Proud to have John Paul 2 as my Pope
I just watched movie of John Paul 2’s life based on true story. Actually the whole movie takes about 6 hours (2 DVDs); the first 3 hours are about his life before he became the Pope while the 2nd 3 hours are after he became the Pope.
What I found in the movie was….. unbelieveable…! His life is full of colors.. He grew up in Poland during Hitler’s regime; he almost got killed and he saw people were killed right away… He got to hide here and there to save his life and other people. After that, Poland was under Stalin’s (Russian) power and the Church was supressed because the Communist ideology is contrary to the Church’s ideology. His priest friend was killed as well as other people he knew. He is a good thinker and he learned a lot about the language of God, which is LOVE.
Surprisingly, somehow he could lead the faithful uniquely in the faith without directly opposing the Communist ideology and that’s why the Russian didn’t oppose him as much as his Bishop and other priests/Bishops in Poland. I think this is because he talked to his people using the language of God’s LOVE, not using ideology in the front. This made him well-known an later he was elevated to the Bishop-rank and later elected to be the Pope.
He spoke and influenced people to achieve peace and find the common goods. His thoughts have influenced people inteligently and his “Theology of the Body” also influenced the young people and how we look at our bodies and life nowadays in the light of the Gospel, in contrary of the hedonistic life.
When he became the Pope, he wasn’t boastful since he got the high position in the Church, rather he was humble and showed loving attitude to others; even to the person who tried to kill him by shooting him while he greeted the crowds in St. Peter square. He could have died if it hit him a few millimeters away. He came to the jail, talked to the shooter, and forgave him. I can’t really imagine this…!
He went to countries and gave a message of Hope to the people. He opposed wars and supported LOVE instead (the 9/11 situation).
He met with Mother Teresa from Calcutta and talked about the LOVE for the poor and suffered.
Also, he was questioned by the Atheists and people about what God looks like, abortion, contraception, sexuality, etc, and his answers are pretty interesting.
He started the World Youth Day and he met the young people to give an encouraging speech. He had a great passion in his life; even when he was ill…
People always loved him… and all others from all countries respected him much because of what he had done & who he was. When he was dying, a bunch of people prayed to God for him outside the hospital; this shows how the people loved the POPE! I can’t imagine how much he meant to the people…. and I can’t imagine how come a person can be something like that..
In fact, a bunch of representatives from countries came to his funeral, including different religious leaders, presidents/prime ministers, political leaders, different church leaders, etc… I just can’t imagine how come, just a person like him, on this earth, is respected so much by the world!
I don’t think there’s any person in the modern world could do that much… And I could see pretty clearly why he could influence the world…. that is, because he was the POPE! He was not just a local church leader, a pastor of a church that’s limited by a nation, an elder, or whatever the name is… He was a POPE! The Bishop of Rome! …who was the successor of Peter the Apostle… of the one, holy, catholic/universal, and apostolic Church! No one could have this kind of role except the POPE himself.
I’m proud to have John Paul 2 as my Pope… Thus I’m proud I belong to this Church… =)
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