Novena to St. John Paul II

Day 7

10 min

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

Novena to St. John Paul II

Opening prayer:

Loving Father, who gave St. John Paul II to Your Church as a fearless witness to Christ, grant us through his intercession the courage to open wide the doors of our hearts to the Redeemer. Help us, like him, to belong entirely to Jesus through Mary. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 7: Forgiveness and peace

After surviving an assassin's bullet in 1981, John Paul II went to the prison to meet and forgive the man who had shot him. Before the watching world he turned violence into an occasion of mercy, sitting beside his attacker as a brother. He showed that mercy is stronger than vengeance and that peace begins not in treaties but in a reconciled heart, freed of bitterness by the grace of forgiveness.

O Saint John Paul II, who forgave the man who tried to take your life, obtain for me a heart free of resentment. Help me to forgive those who have wronged me as I have been forgiven, and to become a maker of peace in my home and in the world. Amen.

Today's intention:

For the grace to forgive those who have wronged us and to be peacemakers.

Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.

Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis,

sanctificétur nomen tuum.

Advéniat regnum tuum.

Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.

Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie,

et dimítte nobis débita nostra,

sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris.

Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem,

sed líbera nos a malo.

Amen.

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum.

Benedícta tu in muliéribus,

et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta María, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatóribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.

Amen.

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Closing prayer:

St. John Paul II, friend of the young and defender of life, you taught us that man cannot live without love. Obtain for us a heart wholly given to Christ, unwavering hope in His mercy, and the strength to proclaim the Gospel without fear. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.