The Abdication of Pope Benedict can be seen on EWTN without the tripe and vitriol against the Catholic Church that would be seen on the MSM networks (hat tip MTC ). The EWTN website is exhaustive on this topic and should be visited be everyone.
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the angelis this sunday will be lacking.
il papa is greeting the cardinals.
i’ve already been to the icons, praying for them
May Benedict XVI have a restful retirement. May his successor, whoever he is, take the fight to the Mohammedans and liberals!
his holiness is leaving the vatican.
at 1345est the doors to the papal residence will be closed.
the swiss guards look great.
I’ll be attending Mass at noon to pray for Divine guidance for the Cardinals, the future of Holy Mother Church and the future of our nation. These are frightening times and we should all petition for Help in our respective ways.
I’m watching EWTN and the Pope just arrived at Castel Gandalfo.
All of St. Peter’s bells were ringing. The largest bell is named St. Andrew who is St. Peter’s brother. Interesting facts via EWTN.
Thanks for your prayers everyone.
During the meeting with the cardinals, Pope Benedict swore loyalty to his successor whomever that may be. Maybe a pope named Tim Dolan?
He just entered Castel Gandolfo and the streets are packed with people.
@ mtc:
that helicopter trip was a tour d’triumph for rome.
the footage was very symbolic.
he looks bad, i’m gonna guess either mets or chf.
his decision to abdicate speaks volumes about his wisdom.
they are cloistering il papa at 1345 est.
the doors close.
his holiness will then retire.
Here is a prayer for the Popes from the Enchiridion of Indulgences: let us pray for our Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI. May The Lord preserve him, and give him life, and bless him upon earth, and deliver him not to the will of his enemies.
Then say the Our Father and a Hail Mary.
Let us pray.
O God , Shepherd and Ruler,of all thy faithful people,look mercifully upon thy servant Benedict whom thou hast chosen as shepherd to preside over thy church. Grant him, we beseech thee, that by his word and example, he may edify those over whom he hath charge,so that together withe the flock committed to him, may he attain everlasting life. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
People
People who leave papal
Are the holiest people in the world…
He addressed the people from the main balcony overlooking the crowd. The streets were packed! He doesn’t look we’ll at all.
Oops I meant well.
@ buzzsawmonkey:
Very good!
@ mtc:
i have already talked with the icons this morning (first time in too long), fervently. the orthodox had a special prayer for his holiness and the cardinals on sunday. god grant them wisdom.
@ coldwarrior:
May they pick Timothy Dolan but I’ll settle for anybody.
mtc wrote:
jp2 and benedict are going to be a hard act to follow.
he choice that the conclave have now is, i dare say, as important as it was for jp2. can cardinal dolan fill the role?
mtc wrote:
we pray that there is no ‘settling’ . the orthodox pray for a warrior for christ in rome.
Pope Benedict worked closely with the Orthodox Church in Russia. He had met with Patriarch Kirill before he became the patriarch.
@ mtc:
unity and communion would be most excellent.
I was not raised a Catholic although my mother’s side of the family was.
I’d like I know what those of you who are think of Ann Barnhardt.
I’m curious because she does not have a very high opinion of Dolan, to put it mildly.
@ The Osprey:
never heard of her.
Pope Benedict brought back a lot of traditional vestments and liturgical practices. A lot of his vestments were ornate. Maybe the two can get together to fight against Muslim expansion and secularism.
@ The Osprey:
I’ve heard of her; very hard hitting.
Wow, noon mass was short; 30 minutes almost to the second- not a lot of pomp and circumstance on normal weekdays. Needless to say it was primarily in dedicated to the Holy Father and the wisdom of the Cardinals in picking a worthy successor.
The attendance was noticeably heavier than a normal weekday, a nice tribute to Benedict and recognition of the gravity of the impending decision.
@ MacDuff:
excellent.
@ mtc:
the disunion has to end.
coldwarrior wrote:
Many of the Cardinals were named by Benedict, and I’d assume that the rest by JPII. I think that’s solid reason for optimism.
Ann Barnhardt tears Cardinal Dolan a new one because he didn’t correct abuses at St. Francis Xavier church in NYC. It’s notorious for its gay masses.
BTW, Castel Gandolfo, where Benedict will be housed until April seems to be quite a lovely place with a rich history.
MacDuff wrote:
i pray at the icons for that.
@ MacDuff:
the doors close there in a few minutes. he becomes cloistered. a monk.
his mind, ora et labora.
EWTN is covering the closing of Castel Gandolfo’s doors now.
There are tons of people waiting for the doors to close.
here come the orders
One more minute!!
the halberds are hanged. the doors are closed.
They’re closed!
Viva il Papa!
Now we are all sedevacantists.
the interregnum begins
What a wonderfully simple yet powerful statement. Very moving, for reasons that are as impossible to explain as they are to deny.
MacDuff wrote:
it is a sad yet hopeful day
EWTN remarked that it’s so sad that we will never see him again. In my lifetime, I’ve never seen such a good man so badly treated. Fox’s website had an article saying that he never had a chance. He was vilely treated simply because he happened to be a German whose leader was Adolf Hitler. It didn’t help that some of the worst treatment came from within Catholicism itself. It should be remembered that while the Rev. Wright scandal was breaking, Pope Benedict said to us at the White House, “God bless America, I come as a friend.” But too many in the media treated the charlatan Wright better than Benedict who was a true leader and preacher.
coldwarrior wrote:
Yes you have.
She’s the pink AR-15 totin’, Koran baconizin’ and burnin’,Lindsey Graham excoriatin’, cattle brokerage operatin’ Colorado Joan of Arc.
The Osprey wrote:
does she handle snakes and speak in tongues?
mtc wrote:
There may be more going on than we really know. For one Saints are always treated very badly here in this world…and have to put up with the spiritual and human mistreatment. It is the cross of the Christian to bear.
@ coldwarrior:
No, she’s not a Pentecostal, she’s Catholic.
Militantly so.
The Osprey wrote:
In Spain, in 1936, she’d have been a Requete.
The Vatican said that the former Pope is doing well today.
Prayer for the election of a new Pope: O God, eternal shepherd, who govern your flock with unfailing care,grant in Your boundless fatherly love a pastor for your church who will please you by his holiness and to us show watchful care. Through our Lord Jesus Christ Your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever, Amen.