We Are Pilgrims, Not Vagabonds

This past Sunday, Pope Francis visited the Polish national church in Rome. During Mass said in thanksgiving for the canonization of Saint John Paul II, the Holy Father said:

The Polish people know well that, in order to enter into glory, one must needs pass by way of the passion and the cross – and [the Polish people] know this, not because they have studied it, but because they have lived it. 

St. John Paul II...as a worthy son of his earthly homeland, followed this way – he followed it in an exemplary manner.

St. John Paul II, pray for us, that we may not live as vagabonds, but instead follow the way of Christ.