Articles on this issue "prayer"
Here is a translation of the address John Paul II gave today at the general audience, which he dedicated to a reflection on Psalm 15(16). * * * 1. We have the opportunity to meditate, after …
read moreJohn Paul II says that listening to the Word of God is "the most important thing in our lives," and that vacation is a favorable time to rediscover the primacy of the interior life. The Pope …
read moreIn this month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Pope has designated June 18 a Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests. The geographic and historic center of the devotion to the Sacred …
read moreDuring the month of June, John Paul II will pray that baptize persons be missionaries of the love of God to every one they meet. This is illustrated in the general intention of the Apostleship …
read moreJohn Paul II called for the intensification of prayer for peace in the Middle East. It was the instruction he gave today during an audience granted to the participants in the general chapter …
read moreJohn Paul II repeated a prayer he recited in Warsaw years ago, when he had implored for the renewal of his then Communist-oppressed homeland. Months later, Archbishop Karol Wojtyla of Krakow …
read moreJohn Paul II again appealed for prayers for peace in the world, especially in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. The Pope made his appeal at the end of today's general audience in St. …
read moreHere is John Paul II's Message for the 2004 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, which will be held this Sunday. * * * MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II FOR THE 41st WORLD DAY OF PRAYER …
read moreJohn Paul II chose the month of May to pray that the conjugal bond between a man and a woman may be recognized by all as the fundamental cell of society. Every month, the Pope chooses two …
read moreJohn Paul II proposes two ways to foment vocations to the consecrated life: the prayer of the whole Church and the witness of consecrated persons themselves. The Pope made these suggestions in …
read moreThe Croatian Archdiocese of Split-Makarska, one of the oldest in the world, will prepare for its 1,700th anniversary with a novena. Events to mark the anniversary culminate on May 7, the day …
read moreJohn Paul II encouraged 210 young people from France to discover Christ in prayer and in the Gospel. The youths from the Archdiocese of Rouen are in Rome to participate in a week of spiritual …
read moreThanks to Internet, it is now possible to send prayer intentions to Lourdes. The newly renovated Web page of the Marian shrine offers this opportunity at www.lourdes-france.com. "The new …
read moreThe Vatican has approved the election of St. Thérèse of Lisieux as second patron of the Apostleship of Prayer. In a decree dated March 6, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments …
read moreHere are the meditations of the Stations of the Cross at which John Paul II presided on Good Friday in the Colosseum. They were written by Father André Louf, a Belgian Trappist. * * * FIRST …
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