Note from the author
The
intention of this site is to pay tribute to a person whom the Lord placed in the
Church to illuminate it, to guide it, to be an example of Christian life,
Sanctity, humility. The day of Pope Luciani’s funeral, Cardinal Confalonieri
said " he has passed through the Church and the world as a vertiginous
comet that leaves a flash of inextinguishable light, like a lightning of hope
that leaves the hearts ignited ... "
What
has this 'comet of God' left while passing ? He left us with the desire of being
better, of loving the Lord, the Church, our neighbour, more. There are stories
of calls to the Priesthood, favours received by his intercession, healings,
conversions. And this last one touches me very closely, since I was almost five
years away from the Church. From his Pontificate, his example, my life changed
and, since then, I never left my Catholic faith again.
I
want to thank God for having placed John Paul I like a teacher and Shepherd of
Holy Mother Church.
Who
can say that those 33 days were not necessary? " My ways are not your ways",
says the Lord.
Gloria C. Molinari
GCM 2001