... on the suffering of John Paul II

Zenit.org quotes Jean Vanier:



"The Pope is a man who suffers. He suffers physically, but I also think he suffers enormously in his heart. And, at the same time, there is in him something that is extraordinarily luminous and limpid. The Pope is the sign of what Christianity is.



"Today, humanity finds itself in a condition of particular poverty. Christians are often in conditions of poverty. Jesus asks each one of us, in the face of all the suffering that exists in the world, to believe that he is present and invites us to trust him, and to grow in that trust."



"Today the Pope, more than with any encyclical, or any other writing, is a sign of holiness with his presence,"



"Today the world does not need great 'athletes of God,' it needs men and women, like John Paul II, who accept the mystery of what they experience.



"St. Paul says: My strength is manifested in my weakness. This is precisely what the Pope is living today."



Oremus pro Beatisimo Papa nostro Ioanes Paulo!