John Paul II

In 1995 I was 10 years old, and I remember to this day watching the Holy Father on TV say Mass at Giant Stadium in New Jersey. I thought it was cool on many levels. Not only was the Pope in the visiting the best state, New Jersey, but he was celebrating Mass in a PACKED FOOTBALL STADIUM! What an amazing man Blessed John Paul II was! I knew someone that attend that Mass at Giant stadium who sat at the very top in the nosebleed section. That person told me that although they sat at the furtherest point from the Holy Father they said they felt like they knew him, they felt like he was their best friend. He just had that type of personality.

October 22nd was the Feast day of Blessed John Paul II. Not only was he an inspiration to me in youth ministry, he is an inspiration to me and many others as a man of God. So let us all ask for the intercession of Blessed John Paul II!