He was a great inspiration for me to become a better person and to follow Jesus :-) I miss him!
2006-07-22 06:58:44 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When I was little I lived in Rome with my family. One Sunday my mom took me to mass at the Vatican. I was about 6 and it was crazy packed with people. My little sister and I were thrust up againist the railing. When the Pope (John Paul II) walked by he stopped and bent down to me. He pulled me out of the crowd kissed me and said, "God loves the little children". He then took some pictures I had drawn for him. I have a picture that a local newspaper took of that moment. It was pretty amazing. I think he really blessed my life with that kiss. I miss him.
2006-07-22 07:04:59 · answer #1 · answered by Rayslittlegurl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I miss him too. What I remember most about him was the way that he never stopped working for peace and justice in the world right up untill the last days of his life. He was a great inspiration to me also, not only to live a more devout life, but also to try to make the world a better place. His opposition to war, the death penalty, etc, has largely been my motivation for working for those same causes.
Often I do miss him alot, which sounds strange considering I never knew him. I like to think that for the first 16 years of my life, he helped me with the things he said and did, and I was able to listen to him, but never able to speak to him. Now that he is in Heaven, I can speak to him, and he can still continue to help me with his prayers. I hope that very soon he is made a saint so that even more people can benefit from his intercession.
I like Pope Benedict too of course, but I think that Pope John Paul II will go down in history as one of the greatest world leaders. I think what the world thought about him can be summed up in this quote that I read in a book about him. The quote was from a Pakistani cab driver. He said "I am a Muslim, but I love the pope, he is everyone's pope!"
Great question,
Anna
2006-07-22 14:12:10 · answer #2 · answered by zwergel88 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I miss him too. He was a Great Man, I am not catholic but he was something special. Him and Ronald Reagan are two people we were lucky enough to have in the world during my lifetime.
He loved the children and went all over the world to meet everyone, he was a great man and I am sure he is sitting with Jesus in the clouds.
2006-07-22 14:01:21 · answer #3 · answered by boxing_fan_4_wlad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How Pope John Paul II once helped an elderly woman into his car without asking her any questions, and together, they greeted the crowd.
And, of course how he, with his wisdom and courage, made this a better and safer world.
2006-07-22 14:09:09 · answer #4 · answered by marnefirstinfantry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even though I think the position of the Pope is not consistent with scripture (and I'm real familiar with the whole Peter scenario) I think Paul II conducted himself admirably. When he went to forgive the man that attempted to assassinate him, I knew that he was a man of character.
2006-07-22 14:05:24 · answer #5 · answered by foxray43 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agree - guess the whole world does - He was one out spoken person for a religious leader. I admire the fact that he came out and publicly apologized for all the murders that happened in the name of God, Jesus and Christianity. Was a great thing to do !
2006-07-22 14:05:04 · answer #6 · answered by R G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not believe in god, but that was a great man. john Paul ll was an inspiration to all of us. He was truly a great man. May he rest in peace. I miss him also.
2006-07-22 14:02:40 · answer #7 · answered by mike67333 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this was a great man. One of the things he said that I remember most was in his speech of July 21, 1999 in which he explains the concept of hell not as a physical place but as a state of mind.
"Pope John Paul II pointed out that the essential characteristic of heaven, hell or purgatory is that they are states of being of a spirit (angel/demon) or human soul, rather than places, as commonly perceived and represented in human language. This language of place is, according to the Pope, inadequate to describe the realities involved, since it is tied to the temporal order in which this world and we exist. In this he is applying the philosophical categories used by the Church in her theology and saying what St. Thomas Aquinas said long before him.
"Incorporeal things are not in place after a manner known and familiar to us, in which way we say that bodies are properly in place; but they are in place after a manner befitting spiritual substances, a manner that cannot be fully manifest to us." [St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, Supplement, Q69, a1, reply 1]"
2006-07-22 14:20:26 · answer #8 · answered by LindaLou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pope mobile, and He looked Like one of the Smothers Brothers
2006-07-22 14:03:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was without a doubt the best Pope in over 100 years and I too miss him, he was kind, loving and always compassionate.
2006-07-22 14:04:37 · answer #10 · answered by Daydream Believer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