An e-mail:

The Holy Father is love personified in so many ways. He
taught us how to live as a Christ taught and surrender all to God . He had a
special love for persons the world sees as lacking value. During his
wednesday audiences he saved the “best seats in the house” for those in
wheelchairs. When he was able to move easily he would come and bless and
touch individually each person in a wheelchair in the audience hall . I
know because in July 1991 I was blessed by the pope from my special front
row seat in my wheelchair and that day I looked into the face of a saint .
He taught us all how to love no matter how challenging our every life is
and he taught that the suffering we have has value even when we don’t
understand it.
May God give us all the great consolation as we face a world without our
beloved Pope John Paul II.