Pope's tree blossoms: 'a miracle'
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Tel Aviv- A tree blessed eight years ago by Pope John Paul II during his visit to the Holy Land was the only one in its plot of land to produce olives this year, a Jewish National Fund official said. "It is a miracle," Yossi Karni from the JNF, which maintains the plot, told local media. During a visit to northern Israel, near the Sea of Galilee, John Paul blessed a tree that was planted on the Mount of Beatitudes, where according to Christian beliefs Jesus gave his Sermon on the Mount. Karni noted that all the trees on the plot were treated equally, but the ones that did not receive the blessing have not given fruit this year. "They get treated the same, watered the same," he said, adding that some trees had even started to wither, which he could not explain. When asked what he would do with the olives, Karni, with a wry smile, told Israel's Channel 10 he might market their "holy oil."
Copyright DPA
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Pope's Tree
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Gail McClellan ,
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:11:42 GMT
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This does not surprise me as I know he is a Saint in heaven interceding for us! Definitely! Mr. Karni should use the olives for holy oil! However, he should not "market" it. I would like to think that there would be additional miracles from the oil.
Ship some to me Mr. Karni if you do this! I have had breast cancer and I think it's back (I am not working now, trying to get Social Security Disability). I would be most grateful to you and truly blessed! There is a world of blessings in those olives! I really miss John Paul II. May he rest in peace and I can't wait to see him in the afterlife!
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Pope John Paul
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Mildred ,
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:24:28 GMT
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He was really a man of God may all hie trees bear fruits Rest in peace our dear Pope John Paul 11
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