Celia, desde Argentina: "Papa Juan Pablo II el Padre Espiritual .. me siento su santidad en todo momento, su paternidad." 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.

Clare, from Ireland: "I went to see Pope John Paul II in Galway in 1979, just the summer before I went away to university, We travelled down on a battered old bus from Belfast and it was a bit of a scary journey and we slept overnight in a factory on the floor in sleeping bags and then we made a night-time vigil across to Ballybrit racecourse in Galway. Everybody from the north of Ireland was in the stand and we waited a long time watching, anticipating, waiting to see a helicopter arrive. Then when Pope John Paul arrived, he got out of the helicopter, he got down on the ground and kissed the floor. And then he said 'young people of Ireland, let's hope that you bring peace.' I have to say at the time the troubles were pretty much at their height and it was an extremely moving occasion and something I've never forgotten for the rest of my life. I think one of the things that was most important about it was that he recognised the effort that had been made by a lot of the young people to come down from the north, because it was a very difficult time, but also the future and perhaps some of the peace that eventually has arrived and hopefully will stay in Northern Ireland, was in the hands of those young people as well." 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.

Drexil, from the Philippines: "I love John Paul when he did the World Youth Day in the Philippines. It was in 1995 - I really wanted to go but wasn't able to. So I really really love John Paul. The holiness, I could see in his face the holiness - he was really really good." 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.

Nathan, from the USA: "Blessed JPII is one of the original men who got me inspired on thinking about my vocation of priesthood ..of actually focusing on what it means to be a Christian, what it means to be a Catholic. … To be able to see that through a man who lived in such a way, saying that he could do the things only through Christ, not through his own strength but through the love of Christ - I aspire to be like him in almost everything I do." 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.

Sean, from the USA: "Two of the greatest things I’ve really gained from John Paul II is his love for Our Lady - Totus Tuus, Maria - which he took for his papal motto, as well as the love that he had for other people. If you look at any pictures or videos of John Paul II, when he gazes at someone, he doesn't just see them and move on but he looks into the person, and just sees who they truly are and he loves them right in that spot. It doesn't matter if they're a beggar or a rich man, he loves them just where they are. And that comes from the love of Our Lady, because it's Mary who teaches us how to love Christ and it's Mary who teaches us how to love Christ in others. And so John Paul II, being the great lover of Mary that he was, he was able to learn from Mary how to love Christ in other people. This is something that I've gained and that I've learned to love about him, the man, and I think his entire pontificate was one of love. He said 'Open the doors to Christ. Throw open the doors to Christ.' And that's what he did whenever he greeted somebody, he was opening the door to Christ within his own heart and bringing that person in." 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.

Giorgio, from Rome: "For me John Paul II was a very generous person and the way he followed the message of Jesus Christ was wonderful. At the end of his life it was very, very sad to see him so suffering but for me that was what God asked him, to put on his shoulders all the suffering of the world." 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.

Giorgio, da Roma: "Per me Giovanni Paolo II è una dei più grandi personaggi della nostra contemporani .. una grande persona, un grande uomo, per tutto quello che ha fatto, sia dal punto della religione, della fede, sia per la sua presenza nei paesi del terzo mondo. Quando è andato in viaggio nel parti più povere del pianeta, si sentiva proprio la sua vicinanza a lei persone nel piu difficoltà." 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.

Fiammetta e Fabio, da Roma. Fiammetta: "Gioavanna Paolo secondo è una persona meravigliosa el amore puro." Fabio: "Penso che molti giovani si avvicinò per mezzo di Papa Woytyla. ... I think that Papa Woytyla was a good pope. .. I miss him." 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.

Megan, from the Seychelles, came to love John Paul II through his teachings. She is so grateful for the witness he offered, encouraging all of us that we all can be saints here on earth: 'And this is the most beautiful thing for us to look up and to aim to be saints.' "Do not be afraid. Open the doors to Christ." - John Paul II 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.

Mike, from London, puts his conversion down to learning about John Paul II's Theology of the Body on a retreat, and then going deeper into this beautiful teaching by reading Christopher West's book on the subject. The quote that Mike finds very powerful, reflecting JPII's very positive, upbeat message is: "I can only respond to an abyss of evil with an abyss of love." 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.