And then there were two - Pope John XXIII, Pope John Paul II

“There's a lovely church that has a bank of stained glass windows that runs the entire length of the nave; those windows depict many great Christians throughout the centuries. Among them are martyrs, bishops, priests and nuns, to be sure, but also artists, poets and politicians. The rector of that parish tells a story of a young boy whose mother explained the windows to him, saying that the people pictured there were saints. The little boy quickly responded, ‘Oh, I get it. Saints are people that the sun shines through.’"

On this Sunday, April 27, the two late popes, Blessed Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII, will be canonized saints. This will mark a historic day for the Catholic Church. 

How does one officially become a saint?  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUGRdpRJWYA

Quotes of Pope John XXIII:

• Consult not your fears but your hopes and dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what is still possible for you to do. Pope John XXIII
• I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart. Pope John XXIII
• See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little. Pope John XXIII
• It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope. Pope John XXIII
• Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one. Pope John XXIII

Quotes of Pope John Paul II:

• Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. Pope John Paul II
• Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. Pope John Paul II
• Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it. Pope John Paul II

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII

http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/john-xxiii-accidental-saint

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2014/04/19/what-canonizations-popes-john-xxiii-and-john-paul-tell/9wo73vBZo2HeUGN5ICcpOM/story.html

https://thejesuitpost.org/2013/07/worth-reading-saints-john-paul-ii-and-john-xxiii/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/05/-john-xxiii-sainthood_n_3549910.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/22/john-paul-ii-canonization_n_5191127.html

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/04/20/will_sainthood_for_john_paul_ii_john_xxiii_unite_church.html