JPII movie on the Hallmark Channel

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I just finished watching the movie about JPII’s life and was moved to tears many times. It wasn’t always easy to watch but it certainly made it clear that love will triumph over evil no matter what form it takes, subtle or gross. Thanks be to God!

Did anyone else watch it and want to comment?
 
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Della:
I just finished watching the movie about JPII’s life and was moved to tears many times. It wasn’t always easy to watch but it certainly made it clear that love will triumph over evil no matter what form it takes, subtle or gross. Thanks be to God!

Did anyone else watch it and want to comment?
Dittto! I am still crying. What a great movie. Re-run Thursday. 👍
 
Wow! I mean…wow!

I, too, was moved to tears many times, but especially when JP/KW held up the rock from St. Peter’s upon which the Poles were to build their church, and also when he changed out of his Cardinal robes into his Papal ones. When he turned his back to the camera and slipped on his robes and put on his zucchetto–that just blew me away.

And the movie taught important lessons as well.
 
Great, wonderful movie! I can hardly wait until it is for sale.

For those who missed it, go here to read when it will be on again and what Pope Benedict is saying about it.

www.popedocumentary.com
 
Wow! I mean…wow!

I, too, was moved to tears many times, but especially when JP/KW held up the rock from St. Peter’s upon which the Poles were to build their church, and also when he changed out of his Cardinal robes into his Papal ones. When he turned his back to the camera and slipped on his robes and put on his zucchetto–that just blew me away.

And the movie taught important lessons as well.
 
He truly is a saint. What a tragically beautiful and complex man he was. For anyone who hasn’t seen it yet but will watch on Thursday, make sure you have a big box of tissues. I cried through most of the movie.
 
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Della:
I just finished watching the movie about JPII’s life and was moved to tears many times. It wasn’t always easy to watch but it certainly made it clear that love will triumph over evil no matter what form it takes, subtle or gross. Thanks be to God!

Did anyone else watch it and want to comment?
I watched it tonight and I thought it was amazing. He was such an amazing man.
 
It was beautiful. I had read something he had written years ago, about when his mother died when he was a young child, and then when his brother, who was a Doctor died. That made me cry like a baby when I read just about that. He had mentioned that his father had given him a great faith in God and the Blessed Mother, (it would have been nice if they had shown something about that). You can’t have everything I guess, however, the movie completed his story for me. I, of course followed his life since His Papacy. He is indeed, John Paul the Great. I loved that man, many times I think of his great words to us…“Be not afraid”, which, by the way, were the Arch-Angel Gabriel’s words to the Blessed Virgin Mary. (It said that it would be shown again Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. commercial free )
 
I caught the last 1 hour and half… I liked it… Will try to catch the whole thing on Re-Run 👍
 
I came in after the first half hour was already done but I will try to get the whole thing Thursday. I watched the rest of it though and it was great. I cried at pretty much everything, especially the “rock” thing and when that Adam guy admitted he had been spying on him and they started crying and he forgave him…a really good movie.
 
If you liked the movie, read his biography “Witness to Hope”. It is incredible…
 
When they showed theactual footage of him being announced as the new Pope I lost it:crying: :crying: :crying: I miss him:crying:
 
I watched it last night and it was amazing!! If you missed it, it will be on again Sunday morning. I am going to watch it again.
 
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Della:
I just finished watching the movie about JPII’s life and was moved to tears many times. It wasn’t always easy to watch but it certainly made it clear that love will triumph over evil no matter what form it takes, subtle or gross. Thanks be to God!

Did anyone else watch it and want to comment?
wonderful, inspiring. JPII We love you! I thought the acting was great considering the finance of the film and enjoyed the actor who was Karol. HE looked very much like him and his gestures were similar. I was also moved to tears and joy at the same time. It was uplifiting. I purchased Hallmark channel just to watch the movie last night and recorded it, knowing I might not be able to stay awake after a long day. unfortunately It didn’t record the last few minutes. I will buy it on DVD.

Thank God for bringing such a wonderful man to this world and to lead the Church. I only pray we all reach the potential we all have for becomming what God created us to be.
 
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Lisa4Catholics:
When they showed theactual footage of him being announced as the new Pope I lost it:crying: :crying: :crying: I miss him:crying:
Me too! I have felt a sense of loss I was not expecting since he died
 
I’m actually surprised there haven’t been more people commenting on this. I assumed after the movie the Board would be jam-packed. I guess most of the members don’t stay up as late as I do.

