“It is Jesus that you seek when
you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you find
satisfies you; He is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is He who
provoked you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for
compromise; it is He who urges you to shed the masks of a false life; it is He
who reads in your heart your most genuine choices, the choices that others try
to stifle.
It is Jesus who
stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives, the will to
follow an ideal, the refusal to allow yourselves to be ground down by
mediocrity, the courage to commit yourselves humbly and patiently to improving
yourselves and society, making the world more human and more fraternal.” John Paul II
It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives, the will to follow an ideal, the refusal to allow yourselves to be ground down by mediocrity, the courage to commit yourselves humbly and patiently to improving yourselves and society, making the world more human and more fraternal.” John Paul II
October 22nd is the memorial of our beloved John Paul II. It is amazing to me to think that a man who had so much influence on me, especially as a teenager, is virtually unknown to my children. That is why it is so important to make sure that we take the time to pass on the wisdom and wit of Blessed John Paul II to our children, beginning with his declaration to, "Be not afraid!" Here are two books to get you started:
Maybe enjoy these books with a homemade Polish Soft Pretzel, or buy one while you are out at Target, just make sure you tell your children that it is in honor of John Paul the Great!
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