{"id":2427,"date":"2014-10-22T12:03:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T12:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2427"},"modified":"2025-09-28T13:43:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T13:43:32","slug":"feast-of-john-paul-ii-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2427","title":{"rendered":"Feast of John Paul II today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b7c6f85798970b-320wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11805\" title=\"John paul 2, saint\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b7c6f85798970b-320wi.jpg 320w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b7c6f85798970b-320wi-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I didn&#8217;t know there&#8217;s an &#8220;Official Vatican Prayer to Saint John Paul II&#8221; but here it is &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"color: #003976; text-align: center;\">Oh, Saint John Paul, from the window of heaven, grant us your blessing! Bless the church that you loved and served and guided, courageously leading it along the paths of the world in order to bring Jesus to everyone and everyone to Jesus.&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Bless the young, who were your great passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Help them dream again,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">help them look up high again to find the light&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">that illuminates the paths of life here on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">May you bless families, bless each family! You warned of Satan&#8217;s assault against this precious and indispensable divine spark that God lit on earth. Saint John Paul, with your prayer, may you protect the family&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">and every life that blossoms from the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Pray for the whole world, which is still marked by tensions, wars and injustice. You tackled war by invoking dialogue and planting the seeds of love:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">pray for us so that we may be tireless sowers of peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Oh Saint John Paul, from heaven&#8217;s window,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">where we see you next to Mary,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">send God&#8217;s blessing down upon us all. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t know there&#8217;s an &#8220;Official Vatican Prayer to Saint John Paul II&#8221; but here it is &#8211; Oh, Saint John Paul, from the window of heaven, grant us your blessing! 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