Behold Your Mother – A Day of Recollection

3900 Harewood Road Northeast,Washington DC 20017

02 October, 2021

Description

The Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy invite you to the Saint John Paul II National Shrine for a Day of Recollection. Come rediscover Mary in the life of Saint Faustina and in your life as the one to whom you can come to anytime with anything. The day includes two spiritual talks, Confession, Mass, Adoration, time for personal prayer, and an opportunity to have spiritual conversations with the Sisters. The Saint John Paul II National Shrine is a place of worship, religious formation, and cultural renewal to feed the minds and souls of its visitors. It is a place of pilgrimage with a first-class relic of St. John Paul II’s blood available for veneration. Through liturgy and prayer, art, cultural events, and religious celebrations, pilgrims can enter into our patron’s deep love for God and for man. A major permanent exhibit highlights significant events in the life of Pope John Paul II and his momentous influence as the spiritual father of one billion Catholics and as a world leader. From its conception, the Shrine was intended as a response to St. John Paul II’s call for a “new evangelization,” which was repeated by Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. It is meant to be a place of genuine encounter with God that leads to a renewal of individuals, families, societies, and cultures — a place where God, who “entered history” (John Paul II, Homily, Dec. 24, 1999), heals and renews every dimension of human life. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops designated the Shrine a national shrine on March 14, 2014.