In God’s Hands: The Spiritual Diaries of Pope St John Paul II

In God’s Hands: The Spiritual Diaries of Pope St John Paul II
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The spiritual diaries of Pope St John Paul II – published for the first time ever in English. The most intimate insight into the longest-serving pontiff of our time.Ten years after his death, the popularity and devotion towards John Paul II, the pope who helped bring down communism in his native Poland, the great statesman, and the most-travelledpope in history, remains as strong as ever.Since his early years as a priest in the 1960s, up until 2003, two years before his death, the pope kept a spiritual diary, recording his reflections on God, life, spirituality, theproblems facing the church – and his own struggles.Never intended for publication, these diaries were entrusted before his death to his personal secretary, who saw fit to have them published as they represent an unprecedented and important testament to the spirituality of this Christian leader, adored to this day by Catholics and non-Catholics alike.

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Source ISBN: 9780008101053

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Contents

Cover (#ub3c7449c-c52d-5555-a34b-84e1d55e1f18)

Title Page (#u6ba344e4-3d6c-52f9-96e9-4372fff3395e)

Copyright (#ud7d3f048-2733-5587-bca6-5d41f7e17eac)

Introduction by the Archbishop of Cardiff, George Stack (#u690214a5-b036-5d59-b17c-88015f9f2e2e)

Introduction to the Polish Edition (#ue39e8507-aec1-55c1-a87d-4cae0822cb37)

Preface by the Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków, Stanisław Cardinal Dziwisz (#u7511847f-dce9-5c74-9c41-b7d572a5861f)

The Secret of Father Karol Wojtyła – Pope John Paul II’s Spiritual Notes (#ub41646f4-ee3a-5e82-961a-3e1f618ba96f)

The Retreats (#ua40406b4-4250-5270-bbbc-689471946b88)

1962 (#u3b16524d-524b-531d-bbed-89387a6c206a)

1962 (#uc8fae0b0-a079-5a49-ae37-d9467b4edffb)

[31 October – 4 November] 1962 (#u2fa3c421-aac7-5033-b3fc-d7c1cc1acf24)

6–7 July 196? [probably 1963] (#uf56af10a-9a6f-51d5-b45a-266ffaeee746)

19–23 [August] 1963 (#u9623d7b4-1289-5e1e-9f39-18f5d9faf25d)

[5–8] March 1964 (#uba991c7d-b719-5007-a67c-1c2377a0de7b)

31 August – 3 September 1964 (#u2596cc89-b41a-58ce-a1fe-a03c64b0e4a6)

17–20 [August] 1965 (#uf69ae866-56ed-52f4-8bcc-a8f7b204759a)

[19]64 (65?) (#u931379a6-a19e-5f2d-8fa3-f4233be9a9e7)

31 October – 1 November 1966 (#ub27d9c4f-237b-5810-93f9-c241ece27628)

19–21 December 1966 (#u8f19b8dc-3642-5c64-bd92-9c18d9a388ff)

29 February 1968 (#u904ce43a-bfbc-51aa-b0e0-c2aa99ffb7b0)

11–14 September 1968 (#u22f16022-dbf7-5902-a7e6-50ddf0f43f82)

9–13 August 1969 (#uccbca14c-9048-50a4-93f2-9db915c52649)

4–7 November 1970 (#u9235e727-912c-530a-91a8-a31accc6d6e5)

1–5 September 1971 (#ub2b72c95-55cc-5d82-b184-acd845bbed0f)

5–6 July 1973 (#u706e3db3-b920-54f9-9bc5-b47afb45a740)

9–12 August 1973 (#u760aafa6-d895-53c8-9813-fb6b4b786ee2)

1974 (#uf76522c6-11f3-5591-939b-f42fb476682e)

[3–7 September] 1974, The Holy Year (#uf5e3e641-d069-5cb0-975d-e34afd748b14)

4–8 July 1975 (#ud184b759-daf9-5c2c-a04e-07b2a738a5ec)

21–26 September 1976 (#u5dea9d58-8bba-5051-9831-5eddf23cdf29)

5–9 July 1977 (#litres_trial_promo)