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   incarnation of Polish patriotism and Catholicism.   
      
   Today Soviet Russia has fallen, as Tsarist Russia fell. There are   
   better prospects than ever before that both Lithuania and Poland will   
   be able to achieve their ancient dream, a solid and permanent freedom.   
   Pope John Paul II rightly saw in this canonization a symbolization of   
   the sort of independence he would like to see realized in eastern   
   Europe--one based on a Christian respect for the rights of every   
   person, every conscience and every nation.   
      
   Attending the canonization rite were delegations from the Carmelite   
   Order, from Russia, Byelorussa, Ukraine, and especially from Poland   
   and Lithuania, with their cardinals and bishops. And in the places of   
   honor knelt Lech Walesa, president of liberated Poland, and Vytautas   
   Landsbergis, president of the Supreme Council of the Lithuanian   
   Republic.   
      
   Proud to do honor to this new saint who was both Pole and Lithuanian,   
   and who reached out towards the Eastern Churches as well, they must   
   have responded warmly when the pope cried out: “Rejoice, O Mother   
   Poland … Rejoice, O Mother of God, Mother of the Church, Mother of all   
   peoples!”   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a   
   reason for your hope, but do it with gentleness and reverence, keeping   
   your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who   
   defame your good conduct in Christ may themselves be put to shame.   
   --Saint Peter the Apostle   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man   
   give us his flesh to eat?”[a] (John 6:52)  RSVCE   
      
      
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   Prayer to the Holy Spirit   
      
   O Holy Spirit, Soul of my soul, I adore You. Enlighten, guide,   
   strengthen and console me. Tell me what I ought to do and command me   
   to do it. I promise to be submissive in everything that You permit to   
   happen to me, only show me what is Your will.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)