...and memories suddenly flood back of dear Bl JPII, who went to the Father's House on the eve of this special feast which he himself had placed in the Church's universal calendar...if you haven't yet seen the superb film of his life, starring Jon Voight, EWTN is showing it next Saturday, April 13th...
You can now sense Spring in London - daffodils blooming on our small patch of lawn by the front gate, and my muffler suddenly felt too warm as I hurried to catch a bus...
We sang glorious Easter hymns at Mass, and afterwards sat planning various spring and summer activities.
Meanwhile in Rome, the H. Father has blessed a plaque naming the big square by St John Lateran in honour of Bl JPII...
None of us who watched the then Cardinal Ratzinger at the funeral of JPII will ever forget his sermon, one of the great and memorable events in the life of the Church...and then just a short while later he accepted the huge task of following him as the next Peter, and did it with grace and with the gifts of a brilliant mind combined with gentleness and sweetness. And now Papa Francis has climbed into the papal jeep and opened his arms and somehow embraced us all in a hug: he has our hearts.
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