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| Knights of Columbus prayer for spiritual pilgrimage |
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ROME: The Vatican's secretary of state on Sunday asked the faithful to pray for Pope Benedict XVI's pilgrimage later this month to Turkey, a predominantly Muslim country where anger lingers over the pontiff's remarks linking Islam and violence, Italian news agencies reported.
Keep in mind that the important detail of this journey to Turkey is a pilgrimage.
Here is the prayer for those of us who make this spiritual pilgrimage with him:
Heavenly Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name, we humbly ask that you sustain, inspire, and protect your servant, Pope Benedict XVI, as he goes on pilgrimage to Turkey – a land to which St. Paul brought the Gospel of your Son; a land where once the Mother of your Son, the Seat of Wisdom, dwelt; a land where faith in your Son’s true divinity was definitively professed. Bless our Holy Father, who comes as a messenger of truth and love to all people of faith and good will dwelling in this land so rich in history. In the power of the Holy Spirit, may this visit of the Holy Father bring about deeper ties of understanding, cooperation, and peace among Roman Catholics, the Orthodox, and those who profess Islam. May the prayers and events of these historic days greatly contribute both to greater accord among those who worship you, the living and true God, and also to peace in our world so often torn apart by war and sectarian violence.
We also ask, O Heavenly Father, that you watch over and protect Pope Benedict and entrust him to the loving care of Mary, under the title of Our Lady of Fatima, a title cherished both by Catholics and Muslims. Through her prayers and maternal love, may Pope Benedict be kept safe from all harm as he prays, bears witness to the Gospel, and invites all peoples to a dialogue of faith, reason, and love. We make our prayer through Christ, our Lord. Amen. |
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Posted by Alma Tuesday, November 28, 2006 (16:57:59) |
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| Sacred Music Opens Hearts to God, Says Pontiff |
"VATICAN CITY, NOV. 19, 2006 (http://www.Zenit.org).- Sacred art and music help man to open his heart to God, says Benedict XVI.
This was the message the Pope gave to the organizers and musicians of the fifth international festival Pro Musica e Arte Sacra, which ended today in St. Peter's Basilica with Mozart's Coronation Mass, K. 317.
The Mass was presided over by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra resounded the Austrian composer's notes, under the direction of Leopold Hager.
Later, at the midday Angelus in St. Peter's Square, the Pope greeted the musicians to applaud the event and said: "The beauty and grandeur of the faith resound in spiritual music and sacred art."
He added: "Music and art touch our senses and help us to open our spirit and heart to God and his Word."
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Posted by Ann Monday, September 18, 2006 (11:44:16) |
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“The just...planted in the house of the Lord,
will flourish...still bearing fruit when they are old,
still full of sap, still green,
to proclaim that the Lord is just.” (Psalm 92)
On the hope-tempered wave of grief, under the solemn weight of history they bear, 115 are gathered, equal votes, beseeching and discerning who among them will next bind and loose, feed the lambs, guide the journeying people of God. Who will fill the vacant seat? Among them, a humble laborer, content to labor in the peace of the shadows of the vineyard for the Master he loves, to study and speak the truth, as one enriching earth, that others may be free. But God, Hidden Mystery, ever-Gift,
has a Plan beyond our plans. He is calling this one from the heart of the vineyard into the eye of the world. |
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