Andrew of Unam Sanctum has a great post on JPII… One i kept coming back to… and the inspiration for this one.
John Paul II has a special place in my heart. Even as a protestant I was drawn to him, respected him, knew him to be a godly man…. just rejected the idea (quite vehemently) that he might have any authority over me. **sheepish cough** What drew me? It wasn’t the words, the letters, or any of the papal ‘stuff’. It was the images.
Images that showed aspects of his character…
Humility…
Humor…
Gentleness and Affection…
He taught us how to forgive…
Images that resonated.
Images that spoke louder than words.
Images that taught.
In the end, he was bowed by the cares of a world…
but never broken…
and he taught us how to live, even to the very end.
Truely, this was a man of God… who went to the Father even as he lived…
and whom surely was well received…
