{"id":2597,"date":"2021-10-22T18:49:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T22:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=2597"},"modified":"2021-10-22T18:54:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T22:54:21","slug":"pope-st-john-paul-ii-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/pope-st-john-paul-ii-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope St John Paul II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2598\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/pope-st-john-paul-ii-2\/attachment\/oct24-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/oct24.jpg?fit=597%2C597&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"597,597\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;the Net&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1603638067&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"oct24\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/oct24.jpg?fit=597%2C597&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/oct24.jpg?resize=612%2C612&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2598\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/oct24.jpg?w=597&amp;ssl=1 597w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/oct24.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/oct24.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Have no fear. The outcome of the battle for Life is already decided, even though the struggle goes on.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>At this stage of history, the liberating message of the Gospel of Life has been put into your hands. And the mission of proclaiming it to the ends of the earth is now passing to your generation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Church needs your energies, your enthusiasm, your youthful ideals, in order to make the Gospel of Life penetrate the fabric of society, transforming people\u2019s hearts and the structures of society in order to create a civilization of true justice and love.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You young people now know that Life is more powerful than the forces of death; they know that the Truth is more powerful than darkness; that Love is stronger than death.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I would like to invite each of you to listen careful to God\u2019s voice in your heart. <\/strong><br><strong> Listen to his voice. Do not be afraid.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pope St John Paul II<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have no fear. The outcome of the battle for Life is already decided, even though the struggle goes on. At this stage of history, the liberating message of the Gospel of Life has been put into your hands. And the mission of proclaiming it to the ends of the earth is now passing to your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44,15,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saints-and-blesseds","category-spiritual-practices","category-spiritual-reflections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-FT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3950,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/pope-saint-john-paul-ii-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2597,"position":0},"title":"Pope Saint John Paul II","author":"monks4christ","date":"October 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Young pilgrims, Christ needs you to enlighten the world and to show it the \u201cpath to life\u201d ( Psalm 16 ) The challenge is to make the Church\u2019s \u201cyes\u201d to Life concrete and effective. 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