Papa at Christ's door

Friday morning: Suffering from blood poisoning , but fully conscious and extraordinarily serene.

Friday night: Suffering from kidney failure and shortness of breath, but still fully conscious.

On this Easter Saturday in the Year of the Eucharist,
Our Holy Father,
Supreme Pontiff,
Vicar of Christ,
Bishop of Rome,
Shepherd of over a billion sheep,
POPE JOHN PAUL II
halts at the threshold of death.

Our beloved Papa has received the sacramental food for the journey.

He is at Christ's door.

Sacred Heart of Jesus,
once in agony,
have mercy
on our dying Papa.