Response and Others

Yes, I'd say so. It's quite relevant...The second part of that is very dark. yikes.
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I'm reading a bio on JPII and one of his "spiritualities" or approach to pastoring was the "spirituality of acommpaniment. He wanted to share life with his "sheep". To share in their pain and suffering, their joys etc. like Christ. He didn't do this intentionally but it's the way it happened. It was other people saying that's how he ministered. His friends/parishoners said, "he never pried into anyones life, but we invited him into the most intimate parts. He mastered the art of listening. He respected our freedom and enabled us to discover our identity. He enabled us to become more human. He met was where we were and showed us how much Christ loved us. He didn't try to be one of the young folks in an immature way. The young folks wanted to be like him".

I love it...
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And I just read (over the past few months) two incredible bio's on John Vianney. One is long and detailed and one is clever (it reminded me of the way chesterton wrote about St. Francis- witty, etc. But in order to read this you have to have some knowledge about him to begin with, or there might be confusion... I highly reccomend reading about St. John Vianney, especially during this year.