Showing posts with label John Paul II. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Paul II. Show all posts
Thursday, October 22, 2015

Saint John Paul II: Remembering What Was Given to Us

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"Be not afraid." Happy Feast Day of Saint John Paul II! Thirty seven years ago today, the world changed. What was give...
Saturday, July 4, 2015

Find Freedom's Fulfillment in the Truth

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From the Homily of Pope John Paul II in the United States of America (Baltimore, Maryland) Oct 8, 1995 Dear brothers and sisters in...
Thursday, April 2, 2015

SAINT John Paul II, Ten Years Later

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2005 was ten years ago. It was a hard year. I was pretty sick. During Saint John Paul II's final illness, I was especially sick. I ...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

An Encounter, A Love Story, An Event

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I am remembering once again with gratitude the Servant of God Luigi Giussani on the tenth anniversary of his death. It's hard to beli...
Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Forever Humble: Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin

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Today was the feast day of Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin. You may have missed it, because it ranks as "only" an optional mem...
Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Authentic Love: Words and Images

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I found these words today in a book of quotations from Saint John Paul II, and I knew immediately that I wanted to post them here. The text...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

He Rescued Us

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I belong to the generation that spanned the entire pontificate of the man we now know as St. John Paul II. Even now, I speak about "...
Saturday, July 5, 2014

Why Does Freedom Matter?

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St. John Paul II on freedom. What does he mean? How do we understand freedom? On this Independence Day weekend it is worth asking ours...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

An Extraordinary Motherly Protection and Care

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St John Paul II, moments after being shot on May 13, 1981 May 13 commemorates two great interventions of the Mother of God in the twenti...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

Popes and Saints: Our Fathers and Brothers in Eternal Life

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Icon photos for the two pope saints What can I possibly add to this astonishing, beautiful day? I just want to recount a few anecdotes o...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

These Days Are Rich in Mercy

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Especially through His lifestyle and through His actions, Jesus revealed that love is present in the world in which we live:  ...
Friday, February 22, 2013

Who Will Fill the Vacant Chair?

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This is not  St. Peter's chair. This is my chair .  It is never  infallible, ever. He who sits in it is assured of only two things: (...
Thursday, January 31, 2013

The Strength of a Woman

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"The moral and spiritual strength of a woman is joined to her awareness that  God entrusts the human being to her in a special way.  O...
Sunday, December 9, 2012

He Brought Only His Suffering

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This past July was the tenth anniversary of the canonization of Juan Diego. In 2002, I made the second of my three pilgrimages (thus far) ...
Monday, October 22, 2012

Blessed John Paul II

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How grateful I am for this feast day, which is now officially added to the Roman Rite calendars in the United States. The bishops requeste...