...the message of St John Paul's life, sitting on the steps of the church that he helped to build at Niegovic, and then pondering his portrait in St Florian's in Krakow...
Today is the anniversary of his election as Pope in 1978. Then followed the extraordinary missionary journeys, the assassin's bullet, the consecration of the world to Fatima, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the huge gatherings for prayer and Mass on every continent, World Youth Day, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Theology of the Body, the establishment of devotion to the Divine Mercy, the great encyclicals...and more...and the death on the eve of Divine Mercy Sunday, and then canonisation this year, St John Paul, numbered among the great saints of the Church....
We hadn't timed the filming of this EWTN feature to finish on the anniversary of his election, but it just fitted that way, and as we sat over a late and badly-needed meal in the great square in Krakow, a gentle rain began to fall after a week of glowing Autumn sunshine, and the project was completed...
So: home, and a whole set of projects ahead of me. . Blessed Sacrament Procession on Saturday, starts 1.30pm at Westminster Cathedral (do come!).
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