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Pope John Paul II... "There is nothing that man needs more than Divine Mercy."
June 7, 1997. Yes! God is Love and precisely
for this he gave his Son, to reveal himself completely as Love. Christ is the One who "loved...to the end." (John
13.1) "To the end" ... means to the last breath.
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Pope
John Paul II, knew the meaning of suffering from his Polish homeland to the Vatican. Our Holy Father persevered through years
of Nazi terror, Godless Communism, Cancer, Parkinson Disease, and being shot by an assassin’s bullet, until his natural
death on April 2, 2005. ... He was born
Karol Wajtyle Poland on May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland..
He studied to be a Priest, through the Nazi occupation of Poland, opposed to Fascism and in later years Communism. Pope
John Paul II, became the 265th successor to St. Peter on October 16, 1978. He is considered the most well known,
traveled Pope in history, and reigned for over 25 years. |
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“On the Christian Meaning of
Suffering.” When confronted with suffering, most of us desperately seek answers to the question Why? Pope John Paul
II, in his letter, states that Christ does not really give us an answer to such questions, but rather a lived example. When
we approach Christ with our questions about the reason for suffering, the pope said, we cannot help noticing that the one
to whom we put the questions “is himself suffering and wishes to answer...from the Cross, from the heart of his own
suffering."
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“Christ does not explain in
the abstract the reasons for suffering,” he points out, but before all else he says: "Follow me!' Come!" Take part through your suffering
in this work of saving the world. Gradually, as the individual takes up his cross, spiritually uniting himself to the Cross
of Christ, and the meaning of suffering is revealed before him. Declaring the power of suffering, the Apostle Paul says: "In
my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the Church".
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"On the Christian meaning of suffering.".
We believe through the Crucification, Jesus Christ joined Himself to
man’s suffering and transformed it into a redemptive act. Humanity, through suffering, joins in the redemption of the
human race from sin... In Pope John Paul II's message for
that First Annual World Day of the Sick, Feb, 11, 1993, He offered these words of comfort to suffering people around
the world: “Your sufferings, accepted and borne with unshakeable faith, when joined to those of
Christ take extraordinary value for the life of the Church and the good of humanity". ‘Follow me!’ Come! Take part through your suffering in this work of saving
the world. Gradually, as the individual takes up his cross, spiritually uniting himself to the Cross of Christ, meaning of
suffering is revealed before him” Declaring
the power of suffering, the Apostle Paul says: "In my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions
for the sake of his body, that is, the Church".. | | Pope
John Paul II Prayer expresses his own faith-filled response to the mystery and test of suffering “Grant, O Lord of
Life, that we may... savor every season of our lives as a gift filled with promise for the future. “Grant that we may lovingly accept your will, and place ourselves each day in your merciful hands.“And,
when the moment of our definitive ‘passage’ comes, grant that we may face it with serenity, without regret for
what we shall leave behind. For in meeting you, after having sought you for so long, we shall find once more every authentic
good which we have known here on earth, in the company of all who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith and hope. “Mary, Mother of pilgrim humanity, pray for us ‘now and at
the hour of our death.’ Keep us ever close to Jesus, your beloved Son and our brother, the Lord of life and glory. Amen”
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Prayer for the intercession of Pope John Paul II :O Holy Trinity, we thank you for having given to the Church
Pope John Paul II, and for having made him shine with your fatherly tenderness,
the glory of the Cross of Christ and
the splendor of the Spirit of love
He, trusting completely in your infinite mercy, and in the maternal intercession
of Mary, has shown himself in the likeness of Jesus the Good Shepherd
and has pointed out to us holiness as the path to reach eternal communion with You.
Grant us, through his intercession,
according to your will, the grace that we implore,
in the hope that he will soon be numbered among your saints. Amen ... The Diocese of Rome
published this prayer to implore favors through the intercession of the late Pope John Paul II, June 23, 2005 This site is under construction:Thank You for your
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