The border features roses (for John Paul's Marian devotion) and other flowers native to Poland. After I finished the border, I thought it might be too flowery for a manly guy like JP2. But that may be superficial thinking. Garlands and picture-borders of flowers have always been associated with the saints, and there is a reason behind that impulse: the beauty of the natural world and blossoming flowers are entirely appropriate in connection with the spiritual beauty shown forth in the life of a saint. So I let it be and went ahead with the original plan, and let the chips fall where they may.
Pope Saint John Paul II, pray for us.
