Giving thanks for Pope John Paul II

Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the attempted assassination of Blessed Pope John Paul II.  I don't remember all that much from when I was 12, but I definitely remember that day.  Thank God ("literally") for preserving him, and for the life, work, and witness of the late Pope.  Might be worth re-reading today, in thanksgiving, . . . take your pick . . . I say Redemptoris missio.