As Beautiful as You THE REASON BEHIND THE LIFE AND WORK OF JOHN PAUL II

To be able to praise the good in another without feeling low,

To be able to say what it cost to say to those who ought to know,

To be able to smile and sing a song when your inside’s upside down

To be able to fly with your feet down on the round.

To be able to love the ones who never care to say they do,

To be able to tolerate another’s different point of view,

To be able to give your life away the best you have to give,

And to open your heart to those who can’t forgive.

Give me that maturity

That quiet serenity

The wisdom that can only come from You

As I read between the Gospel lines

I’m certain there’s no other…

as beautiful as You!

To be able to keep one’s sanity when passions are laid bare,

To be able to be oneself amidst the glamour and the glare.

To become a little child to know the wonder and the grace

Of the sunshine and the morning on one’s face.

Give me that maturity

That quiet serenity

The wisdom that can only come from You

As I read between the Gospel lines

I’m certain there’s no other

As beautiful as You!

To accept and be accepted by the poor and suffering

To believe in truth and justice without fear before the kings.

To rejoice at all the blessings in life’s daily interlude

And to close the pilgrimage in gratitude.

Give me that maturity

That quiet serenity

The wisdom that can only come from You

As I read between the Gospel lines

I’m certain there’s no other…

as beautiful as YOU.

Special thanks to Tej-Prasarini, Mumbai, for the production: As Beautiful as You The Department of Communications, RMG, Rome