I didn’t convert until last December and it wasn’t until the end of his life that I realized how much JP II really meant to me. Maybe I took him for granted because he was Pope for so long. But I certainly miss him now (though I mean nothing against Benedict XVI, who I am thrilled to have as Pope). I feel his guidance more now than ever.

The last night of JPII’s life was one of the most memorable and unusual I’ve ever passed, since I felt almost like I was there in the square, waiting on him and praying for him with thousands of others, and the morning (here) that Benedict XVI was elected was certainly memorable to me. I was crying hearing the bells ringing and seeing people running to the Vatican. I stayed home so late wanting to see the new Pope come out that I missed my bus and had to take a taxi to work, then frantically flipped stations on my little pocket radio trying to find one that wasn’t carrying bad music or sports talk and was actually covering the event. The “Habemus Papem” just sent shivers up my spine.

And I still wonder why this was. Was there ever any doubt we’d get a new Pope? Was it relief we had a new Holy Father after days without our beloved JPII?

But yes, I’ll have to agree with the previous poster who broke down watching the actual footage in the movie of JP II coming out onto the balcony. It’s the excitement of seeing history happen, and knowing how triumphant and glorious that history is going to be.

It’s going to take us many years to fully grasp the importance of JPII, I think. I was in a Catholic bookstore last week, just thumbing through a copy of his “Theology of the Body.” I knew he was a great mind, but wow—there was profound stuff in that.

We were truly blessed to have him aming us. What an epic life!
 
His witness during his papacy was very public, but the detailed story of his life leading up to it was relatively unknown to me. My wife and I found the movie to be very moving. I’m glad I spotted the story on this presentation on foxnews.com so that I knew to catch it.

BTW, I heard that Hallmark Films are available in their stores for purchase. Looks like I will be stopping by one soon. This one is a keeper.
 
Did anyone else notice that the actor who played the priest-persecutor after WWII was the same man who played Pontius Pilate in “The Passion of the Christ?”
 
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seeker63:
I’m actually surprised there haven’t been more people commenting on this. I assumed after the movie the Board would be jam-packed. I guess most of the members don’t stay up as late as I do.

I didn’t convert until last December and it wasn’t until the end of his life that I realized how much JP II really meant to me. Maybe I took him for granted because he was Pope for so long. But I certainly miss him now (though I mean nothing against Benedict XVI, who I am thrilled to have as Pope). I feel his guidance more now than ever.

The last night of JPII’s life was one of the most memorable and unusual I’ve ever passed, since I felt almost like I was there in the square, waiting on him and praying for him with thousands of others, and the morning (here) that Benedict XVI was elected was certainly memorable to me. I was crying hearing the bells ringing and seeing people running to the Vatican. I stayed home so late wanting to see the new Pope come out that I missed my bus and had to take a taxi to work, then frantically flipped stations on my little pocket radio trying to find one that wasn’t carrying bad music or sports talk and was actually covering the event. The “Habemus Papem” just sent shivers up my spine.

And I still wonder why this was. Was there ever any doubt we’d get a new Pope? Was it relief we had a new Holy Father after days without our beloved JPII?

But yes, I’ll have to agree with the previous poster who broke down watching the actual footage in the movie of JP II coming out onto the balcony. It’s the excitement of seeing history happen, and knowing how triumphant and glorious that history is going to be.

It’s going to take us many years to fully grasp the importance of JPII, I think. I was in a Catholic bookstore last week, just thumbing through a copy of his “Theology of the Body.” I knew he was a great mind, but wow—there was profound stuff in that.

We were truly blessed to have him aming us. What an epic life!
Welcome to the Church! I’ve been Catholic my whole life, and sometimes wonder if I would appreciate it more if I had discovered the Church later in life. I remember a sister in school telling us that converts are very often more dedicated. The truth is, though, that my faith has waxed and waned my whole life. For the last ten years or so since I discovered Scott Hahn and the other evangelical converts I have learned so many new things about the faith, and come to appreciate it more,

John Paul II was a great gift to the Church. After having read some of the recent histories of the Church, I realize more what a blessing he was to us to bring us back to a greater understanding of what our faith in Jesus really means, and how wonderful is the Church that He left us. In every age, God has raised up saints to help point people to the truth.

I have read some biographies of him, and would love to see this movie. Unfortunately, I don’t get any TV stations, though I do have a VCR. I hope that somehow I’ll get a chance to see the movie.

May your life in Christ grow as you come to know Him more,
Ruthmary
 
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