St John Paul Ii, We Love You - Totus2us

Dorothy, from England: "Reading John Paul II’s book on Love and Responsibility was a really life changing point for me. It’s a book of his philosophy which he wrote before he became Pope and its the foundation for his work on the theology of the body. In the book it really breaks open the importance of the human person and the centrality and dignity of each human being, especially when it comes into love and education of children. His teaching on theology of the body has also transformed my life and it’s allowed me to understand the purpose of the human body, of our bodies, of being created male and female, shedding light on the beauty and the dignity of our bodies." Music by Mike Mangione. For much more visit Totus2us.com - dedicated to Our Lady, it is inspired by our holy papas St John Paul II, Papa Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was JPII's apostolic motto Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Victoria, from Australia: "What I like most about Pope St John Paul II is his smile, for one, his smile and his personable face - he’s a good person and there’s a lot of reassurance in that face. And you can see, over the decades, the pictures of him with all sorts of people - they’re looking at him and he’s looking at them, and he’s really got that look of love and that look of generosity of time." Music by Mike Mangione. For much more visit Totus2us.com - dedicated to Our Lady, it is inspired by our holy papas St John Paul II, Papa Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was JPII's apostolic motto Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Adriano, from Brazil: "John Paul II is a big saint, a great saint, because he opened for us the way for each one of us to holiness. John Paul II showed to each one of us that it's possible to be a saint, and to be saints is to be happy, is to be normal people with happiness in our hearts, because John Paul II lived this in his own life and he showed us that you also can be like that, it's possible." Music by Mike Mangione. For much more visit Totus2us.com - dedicated to Our Lady, it is inspired by our holy papas St John Paul II, Papa Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was JPII's apostolic motto Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Adriano, de Brazil: "St Jean Paul II pour moi est vraiment une grande figure de sainteté. Pour moi, JPII a ouvert vraiment la voie de la sainteté à tout le monde." Music by Mike Mangione. For much more visit Totus2us.com - dedicated to Our Lady, it is inspired by our holy papas St John Paul II, Papa Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was JPII's apostolic motto Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Martha, da Roma: "La cosa in cui forse Papa San Giovanni Paolo II piu mi ha aiutato, e sento che mi aiuta ancora, è proprio nell'amore a nostra Madre Maria. E non solo nell'amore, ma in un affidamento totale, in sentirsi un figlio con tutta la tenerezza del figlio piccolo verso una madre vera, fatta di carne e ossa. Ogni volta che lo prego, io chiedo di participare in qualche modo ( del suo amore), di darmi il suo amore a Maria, e sento da lui una spinta a questa fiducia, perché questa è la realta insomma.. E quindi sono molto grata e lo sento ancora molto come padre, e ancora molto vivo." Music by Mike Mangione. For much more visit Totus2us.com - dedicated to Our Lady, it is inspired by our holy papas St John Paul II, Papa Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was JPII's apostolic motto Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Alice, from London: "John Paul II is a very important saint for me because he was really one of the people that inspired me to become a Catholic (I'm a convert from the Anglican Church). I think when you look at him you can see the joy that the Catholic faith brings, in his humility and his wisdom and also his humour. I think in his love of the arts he just showed to me what it is to be Catholic, that it is so rooted in joy and also rooted in Christ. He obviously had an incredibly difficult life, living under the Nazis and under the Communists, but he really showed what the purpose of life is, in amidst that suffering. He upheld the dignity of people in his country, but also throughout the world. He continued to do that throughout his pontificate, especially in upholding the dignity of the unborn and the very ill. And the end of his life was a witness to that because he was so frail, but just by his example of carrying on in that frailty he showed that everyone is loved by God and everyone is valued. And that

