Has anyone else been feeling overcome with emotions due to our beloved Pope Francis's visit to America? I have been moved to tears, laughter and I am just in awe. Don't you just love that he's riding around in a Fiat while everyone else are in huge sedans, etc? I don't recall feeling this way with any other papal visit in America. I guess I wasn't expecting all the excitement surrounded by this visit. In honesty, I am loving every minute of this....every minute. I am glued to the television as much as I can. I'm thinking a visit to the Vatican may be on my bucket list. I would love to celebrate mass with Pope Francis.
He is exactly what this country needs. He is hope, he is love and he is humility...and so much more. He is bringing the truth. Most importantly, he is Catholic and I have a renewed love of Jesus and our faith. He is planting the seeds of Christ and Catholicism in people's hearts and minds.
I've been watching EWTN to keep informed and they say there will be changes due to his visit. I know there have been changes in my own heart. So much negativity has been going on around me and maybe in my own life....Pope Francis has brought about a positive that I have been searching for. I am so sure he's changing other people. You can see it when he greets the massive crowds.
Thank you God for sending us such a good and faithful Shepherd!
I can't wait to see and hear more.
As a little side note his visit brings back memories of a time when our Saint John Paul II came to visit a city near me when I was little. My father took myself and my brothers and sister to the city for a glimpse. That is all I got. My dad put me on his shoulders because the crowds were massive and I was little. The pope was standing and waving in the pope mobile as he came to were we were standing. When he got closer to us, they had him sit down and they whisked him off quickly. So, it was only a glimpse that I got. I remember that glimpse vividly. Little did I know then that I got a glimpse of a saint. I knew he was special.
Maybe someday in my life, I will get another glimpse of a pope. I would only be honored and of course, moved to tears.
I'm enjoying all the coverage of Pope Francis's visit as well. What a treat that you got a glimpse of St. JP2 while he was still alive!
ReplyDeleteIt was a treat, my dad just brought that up today as well. He told me today that my aunt called them and talked about how much she enjoyed the Pope's visit and she is not Catholic!
DeleteI've been following as much coverage as I can do. I've definitely been moved to tears by it all a few times too!
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