Missed It

[CountrySteve21]

Can't believed I missed the beatification of Pope Paul VI  :pope2:

 

 

Pope Paul VI Ora pro nobis 

 

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[Spem in alium]

I love him. I saw his beatification and only about half of the Holy Mass, but it was a beautiful thing to see. I loved also what Pope Francis said about him in his homily. The words he quoted from Pope Paul VI's personal notes have stayed with me since then.

 

 

 

When we look to this great Pope, this courageous Christian, this tireless apostle, we cannot but say in the sight of God a word as simple as it is heartfelt and important: thanks! Thanks! Thank you, our dear and beloved Pope Paul VI! Thank you for your humble and prophetic witness of love for Christ and his Church! 
In his personal notes, the great helmsman of the Council wrote, at the conclusion of its final session: “Perhaps the Lord has called me and preserved me for this service not because I am particularly fit for it, or so that I can govern and rescue the Church from her present difficulties, but so that I can suffer something for the Church, and in that way it will be clear that he, and no other, is her guide and Savior.” 
In this humility the grandeur of Blessed Paul VI shines forth: before the advent of a secularized and hostile society, he could hold fast, with farsightedness and wisdom – and at times alone – to the helm of the barque of Peter, while never losing his joy and his trust in the Lord.

 

Blessed Paul VI, pray for us! 

[BarbTherese]

Exquisitely beautiful words from Pope Francis for a fellow Pope we witnessed very publicly suffer deeply.  This I think made many of us reflect on suffering and it's value.

 â€œPerhaps the Lord has called me and preserved me for this service not because I am particularly fit for it, or so that I can govern and rescue the Church from her present difficulties, but so that I can suffer something for the Church, and in that way it will be clear that he, and no other, is her guide and Savior.” 

 

 

[PhuturePriest]

If Pope Paul VI is canonized before Pope Pius XII, I will be an incredibly unhappy person.

[Spem in alium]

Exquisitely beautiful words from Pope Francis for a fellow Pope we witnessed very publicly suffer deeply.  This I think made many of us reflect on suffering and it's value.

 

Definitely agree. It is such a powerful message.