Friday, December 08, 2006

Journal 48 – Your Holiness, Your Holiness…..

Surely, many people don’t know that Pope John Paul II had a good sense of humor. The pope visited the United States first time in 1979. At that time, Jimmy Carter was an American president. The pope visited the Carters at their home. I not have to convince that it was a special holiday for the whole family. They decided that the pope will be welcome by the Carters 5 year’s old granddaughter, at first. A poor child was training her greeting speech for a few days.
Finally, the day pope’s visit came. The presidential descendant should have invited the noble guest. Unfortunately, at the last moment, the child forgot her whole speech; maybe, it was too long. When the pope appeared at the Carters home, the child began repeating, “Your Holiness, Your Holiness….Your Holiness…..”
The Holy Father picked the Carters granddaughter up, held her in his arms and told her, “Call me uncle, please”.

1 Comments:

Blogger CQ said...

He was such a beautiful man! That story is so perfect to show how human he was.

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