Opatrzność a doświadczenie zła w życiu Jana Pawła II

The article discusses God’s providence in the life of John Paul II. The biblical message of evil’s inability to overpower God’s wisdom is presented in the backdrop of difficult and painful events in the pop’s life. Yet both the experiences of World War II and the subsequent communist era provide opportunities for Wojtyla to experience God’s helping hand. Calling on his Lord ‘Jesus, I trust in You’ during that ‘dark night’ , as inspired by the revelations of Saint Faustina Kowalski, instilled hope and strength in him. The accompanying God’s providence manifested itself during his pontificate and perhaps most clearly on May13th 1981, when he was wounded in an attempted assassination. The fact that he survived was a clear sign of God’s intervention. What he saw in those traumatic events was the amazing ways of God’s guidance. He could also experience the presence of The Creator and His Mother, ever so alert and ready to help.