James, from England: "John Paul II the Great was pope throughout my youth and he has had a real big impact in my life. When he died it was like a father had died. He's a real blessing and the fact that he's now canonized, he's a great example for us, for all the young. He had a great love for Our Lady and has been a great inspiration in my journey of faith." Music by Mike Mangione. For much more visit Totus2us.com - dedicated to Our Lady, it is inspired by our holy papas St John Paul II, Papa Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was JPII's apostolic motto Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Maria, from England (with Polish parents): "My whole childhood was very much effected by John Paul II .. We loved him just so much. The most important thing, looking back I think, was his immense love and friendship, which you could see in very concrete ways. He would remember people's names: if he met them once, the next time he saw them he would actually be able to recall names, and match names to faces. That incredible memory of his was, I think, certainly a great gift of love and a way in which his love for people came out. .. He said he wanted to be remembered as the Pope of the Family and I'm sure that will be the case." Music by Mike Mangione. For much more visit Totus2us.com - dedicated to Our Lady, it is inspired by our holy papas St John Paul II, Papa Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was JPII's apostolic motto Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Nicola, from England: "I think John Paul II’s teaching on theology of the body has been one of the most amazing gifts God has given me, and what I love about him is that he was so practical and so down to earth, so focused on what real life is about and what real relationships are like. And his heart for young people as well is something that shines through everything I read and everything I read about him. So I feel like he's really a father to the people, that that was really his vocation as pope and it continues after his death, and as he's in heaven and praying for us, you can really feel the fruits are bearing really beautiful things in people's lives and definitely in my own life." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was Blessed John Paul II's apostolic motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Sophie, from England: "I have been truly inspired by the love and the life of Pope John Paul II. As a young person, he wasn't especially a Pope that I knew much about but through going to World Youth Days and reading his works, I've been truly inspired. By looking at his life has really helped me in mine. Just by his openness to and call to young people has been really inspiring. I will be going with a very large group of students to the canonization of John Paul II in Rome in a month and we're all very excited, and we're all very conscious that through growing through Youth 2000 and World Youth Day and such events, he has inspired us to live the faith and the call to be a saint in every day life." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was Blessed John Paul II's apostolic motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Celia, desde Argentina: "Papa Juan Pablo II el Padre Espiritual .. me siento su santidad en todo momento, su paternidad." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was Blessed John Paul II's apostolic motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Clare, from Ireland: "I went to see Pope John Paul II in Galway in 1979, just the summer before I went away to university, We travelled down on a battered old bus from Belfast and it was a bit of a scary journey and we slept overnight in a factory on the floor in sleeping bags and then we made a night-time vigil across to Ballybrit racecourse in Galway. Everybody from the north of Ireland was in the stand and we waited a long time watching, anticipating, waiting to see a helicopter arrive. Then when Pope John Paul arrived, he got out of the helicopter, he got down on the ground and kissed the floor. And then he said 'young people of Ireland, let's hope that you bring peace.' I have to say at the time the troubles were pretty much at their height and it was an extremely moving occasion and something I've never forgotten for the rest of my life. I think one of the things that was most important about it was that he recognised the effort that had been made by a lot of the young people to come down from the north

Drexil, from the Philippines: "I love John Paul when he did the World Youth Day in the Philippines. It was in 1995 - I really wanted to go but wasn't able to. So I really really love John Paul. The holiness, I could see in his face the holiness - he was really really good." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was Blessed John Paul II's apostolic motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Nathan, from the USA: "Blessed JPII is one of the original men who got me inspired on thinking about my vocation of priesthood ..of actually focusing on what it means to be a Christian, what it means to be a Catholic. … To be able to see that through a man who lived in such a way, saying that he could do the things only through Christ, not through his own strength but through the love of Christ - I aspire to be like him in almost everything I do." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was Blessed John Paul II's apostolic motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Sean, from the USA: "Two of the greatest things I’ve really gained from John Paul II is his love for Our Lady - Totus Tuus, Maria - which he took for his papal motto, as well as the love that he had for other people. If you look at any pictures or videos of John Paul II, when he gazes at someone, he doesn't just see them and move on but he looks into the person, and just sees who they truly are and he loves them right in that spot. It doesn't matter if they're a beggar or a rich man, he loves them just where they are. And that comes from the love of Our Lady, because it's Mary who teaches us how to love Christ and it's Mary who teaches us how to love Christ in others. And so John Paul II, being the great lover of Mary that he was, he was able to learn from Mary how to love Christ in other people. This is something that I've gained and that I've learned to love about him, the man, and I think his entire pontificate was one of love. He said 'Open the doors to Christ. Throw open the doors to Christ.' And that's

Giorgio, from Rome: "For me John Paul II was a very generous person and the way he followed the message of Jesus Christ was wonderful. At the end of his life it was very, very sad to see him so suffering but for me that was what God asked him, to put on his shoulders all the suffering of the world." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was Blessed John Paul II's apostolic motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Giorgio, da Roma: "Per me Giovanni Paolo II è una dei più grandi personaggi della nostra contemporani .. una grande persona, un grande uomo, per tutto quello che ha fatto, sia dal punto della religione, della fede, sia per la sua presenza nei paesi del terzo mondo. Quando è andato in viaggio nel parti più povere del pianeta, si sentiva proprio la sua vicinanza a lei persone nel piu difficoltà." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was Blessed John Paul II's apostolic motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fiammetta e Fabio, da Roma. Fiammetta: "Gioavanna Paolo secondo è una persona meravigliosa el amore puro." Fabio: "Penso che molti giovani si avvicinò per mezzo di Papa Woytyla. ... I think that Papa Woytyla was a good pope. .. I miss him." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was Blessed John Paul II's apostolic motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Megan, from the Seychelles, came to love John Paul II through his teachings. She is so grateful for the witness he offered, encouraging all of us that we all can be saints here on earth: 'And this is the most beautiful thing for us to look up and to aim to be saints.' "Do not be afraid. Open the doors to Christ." - John Paul II Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was Blessed John Paul II's apostolic motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Mike, from London, puts his conversion down to learning about John Paul II's Theology of the Body on a retreat, and then going deeper into this beautiful teaching by reading Christopher West's book on the subject. The quote that Mike finds very powerful, reflecting JPII's very positive, upbeat message is: "I can only respond to an abyss of evil with an abyss of love." Music by Mike Mangione. Visit Totus2us.com for much more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was Blessed John Paul II's apostolic motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.