Such confident hope was expressed
by Pope Benedict at the conclusion
of his homily that joyful morning: «
Beloved Pope John Paul II... continue, we implore you, to sustain from heaven the
faith of God's
people.
Before dying, underscored
by the writings
of his
beloved Tolstoy, Henry could begin to «perfect the soul awarded him» and rest in the
faith that he, and all
people, would succeed, «even if it took eons.»