“We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.” – St. Teresa of Avila
His mother, only brother and father died before he was 21, he lost several friends during WWII and worked in a rock mine, studying clandestinely for the priesthood, he faced down communism as a Bishop and Pope, suffered cancer and parkinson’s, and this list could go on and on…and yes, he loved Christ with an intense and real passion!
