OCTOBER 22 is his FEAST DAY! Praise God for His GIFT to us!
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| 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005 Pope from 16 October 1978 - 2 April 2005 April 27, 2014 has been set for him to be made a saint! |
Blessed John Paul II said,
"We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has ever experienced. I do not think that the wide circle of the American Society, or the wide circle of the Christian Community realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-church, between the Gospel and the anti-gospel, between Christ and the antichrist. This confrontation lies within the plans of Divine Providence. It is, therefore, in God's Plan, and it must be a trial which the Church must take up, and face courageously...
"We must prepare ourselves to suffer great trials before long, such as will demand of us a disposition to give up even life and a total dedication to Christ and for Christ. With your and my prayers, it is possible to mitigate the coming tribulation, but it is no longer possible to avert it, because only thus can the Church be effectually renewed. How many times has the renewal of the Church sprung from the shedding of blood? This time, too, it will not be otherwise. We must be strong and prepared and trust in Christ and in his Holy Mother and be very, very assiduous in praying the holy rosary."
[As published in this month's Magnificat, page 308 - 9, PO Box 822, Yonkers, NY 10702.]
Love, Jeanne
