St. John Paul II
October 22, 2024
St. John Paul II
Dear Family of Mary!
Today is the feast day of St. John Paul II, who was Pope from 1978 until 2005! Truly, Pope John Paul II was a living miracle for Denis and me. We were newly married when He became Pope, and he single-handedly pulled the Church out of its modernist spiral, giving us again the strength of the truth about God! His catechesis breathed new and holy life into the Church, and turned our eyes to heaven!! Denis was a religion teacher in a Catholic high school, and St. John Paul II became his standard bearer, showing him the way to ignite the young people in the faith. Oh, St. John Paul, we love you!!!
I have gathered a few things that Our Lady said publicly to the visionaries about St. John Paul II. She spoke simply and to the point! But her love for him was evident:
Beginning of November 1981
The Virgin appeared with a picture of John Paul II in her hand. She embraced the picture: “He is our father, and the father of all. It is necessary to pray for him.”
Thursday, May 13, 1982
A year after the attempt on the life of John Paul II: “His enemies have wanted to kill him, but I protected him.”
Sunday, September 26, 1982
For Pope John Paul II: “Have him consider himself the father of all mankind, and not only of Christians. Have him spread untiringly and with courage the message of peace and love among all mankind.”
Friday, September 16, 1983
“In my messages, I recommend to everyone, and to the Holy Father in particular, to spread the message which I have received from my Son here at Medjugorje.
“I wish to entrust to the Pope, the word with which I came here: ‘MIR’, (peace in Croatian), which he must spread everywhere.
“And here is a message which is especially for him: ‘That he bring together the Christian people, through his words and his preaching; that he spread particularly among the young people, the messages which he has received from the Father in his prayers, when God inspires him.'”
We see how Our Lady loves St. John Paul II. She protected him from death when the deadly bullet went through his body in 1981. And St. John Paul II loved her so much as well, writing so beautifully about her in his encyclicals and letters.
Let’s pray to St. John Paul II today, with all our hearts, for the Church, and for Our Lady’s plans through us, that we will do our best to follow her and respond to her call in these most decisive days:
PRAYER FOR THE INTERCESSION OF ST. JOHN PAUL II
O Blessed Trinity, we thank you
for having graced the Church with
Saint John Paul II and for allowing
the tenderness of your fatherly care,
the glory of the Cross of Christ
and the splendor of the Spirit of love
to shine through him.
Trusting fully in your infinite mercy
and in the maternal intercession of Mary,
he has given us a living image of
Jesus the Good Shepherd.
He has shown us that holiness
is the necessary measure of ordinary
Christian life and is the way of
achieving eternal communion with you.
Grant us, by his intercession,
and according to your will,
the graces we implore,
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. John Paul II, pray for us!!
In Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
Mary TV
