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I kept vigil in my bed last night knowing he would die on First Saturday, straight into our Mother's arms.
I kept the TV in mute and fell into a shallow sleep, every so often opening my eyes to see an update.

At past 4 am I woke up to see he had died at 9:37pm Vatican time, 3:37 am our time.
Jeroen opened his eyes at 4:15.
I told him and he went back to sleep.

This morning homaygess pointed out that the Pope died on First Saturday their time and Divine Mercy Sunday our time.
Thank you for reminding me to go to mass, confession and communion today.

Yesterday morning Jeroen and I heard on CNN on separate occasions that the Pope had seen Jesus on his death bed and was able to touch him.

His last word was "Amen" after making the sign of the cross.
I'm sure Somebody had come to pick him up.

April 2, 2011 - 6th Year Commemoration of the Death of the soon-to-be Beatified Venerable Pope John Paul II (1920 - 2005)


I'm so sad.

Thought you'd be interested to know, I'm starting to read up on Garabandal too. Learned that from your previous post.

galing ng pix.. feel ni pope and feel ni baby.. :)

i was okay until i saw some old footage being replayed of World Youth Day. i remember performing, "TELL THE WORLD OF HIS LOVE" in italy right before Easter 1995, with a bunch of other girls in school and messing up every single action because i was too busy crying over his presence. i felt that he was the closest to God that i could ever get. can't even explain it. right before i sang i was okay. i was even worried about the song and thought the actions were kind of lame. and then he came and we stood right in front of him and without warning i broke down. can't explain it. he kept smiling and he even cried while watching us perform. .

i knew he'd go straight to heaven. and you're right. i'm sure someone came for him. he should be canonized immediately. if not faster, just as fast as mother teresa..

Re: my heart is broken


2005-04-04 09:06 am (UTC)

i'd say you were very lucky.
you made the Pope cry? please post it. I wanna read about it.

Re: my heart is broken


2005-04-04 07:34 pm (UTC)

we all did. the whole Philippine delegation (we were 15 HS and college girls) he was really sweet. i think it's because he just came from the Philippines at that time for WYD '95 and the Filipinos had a special place in his heart. That's how we got to perform for him. There were delegates from all over the world but he wanted to see the Filipinos. It was really something. i wouldn't know how to put it into words..

Fr. James B. Reuter, media director of the Catholic church in the Philippines, said that all the faithful had been asked to pray for the Pope.

Even before he attracted mammoth crowds during his papal visits, Reuter said the then-Cardinal Karol Wojtyla first forged close ties with the Philippines when he made a brief stopover on his way to Australia, some five years before he was elected Pontiff in 1978.

While waiting for his connecting flight at Manila airport, Cardinal Wojtyla asked if there was a church where he could say mass. He was directed to a popular church in the commercial district of Baclaran.

"He went there, he just knocked on the door, and they accepted him," letting the Polish-born priest say mass at the main altar, Reuter said.

"They gave him supper, and San Miguel beer which he liked," he said. "He was very touched by the Filipino people because of their warmth and affection."

At Baclaran church, Fr. Rey Culaba called on the faithful to make special prayers in front of the altar for his former guest.

Father Culaba said years later, during Pope John Paul II’s first papal visit to this country "he insisted on making the Baclaran church his first stop... because of his experiences here."

Culaba, who served in Rome in 1996-2003, recalled that when he met the pope later, he found that the Pontiff "was very happy about the Philippines. He always mentioned the Philippines as his high points of his visits around the world because of the number of people who showed up."

During the papal audiences at the Vatican, whenever the pope saw a crowd of Filipinos, he would always single them out, Culaba added.

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