Posted on 09/16/2006 8:18:47 PM PDT by Pyro7480
Prayers from the Raccolta, 1957 edition, reprinted by Loreto Publications, 2004
Most holy Virgin and Mother, whose soul was pierced by a sword of sorrow in the Passion of thy divine Son, and who in His glorious Resurrection was filled with never-ending joy at His triumph; obtain for us who call upon thee, so to be partakers in the adversities of Holy Church and the sorrows of the Sovereign Pontiff, as to be found worthy to rejoice with them in the consolations for which we pray, in the charity and peace of the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
O invincible defender of Holy Church's freedom, Saint Gregory of great renown, by that firmness thou didst show in maintaining the Church's rights against all her enemies, stretch forth from heaven thy mighty arm, we beseech thee, to comfort her and defend her in the fearful battle she must ever wage with the powers of darkness. Do thou, in an especial manner, give strength in this dread conflict to the venerable Pontiff who has fallen heir not only to thy throne, but likewise to the fearlessness of thy mighty heart; obtain for him the joy of beholding his holy endeavours crowned by the triumph of the Church and the return of the lost sheep into the right path. Grant, finally, that all may understand how vain it is to strive against that faith which has always conquered and is destined always to conquer; "this is the victory which overcometh the world, our faith." This is the prayer that we raise to thee with one accord; and we are confident, that, after thou hast heard our prayers on earth, thou wilt one day call us to stand with thee in heaven, before the eternal High Priest, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth world without end. Amen.
V. Let us pray for our Pontiff, [Benedict XVI].
R. The Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make him to be blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies. (Roman Breviary)
Our Father, Hail Mary
O God, the Shepherd and Ruler of all Thy faithful people, mercifully look upon Thy servant [Benedict XVI], whom Thou hast chosen as the chief Shepherd to preside over Thy Church; grant him, we beseech Thee, so to edify, both by word and example, those over whom he hath charge, that he may attain unto everlasting life, together with the flock committed unto him. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Thanks to you all for these outstanding prayers. I'll print them out for regular use with my family!
Pyro, if you ask Religion Moderator, he/she will add "Devotion" to the thread title, and proceed to trounce anyone who tries to use the thread to debate denominational differences, and he will zat things like Post 79, from somebody who doesn't recognize that the MSM deliberately used Pope Benedict's extremely measured comments to provoke violence.
It's a stupid wolf who thinks someone is throwing stones at it when they aren't.
I, however, will join your suggestion to pray for Christians around the world (who, by the way, have been being killed by Muslims since long before the Pope's recent lecture).
Pater Noster, Ave Maria.
Deus, omnium fidelium pastor et rector, famulum tuum Benedictus, quem pastorem Ecclesiae tuae praeesse voluisti, propitius respice: da ei, quaesumus, verbo et exemplo, quibus praeest, proficere: ut ad vitam, una cum grege sibi credito, perveniat sempiternam. Per Christum, Dominum nostrum. Amen.
A very heart felt Amen to your post.
"Honest dialogue, sans violence" is not in the mohammedan playbook; their stock in trade is deceit and chaos. If there was ever any legitimate doubt, His Holiness' "invitation to dialogue" and the mohammedans' screeching response has ended such. Let us pray, among other things, that this episode wakes up the West before it's too late.
This thread has increased my faith.
God bless!
AMEN to that.
Prayers going up for the Holy Fathyer. Our Lady of Fatima, pray for him, protect him, protect our church, and protect us.
Amen.
Amen.
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Sorry. I made replies #93 and #95 off of my "My Comments" page, and just now read Tax-chick's post #81. I actually agree with her point. This isn't the right place for my opinions on how things have been handled.
Perhaps if the mods could just erase my sentence about the "wolves" the rest of my Post #79 would be okay. But I'll understand if they just delete all of 79, 93 and 95.
Might I suggest that if my interlocutors wish to continue the discussion we do so at
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1702516/posts
where I already have a few posts on the subject.
And, I guess, please leave this post intact, to steer the others to that thread. Thanks!
And even if my posts 79, 93 & 95 aren't deleted, please, everyone, reply to me on a different thread.
Praying for the safety of Pope Benedict, and also for the safety of all followers of Christ threatened by Islamic jihadist violence.
I cannot edit a post, so I will delete the three posts and send you a copy by Freepmail so you may rephrase and repost here or elsewhere.
Thank you.
That was a very polite thing to do.
I continue to pray. Thank you so much for posting this thread. My heart and prayers are with the Pope and all in the Christian church. This is a scary time, but also a time of clarity and strengthening. Thank you Lord. Please continue to guide and protect our Pope and all who surround him and spread the word of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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