Prayer to Blessed John Paul II

Blessed John Paul, holy one of the Church of Christ! In the time of your earthly life you devoted yourself entirely to the Most Holy Mother of God. Her heavenly, maternal intercession and prayer were for you a help and consolation, and in a moment of trial they preserved your life for sacrificial service to God, the Church, and humanity. Like the Old Testament Moses, you, inspired and guided by the Holy Spirit, led the people of the Church, the new Israel, out of the bondage of godless ideologies and brought them to the awareness of life in faith and freedom.

The wise words of your teachings were the fruit of your spiritual communion with the Most Holy Virgin Mary, with her participation in the Passion of the Cross of Christ and with her radiant joy of the Resurrection, and your daily labor was permeated with contemplation and the glorification of her blessed virtues. Blessed Father John Paul, we now, through you, turn to the Lord in prayer that, through your intercession and her patronage, we may know the will of God and, with certainty, walk the path of our salvation in faith, hope, and love, to the glory of God the Father, the Only‑begotten Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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