JOHN PAUL II: BENEDICT XVI, THE "DO NOT BE AFRAID" AND THE LAST WAY OF THE CROSS

His "Don't be afraid", explained the Holy Father, "was not grounded on human strength nor on success, but only on God's Word, on the Cross and on the Resurrection of Christ". "As he was being deprived of everything, lastly even of his speech, his reliance on Christ became more and more apparent", went on Benedict XVI: "As it happened to Jesus, also for John Paul II, in the end, words surrendered to the extreme sacrifice, to the offering of his own life. And death sealed a life that had been completely devoted to Christ, shaped on Him, even physically, in the traits of his suffering and his confident surrender into the arms of the Heavenly Father. ‘Let me go to the Father', these were - said those who were close to him - his last words, the accomplishment of a life that had been entirely aimed at seeing and contemplating the face of the Lord".

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