# @plusjames on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/7u8hDLBKlG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20819323-plusjames-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/114482df23.jpg
- **Posted:** 2015-09-17T13:33:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** James Ramos (@plusjames) — https://gondola.cc/plusjames

## Caption

LOOKING UP • As the chaos of World Youth Day Madrid 2011 finally slowed, we made our way to Almudena Cathedral. I felt somebody bump into me from behind. I swore (sorry mom) thinking I got pickpocketed and jumped away. Then I heard my name: JAMES?! What. The. Heck. I turned around and my friend Lauren was just laughing at me. A city of over 4 million (half a million visitors much like myself), a friend physically runs into me! 
In just a week, I'll be heading to Philadelphia when Pope Francis visits the World Meeting of Families. It will be a lot like in Madrid. A ton of people, one pope, and thousands of chance encounters. While I'm hoping the pope and I will have a similar moment, I'm pretty sure the Secret Service will toss me out of the way. Leading up to my trip, I'll be posting stories and photos daily about how #goodiswinning. Some big, some little, since Pope Francis encourages us to see the little things. In “this ‘littleness’ there is everything. God’s dream is there, his love is there, his peace is there, his reconciliation is there, Jesus is there." 📍Madrid 2011 #storyportrait #PopeInUS #WMF2015

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wmf2015, goodiswinning, storyportrait, popeinus

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