St John Paul II, We Love You - Totus2us

Blessed Pope John Paul II, We Love You -20- Brother Sean - Totus Tuus, Totus2us


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Br Sean, from N. Ireland and a member of The Spiritual Family the Work, describes having been with JPII in Rome: "I think in total it was about 4 times that I could meet the Holy Father and the impression I got from John Paul II was of somebody who emitted real sanctity. I think when you saw him coming towards you, and when you went to greet him, although he didn't really say anything to us, he had that sense of holiness about him, and I think that was something that all of us had felt. A highpoint of my time in Rome (I'd lived in Rome for 12 years) was when John Paul II was dying and we could go to St Peter's Square and and pray, when we knew he was dying above in the Apostolic Palace. When it was announced in St Peter's Square to the people who were there that he had died, the Cardinal who had announced is said that when the father dies, the children come and pray, and that's what we really felt when we were there. And we wanted to go to the funeral; we went and visited his body when it was lying in state. And I and another brother managed to get to St Peter's for the funeral and there was a very special time and a really historic time, and occasions like that are occasions which imprint onto your memory for the rest of your life, because we were the generation of John Paul II and he was suddenly gone; and he'd formed us so much. Maybe not consciously that we'd known, but he'd formed the Church which we'd known and it was our sign of gratitude to him that we could be there and be present at his funeral." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was Blessed John Paul II's apostolic motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.
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