How to see the Pope without a ticket
Karen writes:
I have asked for many things in my life, but this turned out to be something extraordinary and long-lasting.
The Pope’s Mass was being televised from Monterey, California in l987. I feel silly admitting this, but as I walked by the television set I touched the screen and said, “I’d sure like to see you in person.”
The Pope’s next stop was San Francisco and of course tickets to see him at Candlestick Park had been sold out for months. As I drove across the Bay Bridge the day of his Mass, I listened to him on the radio. I was approaching my exit to downtown for an appointment, but I couldn’t resist the tremendous urge to drive on and head for Candlestick Park. I decided to see the Pope and do it without a ticket!
Well, I’d never even been to that stadium and I wasn’t sure which exit to take. I took the wrong route and ended up in a huge parking lot of a manufacturing company. I headed back to the freeway on a frontage road, and then saw it, Candlestick Park.
I pulled into a parking lot filled with buses and security guards. A guard came to my van window and said: “You can’t park here. Well of course not,” I thought to myself, “and this could go down in your diary as one of the silliest things you’ve ever done.” I turned around and headed back up the hill toward the freeway again.
As I was driving away, I saw three people flagging me down. There was a neatly dressed man, his wife and a child. I normally wouldn’t have stopped in a situation like this, but I did. They were desperately hurrying to catch a plane. All they wanted was a ride to the bus stop and they asked me if I would take them there. I gave them another once-over evaluation and said, “Sure, get in, I don’t seem to have anything else to do.” They were very grateful and remarked how lucky they were to find me out there, since there was no one else around. Of course not… anyone with good sense (and a ticket) was already seated and listening to the Pope.
They were curious and asked how I happened to be in the bus parking lot. When I said I had this wild notion I was going to see the Pope, even without a ticket, I saw the man reach for something in his pocket. Can you imagine my total amazement when he handed me a ticket? They had to leave, he explained, so he gave me his.
It was a pretty fast ride to the bus stop and I was back at the bus parking lot again with no place to park. Now I was very excited, so I drove back up the hill and found the only spot left on a side street, and just the right size for my van.
I grabbed my camera and literally ran for the stadium entrance. I was panting when I got to the admission gate, partly from exhaustion and partly from excitement. I proudly handed the agent my ticket, and she said: “Sorry, but for security reasons we can’t let anyone in after the service has begun.” I couldn’t believe it. All I could say was a feeble, “But I have a ticket.”
Well, something told me it wasn’t supposed to end like this, so I ran around the outside wall hoping to find another entrance. Yes, there it was. There were also many security guards. There was no way, but I was already standing there, I started to try the ticket again.
Suddenly, there was this very loud booming noise from somewhere. I couldn’t tell what in the world it was, but all the guards looked up to the sky and I walked right in to see the Pope!
There he was, like a magnet. I forgot all about finding the ticketed seat. I just walked down to the field level, went to the edge of the iron fence and there I was. I was at the closet perimeter to the Pope. I just gazed at hime from across the grass.
He said: “Let us pray.” It was his closing prayer and then he blessed us all. I couldn’t believe it! There was an immediate sense of my being lifted onto a cloud.
What an incredibly wonderful experience. Since that chain of events, I’m convinced there is a force that cares about our everyday needs. All you have to do is “ask and it shall be given you.”
Well, that was just ONE set of miracles! What is a miracle? A phenomenon that defies the laws of nature.
Little did I know another would unfold 11 years later!
I was on a bus tour of Europe in 1998. It was a real whirlwind of basically a night in each of ten countries. At the time, currency was different in each country. It seems I always had the wrong money in my pocket when we stopped for lunch. Not being able to pay for lunch is a good way to lose weight.
Italy was one of the last countries we visited, and as we pulled into Rome, the driver was totally frustrated by the traffic. After sitting for several minutes at a time and then moving only a few feet, the tour director announced that he was going to park the bus. He recommended that we should all exit the bus and get a cup of coffee. We were near the Vatican and it was the Pope’s 20th Anniversary. The roads were virtually blocked with cars and people walking to the St. Peter’s Square. Everyone was hoping the Pope would make an appearance. So, I eagerly followed the crowd the short distance to the Vatican.
Well……you guessed it….again! The huge, majestic doors of the Vatican opened and out walked the Pope! He spoke for several captivating minutes. I didn’t need a ticket this time. And yes, I felt like I was lifted up onto that cloud again. Actually, I couldn’t even speak for awhile because of the amazement of it all.
The timing of this whole event was beyond my comprehension, beyond hope. I had heard brief conversations on our bus that the Pope’s 20th Anniversary at the Vatican was coming up, but I knew this was not a planned event for our tour. Someone on our bus suggested a Vatican visit to the Tour Director and bus driver, but they said it would be impossible.
The magic of getting to listen to such an extraordinary human being twice was a privilege. He was such a champion for human rights, and for people from all walks of life.
Redefining Impossible
How many times do we find ourselves at what appears to be a dead end when the miracle happens? Of all the people to get close to, the Pope would be one of the hardest, but not for Karen. When you manifest a solution in your future, your thoughts immediately begin to create one of many possible paths to that successful resolution.
Karen didn’t specify or make a detailed plan to see the Pope, only that she would like to see him. How could she conceive of a way around the event security without a ticket?
In this case, it may be that failing to get into the stadium initially lead to Karen being of service to a family first. It was incredible that she was given a ticket and the incentive to go back and try again. On her second attempt, a perfectly timed distraction allowed Karen into the packed stadium. There she had incredibly close access to the Pope, heard the last minutes of his address and received his blessing. Not possible, right?
This is the power of simply asking, it is primary. Use the gifts your were born with to achieve what is important in your life. Just asking, prayer and manifesting work, so take advantage. By the way, don’t forget to be grateful to the God of your understanding, your other powerful tool. It’s all in the book, simply explained for you.
You are worthy and fully empowered to create or resolve impossible things.
Yes you.
I hope to hear your remarkable story soon!
Ken
