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But the Polish Pontiff has brought about many more miracles — living miracles, according to Legionary of Christ Brother Randall Meissen. The book explains what these "JP2 revolution" priests have in common and how God chose to plant and nourish the seed of their vocations through the witness of the Bishop of Rome. How does one man — even if he is the Pope — have such a profound effect on people as to influence their choice for a state in life?

Brother Meissen: In the broad sense, a miracle is an event which is supernatural in origin, something which defies explanation on the natural plane.

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Such is the vocation in the lives of these priests. They experienced a call, supernatural in origin, which drove them to follow a path radically at odds with everything naturally apparent to mainstream culture. But, more specifically, the title of the book expresses my own reaction to the testimonies contained therein. Some of the stories have eerie moments where you can see the hand of God reaching down from the heavens.

Father Mark White was still a Lutheran when he entered a Catholic chapel at his college and was awash in mysterious awareness of the presence of God. He says that moment was "the turning point of my whole life. But with those cases aside, throughout the text, the sheer multitude of "coincidences," the number of twists and turns that these individuals experienced stretches belief.

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Their priestly calling and their zealous ministry to the Church is a living miracle. Furthermore, the whole "JP2 revolution," the effect it has had on the Church, the way it captivated and invigorated a generation of Catholics makes me think that we are still living out John Paul's greatest miracle. Brother Meissen: There is great diversity among the priests featured in my book.

However, above all, each of them self-identifies with some core aspect of John Paul II's teaching and style of ministry.