Posted on 04/19/2008 2:27:27 PM PDT by Pyro7480
Pope Benedict XVI has arrived on the stage at the youth rally at St. Joseph's Seminary at Yonkers, NY.
Catholic ping!
Kelly Clarkson? How did she slip in?
Those young men about to be ordained seem so sincere, devout, gives me hope for the future of the church
The Church needs good priests. We all need to redouble our prayers for priests, both those currently ordained and those who are called.
Amen.
Bread, rice and maize? More multiculturalism. What about tobacco, the original American crop?
The Church is universal, and therefore multicultural. There is nothing wrong with these symbolic gifts.
Just seems to me of all the things they could have said or done, bringing up a bunch of baskets of bread is not very original, nor was the theological symbolism properly explained by the speakers.
Well, not wanting to argue, but didn’t you hear the girl speak about Jesus being the Bread of Life?
Cardinal Tragillio (sp?) has passed away.
Cardinal Alfonse Lopez-Trujillo, requiescat in pace.
Now they are singing “America the Beautiful.” That’s really nice.
Thanks for posting, Pyro, I’m watching. It seems a very joyous event and it’s great to see so many seminarians. However...ahem...did you see the seminarians NOT singing ‘America the Beautiful?’ So many more seem to know ‘Pan de Vida.’ I’m sure the Holy Father requested ‘America the Beautiful,’ he seems to love this country very much.
LOL! Our pastor smokes like a chimney:)
DO you know how the 25,000 came to attend? Was it like the public Masses where each parish was given X tickets? I’m curious because I went to RC schools not that far from the seminary and wonder if some current students of the ole alma mater might be there.
That was great, and so was the cheer answering him!
It reminded me of: Be not afraid!
Me too!
Litany of Saints....now they are going to have me balling.
Litany of the Saints... I am in Heaven!!
Look at the big smile on his face. He seems invigorated by the youth.
The Great Cloud of Witnesses....
Not far from it my friend.
Just beautiful1 I have tears in my eyes. I am so proud of the young people I’ve seen there today.
LoL, advance! What I was getting at in my obtuse way is that there’s a great deal of emphasis on the Mexican and Latin cultures, frankly, and the Af-Americans; there’s always an effort to have a Mexican and a black person do readings or sing or whatever. America as a nation of immigrants, fine, this is OK, but let’s not forget another group, the Indians, or Native Americans. Many of them are still in unfortunate situations on reservations, and also the history of the Catholic church in USA and Alaska is very intertwined with the Indian peoples. It’s something we don’t hear much about, and it’s a very interesting history, full of stories of courage, and I was glad the young people did bring it out later in the list of saints.
Amen, glory to God. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Oh yeah...that woud have been great symbolism. The Pope telling our youth that tobacco is ok with him.
Its the power and mystery of the Mass, that makes it so hard to understand. The Litany of the Saints joins us in prayer with all those who walked by Faith before us and now are before the throne. The Mass, like the Litany of the Saints, unites us, outside of time and place, with the whole Church. We are on Golgotha at the time of the Crucifixion and we are at the Feast of the Lamb in the New Heavenly Jerusalem. That is the Power of the Tradition of the Church. It connects us wherever we are, with all those who are, all those who came before and all those who will come.
Talk about tears. What a beautiful moment each of these wonderful young people are having with him!
They’ll remember it all their lives.
What do those morons at FNC think they are DOING! He is the POPE, shut up when he is speaking!
My gosh, who is the singer? She is dreadful. Singing and pronunciation, simply terrible. Besides, this is not the Ave Maria! The Pope seems to have a puzzled look on his face, I can see why.
Ave Maria, how glorious!
It was Kelly Clarkson of American Idol fame. She didn’t have the range for that song, and her tone is too much pop singer.
Hmm, they did a good job on EWTN, only starting narrating again a couple of minutes ago.
That’s why I switched to EWTN.
Well, off to get some work done around here.
Oh, I see, a pop singer. What a shame, as there must be some young, Catholic coloratura sopranos with real talent in music schools in the USA or right in NYC who could have done this properly, beautifully, and with the RIGHT WORDS!
Yes, they will. I have people at my church telling and re-telling the time they saw Pope John Paul II, especially if they received Holy Communion from him.
Thanks - I will follow your example next time.
I couldn’t here the POPE, because some self-important talking heads on FNC thought their words were more important.
AAaaaaaaaarrrrrrgh!
(There, I vented.)
It must be a stressful life. We need to let them have some little minor “vices” after all!
I tried to get into the city to see Benedict at CUA but couldn't make it. Doesn't really matter though. I would only have been able to see him drive by. This trip is more about hearing what he has to say...he has been speaking directly to my heart this week. I love what he has had to say.
Patton, I believe you can get the transcript on EWTN’s website. The nice thing about this particular talk, the Holy Father was giving specific advice for the spiritual life. Prayer (personal and silent), Mass and Charity, and listening for God’s “particular vocation for you.” “Prayer is hope in action.” Maybe concepts easy to apply to real life!
It won’t be nice if he gets emphysema, of course. But, it is kind of funny the way you know unmistakeably when he is in the rectory.
By the way, Ray Arroyo sounded like he didn’t approve of Kelly Clarkson singing the Ave. I thought she toned down her pop inflections and I don’t hear most words anyway, so don’t know which words were wrong. :)
Thanks - my frustration was because I wanted hear his emphasis, and his pronunciation.
And, to tell you the truth, I found those FNC talking heads very offensive - It is a cultural thing, I suppose.
Oh, that’s beautiful. I loved this morning’s homily and his address to the seminarians just now. It’s all of one theme. Let us truly practice our faith, live our faith and bring others into the fold. I know I’m over-simplifying and he is saying it in ever-more elegant language.
Since we watched live, we received the blessing, right?
Fr. Neuhaus in his rather dry way just said something about “a great deal of variation in the music” and then repeated with emphasis, “a VERY GREAT deal...”
He didn’t point out Kelly by name, and I can’t fault the girl for trying, she’s obviously ignorant but seemed sincere, it should have been the organizers responsibility to find a suitable singer. She is not to blame, she did the best she could and maybe some of those misplaced breaths were due to nervousness.
Yes, and remember to cross yourself as the Holy Father gives the blessing, but if you forgot that it still applies.
Oh, I certainly did.
Thanks!
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