Thursday, October 16, 2014

I remember 36 years ago like it was yesterday

A quiet October afternoon, I believe it may have been a Monday, babysitting my son James who was about 19 months old, and the breaking news came on NBC.  And it looked something like this:




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K_iBXbE3UI




What a shock to the world and to Catholics everywhere.  The Church just elected a pope and he was not from Italy.  I could not get enough of the breaking news.  Who expected that we would have 27 years of a great and enduring papacy?


From Karol Wojtyla to Pope John Paul II to Saint John Paul II!


I thank God every day for the gift of this beloved Pope and Saint!

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