Preach it brother!

Much has been written about the Pope in the last week. MSNBC and the Discovery Channel have both had excellent overviews of the pope's life. The thing that amazes me the most about the Pope is that in every instance he chose compassion, and yet at the same time he never backed down. He faced the two greatest evil empires of the 20th century, (the Nazi's and the USSR) and he never even blinked. So rarely in life do you get to say I truly witnessed a man of God. All too often their faith is overshadowed by the mistakes of their humanity. Pope John Paul II is a man of God. I have no idea who said it, but the best description of the Pope since his passing has been a very simple one:He lived. He believed. He lived his belief. St. Frances said "Preach daily, use words if necessary." The Pope preached everyday all day.