. Explaining design by believing it "arose"
appeals to imaginary special forces which help evolutionists to
connect the evolutionary dots. But as in any magical kingdom, the
connections are mental fantasies that are not grounded in
reality.
Magic words lack explanatory power because they
fail to tie real observations to detailed descriptions of how
features of design originate. Claiming that novel biological features
"burst onto the scene" abandons the need for experimental
verification; indeed, the implication is to not even try. Take any
biological observation. In evolutionary thinking, any observation can
be transformed into a proof that explains its own existence by
applying the magic phrase: "It exists because it is favored by
natural selection." In reality, observations are only
observations and are neither proofs nor explanations.
Engineers, medical
doctors, and other scientists who rely on studies or experiments do
not use these kinds of words. Their products do not "emerge"
but develop via thought-filled processes. They rightly call filling a
knowledge gap with narrative stories "arm waving," which
calls to mind a stage magician.
In conversation with
others, it would be difficult to overemphasize how important magic
words are to evolutionary theory. Remark on how these words pervade
elite journals like Science, popular magazines like Scientific
American, and television shows like NOVA. "Magic words"
pour from evolutionary literature like water over Niagara Falls.
Challenge your listener to carefully observe the communication in
these forums, noting how many paragraphs or statements pass without
the use of these words. They are the lifeblood of the evolutionary
community's most profound and highest-quality scientific literature."
- Randy J. Guliuzza,
P.E., M.D.
*Footnote* I don't
belong to any of Christendom ministries but do acknowledge and
respect the films director/producer for the fine presentation. I do
know that his actions are pure and clearly manifest the creator's
true intentions. Other then a few rough edges I'm more then satisfied
with the central theme and essences in which the author takes
students and professor's from ground-zero, and points them to greater
hope. Again thanks for the film and like professor Kent Hovind...your
helping countless break free.
This video has been circulating in my other blog (Stay Awake), so wanted to share in this one (poeticnoteand journeys).
Since January, 5th 2021...I had a turning point in my life. I'm not going to recall into details those events, many of the contacts, friends, follower's and the public are much aware of that awakening. Ever since that time I have written some of the most striking poetic notes that seem pressing in memory. I started writing pieces of thoughts at about 12 years old, what ever bounced into my mind, and when ever I could record them. Some of my older collection were submitted to the library of congress under copy right.
As a writer one has ups and downs like any other venture in life, well I have not been so fortunate as to pick and choose, no cherry picking or coasting down Hollywood boulevard or Collins Avenue. Life to me has been in the same terms they are written. So I give unselfishly of me, so that the masses at large can take something with them.
In the last two years, I have felt a call like nothing to compare in my search, in my restless nights, deprived of sleep and comfort. Out of all these challenges and commotion a little better then 12 poetic notes have taken on an international scale. I give thanks in gratitude to the global family for the support, and presence while I was asleep. You my family have created a spark, when my soul was dimming in the dark. Some of you I hold dearly and will love into eternity.
At times, our own light goes out and it is rekindled by a spark from another person...
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. ...
Gratitude turns what we have into enough. ...
Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness.
There are times expressing my deepest affections consumes me, thanks to all who have visited and share this blog. It has received a charitable amount of attention, but I just wish those inquisitive minds would exchange a few words and comments. The social web has some very great talents, and thou my writings share a common trend, I shrink not in expressing freely...and it should not be taken on a personal basis. It is me to you and vise verse, if I could only engage that audience.
My gratitude to all the nations/countries who made this blog a place to reflect,reason and carrying on.
USA: Much love to you ! Israel: Much love to you ! Ukraine: Much love to you ! Russia: Certainly much love to you ! Brazil: Much love to you ! United Kingdom: Much love to you ! France: Much love to you ! China: Much love to you ! Canada: Much love to you ! Germany : Much love to you ! Indonesia : Much love to you ! You have been very Generous ! Thank you, the people are to kind for the better. Sweden: Much love to you ! Japan: Much love to you ! Norway: Much love to you ! Ireland: Much love to you ! Philippines: Much love to you ! Netherlands: Much love to you ! Puerto Rico: Much love to you !
Just to mention a few, but the list is very charitable, I encourage all to continue sharing and dialogue and if for any reason one hits the right notes, do message me...we can work something out. I read them at public gatherings, looking forward to do some more gigs in New York, the poets cafe, and here in Memphis, Nashville, TN.
Please think about the words on the clothe as you read, thanks ! And forgive the grammar...
Today while doing a Little shopping on a small piece of clothe, it had stitch writing(embroided) on it...these where the words it spoke “We rise by lifting others”
We rise by lifting others…there is a great meaning to these words of heart’ and I a poet writer since my child-hood have not ever come across these fine words.
So again I go to my resources and give you this….”
Today, tomorrow, maybe a few days more we can endure. Some
of us will fall back do to weakness, or can’t bear it any longer,
to those still standing I give support and those dead make me stride a bit further.
Soon life will pass by and the pack will dismiss their woes, but I see harder days to go. Here I stand contemplating my path, for every death there is life and for every life there is joy and for every joy also sadness.
Victory doesn’t belong to he that claims it, but to he who tries.
I long to see does who felt short here and me there,because after all the struggles there was no reward. Here I stand and as the sun gives to shade, my cries will be on a different note. *
* Because we/I rise by lifting others!
BY: Raphael G
I also came across a new challenge, but that is personal !
