"I feel inspired by such an awsome symbol of our devotion and love of God this vigil lends to. We love you John Paul II. We love you and we just simply find it so hard to see you go. We know that you will be with the Lord soon and we hope we will be with him one day too BUT it hurts so much. A flood of our own departed loved ones memories is so part of what we feel today. Bless you beloved Pope John Paul II. No one can silence our love and devotion to you today."
I know, the loss is hard to describe. God is with us in our pain and sorrow.
The loss is so great. Pope John Paul II has been the Pope since I graduated from High School.....my whole adult life! It is hard to come to grips with a symbol of true, pure love and devotion to God who is dying as we feel we have never needed him so much in our lives as now. Although no one ever deserves our praise more highly than our Lord, this mortal man is so close to the Lord than anyone we will ever know of in our lifetimes that words cannot comprehend.