CS 579 10-22-20 St. John the Baptist: Thursday
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🗓️ 22 October 2020
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Catholic Sprouts, the daily podcast for Catholic kids that strives to plant seeds of faith. |
| 0:56.5 | Hey there, Sprouts. Today is October 22, 2020. It is also the feast day of a great modern saint, Pope St. John Paul II. Now, this week, we have been talking about John the Baptist and how he prepared the way for Jesus' public ministry, but we are going to take a break from that today to celebrate this incredible saint. Now chances are you know a little bit about Pope John Paul II, but he is so incredible that even if you know a lot, there's probably more that you can learn. |
| 1:05.0 | Now, Pope John Paul II was born in Poland. And because he was born in Poland, his youth was full of struggle brought on by war. Poland not only played a part in World War I, but also World War II when it was controlled |
| 1:12.9 | by the Nazis, and then even after World War II when it was controlled by the Soviet Union. However, |
| 1:19.6 | from a young age, Pope John Paul II was determined to become a priest. This required, however, |
| 1:25.5 | that he attend an underground seminary. Now, this was because the Soviets |
| 1:30.5 | repressed all religion, and they in particular hated Catholicism. They closed churches, |
| 1:37.2 | they closed seminaries. And yet, in Poland in particular, people loved the faith and they were |
| 1:43.8 | determined to find a way to not only worship but to train new priests. |
| 1:50.1 | So Pope John Paul II was ordained a priest. |
| 1:53.3 | He served in small parishes. |
| 1:55.1 | And from the beginning of his ministry, he always had a deep love for families. |
| 2:03.5 | One of his favorite things to do was actually to take a group of families on camping trips or other outdoor adventures. In fact, he was on a |
| 2:10.5 | camping trip with families when he got an urgent message that he needed to go. And then he received the |
| 2:17.0 | news that he would be ordained a bishop. |
| 2:20.0 | Soon he became a cardinal. |
| 2:22.9 | Pip John Paul II was also a brilliant mind, and he was constantly thinking about ways that he |
| 2:29.0 | could further understand the great mysteries of God, particularly the sacrament of marriage that led |
| 2:35.8 | into family and ways that he could communicate this with the world. Well, in 1979, to everyone's |
| 2:44.3 | surprise, including his own, Pope John Paul II, was named the next Pope. Now, this is remarkable because he was from Poland. |
| 2:55.0 | Nearly every single pope before him had either been Italian or French. So it was crazy. |
| 3:02.6 | Although he quickly went on to become one of the most beloved popes we have ever had. And he did remarkable things while |
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