The weight of talent
Far beyond our scope of reason there lays comfort,
Beyond our maturing minds we find a host of complex reasoning,
As our experience increases we are set free or imprisoned by the offset of outcome,
As time presses on we embrace for a new challenge,
we are as vulnerable as the last subject who conceived a brighter tomorrow,
Who among us can grasp the wind?
Who among us can see the sound?
Who among us can dictate the time?
We must press on with unwavering conviction that a true gesture is our only allied, and that our only escape from the falsehood that heavily entangles our motives is not to concede.
The character of many is refined through a process, the good deeds become a blurry cloud that obscures our vision,
We know so much and yet so little, so little and yet find a way. Can a physically blind man see a physical realm?
And does a thinker becomes weighted down because his projection of thought?
If I’m wrong condemn me, if I’m right execute a judgment.
By : Raphael G
*Because we/I rise by lifting others !
Infinite quotes
To the many surprise that life offers, the only surprise to me is the lost of a true friend.
To the many roads that spread before us, the inexperienced claims victory.
To understanding, discernment, and wisdom the righteous knowledge has been revealed, and the path of such ones is like the light of the morning sun that gets brighter and brighter as the day draws to a close.
Much Love and more love !
The greatest of wars have been fought in the spiritual world and not the other way around.
Like a prodigal son and social disease, my compassion for all the afflicted and needy of such protection for said tragedy.
The martyr stays in mission and not on trivial matters. This place where it dusk and dawns, this place of my dilemmas, persecution, laments... I know it will go into convulsion soon...and this affirmative action keeps me in great expectation.
How do one (a person) educates ignorant people beyond their means ?
Ignorant masses are more dangerous then a loaded weapon aimed at the populace,
It takes such to do harm. Not the other way around !
Beyond their means, but not the spirit… for it is greater then the flesh.
So here is the contention, find the self through the spirit… and extract the thorn in the flesh !
What binds the flesh can’t bind the spirit...and through what means ?
The corruption of the spirit...is the corruption of conscience.
Now that you’ have the means, channel those energies to a higher power !
Sometimes
I'm viewed as cruel, tasteless, cold, mechanical, misplaced, but
inside of me, outflows of tears overcome me, because of what has
become of this world. *
*Because we/I rise by lifting others !
In conclusion to these words of thought..."I will say this, I may not get there with you, but I will see you in the coming spring my day of birth, if we hold these words of truth..."that is what The Almighty Divine God said!"
The covid
pandemic; has accelerated to fast for the average runner, its not a
sprint, or relay more likely a marathon with long term consequences.
Stay focus on your health and that of others...is the greatest gift in
these troublesome times.
German archbishop offers to resign over Church's sexual abuse 'catastrophe'
FILE PHOTO: Cardinal Reinhard Marx, chairman of the German Bishop's
Conference holds a news conference in Berlin, Germany, October 16, 2019.
REUTERS/Michele Tantussi reuters_tickers
This content was published on June 4, 2021 - 15:53
By Thomas Escritt and Philip Pullella
BERLIN (Reuters) -One of Roman Catholicism's most influential liberal
figures, Germany's Cardinal Reinhard Marx, has offered to resign as
archbishop of Munich, saying he had to share responsibility for the
"catastrophe" of sexual abuse by clerics over past decades.
His offer, which Pope Francis has yet to accept, follows an uproar
among the German faithful over abuse. Last week, the pope sent two
senior foreign bishops to investigate the Archdiocese of Cologne,
Germany's largest, over its handling of abuse cases.
"I have to share responsibility for the catastrophe of sexual abuse
by officials of the Church over past decades," Marx wrote in a letter to
the pope. He said he hoped his departure would create space for a new
beginning.
Marx, who is not under any suspicion of having participated in abuse
or cover-ups, later told reporters churchmen had to take personal
responsibility for institutional failings.
An independent inquiry commissioned from a law firm by the
archdiocese to investigate historic abuse allegations there is due to
report shortly.
The Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, was recently
cleared in a similar external investigation into past abuse in his
archdiocese.
One commentator, the religious scholar Thomas Schueller, interpreted Marx's words as a rebuke of Woelki, who has not resigned.
"He is directly challenging Cardinal Woelki when he talks of those
who hide behind legal assessments and aren't prepared to tackle the
systemic causes of sexualised violence in the Church with bold reforms,"
he told Der Spiegel.
Marx is a proponent of the "Synodal Path," a movement that aims to
give lay Catholics more influence over the running of the Church and in
issues including appointment of bishops, sexual morality, priestly
celibacy and women's ordination.
Conservatives have attacked the concept, saying it could lead to a schism.
Marx, 67, who until last year was head of the German Catholic Church,
told reporters he had sent the letter on May 21, but that it was only
last week that the Pope had e-mailed him to say he could make it public.
The last few years have seen an accelerating exodus, with liberal
faithful queuing in Cologne to quit the Church, protesting not only at
abuse but also over conservative attitudes toward same-sex
relationships.
Germany's Church has an outsized influence globally, in part because
of its wealth: taxes paid by members and collected by the government
make it the world's richest.
The pope, who is known to like Marx, typically waits, sometimes
months, before deciding whether to accept a bishop's resignation.
Marx told the Pope he would continue to serve the Church in any capacity he was ordered to.
(Reporting by Thomas Escritt in Berlin and Philip Pullella in
Rome;Editing by Maria Sheahan, Peter Graff, Barbara Lewis and Raissa
Kasolowsky)
