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Day 9
Leading up to the feast day of Saint John Paul the Great on October 22nd, I invite you to join me in prayer to ask for his powerful intercession as well as learn something new about him each day.
Over the next nine days, I will post a prayer to John Paul II as well as a fact about him that many do not know about. Thus, we will join our prayers together to pray for all of our intentions and ask John Paul II to intercede for us.
Little Known Fact #1
- During his Theological Studies in Seminary, Karol Wojtyla greatly desired to read the works of St. John of the Cross in the original Spanish language. He mastered the language very quickly and was even asked by the Spanish instructor to assist him in translating a Spanish text that was to be read over the Polish new radio a few hours before it would be broadcast.
Novena Prayer
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, [state your intention here]
in thanksgiving that he has been numbered among your saints.
Amen.