pope john paul ii: day three of mourning

A reading from a sermon by St. Leo the Great, pope
Please visit http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/novena.pdf for the text.
Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.
And let perpetual light shine upon him.
God our Father
may your servant Pope John Paul II,
rejoice in the fellowship of the successors of Peter
whose office he shared in this life.
Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.