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This is a treasury of selected passages from the addresses and writings of Pope John Paul II. This devotional offers the modern reader, engaged with various daily tasks, the opportunity to know and enter into the heart and mind of the leader of the Catholic Church. His concerns, as expressed in these passages, include such topics as "Sharing with Others", "To Be in Peace", "Consumer Society", "The Great Divine Trial", his near-assassination, "The Christian Family in the Modern World" and "The Physical and Moral Values of Sport". Through these pages of calm reflection, arranged according to the liturgical calendar for every day of the year, it is intended that readers will find a moment of peaceful repose from the occupations of life.