Goodness

"Pope John had a long and quite varied life before he was pope. One of his lengthy assignments as a younger man was in Serbia where there were many Orthodox and few Roman Catholics. He so endeared himself to the Serbs by his disarming warmth and friendliness, that when he left for a new assignment after many years there, people came in great numbers to say good-bye. On that occasion he told them, "Anywhere I go in the world, if someone in need passes by my house at night, he will find a lighted lamp in the window. Knock I will not ask if you a Catholic…. Two brotherly arms will embrace you and the warm heart of a friend will make a feast for you." I have always thought of that story as an embodiment of what goodness is."

Archbishop John Quinn
April 1st, 2004
Funeral Homily for Bishop Ken Untener