Last rites declaration of Ioannes Paulus PP. II (Karol Wojtyla)
2nd April 2005
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hindered by illness in my family, and
also in my own person. It is probably much larger than you expected,
and, it may be, than you would have chosen. I thought that the
extraordinary nature of the thing, and the innumerable
misrepresentations which have gone abroad of it, many of which,
doubtless, have reached your ears, made it necessary that I should be
particular. But I would leave it entirely with your wisdom to make what
use of it you think best, to send a part of it to England, or all, or
none, if you think it not worthy; or otherwise to dispose of it as you
may think most for God's glory, and the interest of religion. If you are
pleased to send any thing to the Rev. Dr. Guyse, I should be glad to
have it signified to him, as my humble desire, that since he and the
congregation to which he preached, have been pleased to take so much
notice of us, as they have, that they would also think of us at the
throne of grace, and seek there for us, that God would not forsake us,
but enable us to bring forth fruit answerable to our profession, and our
mercies; and that our "light may so shine before