October 22, 2020, Memorial of St. John Paul II, Holy Rosary (Luminous Mysteries)

[Comment: Testimony of Holiness]

Friends of the Rosary,

Today is the Memorial Day of St John Paul II. The beloved and charismatic Polish Pope exercised his ministry with a tireless missionary spirit and showed an extraordinary testimony of holiness.

He is most remembered for his role in the fall of communism, along with his love for families and young people, and his world travels.

On May 13, 1981, an attempt was made on his life in Saint Peter's Square. Saved by the hand of the Virgin Mary, following a lengthy stay in the hospital, he forgave the attempted assassin.

Karol Jozef Wojtyla died in 2005 in Rome and was canonized in 2014.

He instituted through the encyclical Rosarium Virginis Mariae the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary which we pray today.

He said about the Rosary, his favorite prayer: "To pray the Rosary is to hand over our burdens to the combined merciful hearts of Christ and His Mother".

[Written by Mikel A | The Rosary Network, New York]     


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For following the example of holiness of St John Paul II.

For defending the Catholic doctrine regarding the sanctity of marriage, as it is formulated in the Catechism and the Sacred Scriptures, and as it was expressed by the last Pope who was canonized, St John Paul II.

For the end of the Covid pandemic and economic downturn, not in our desired time, but in Jesus’ and Mary’s time.

St. John Paul II pray for us!

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