AP - Fri Apr 6, 5:13 PM ET Pope Benedict XVI carries a wooden cross, during the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession celebrated by the pontiff on Good Friday at the ancient Colosseum in Rome, Friday, April 6, 2007. The evening Via Crucis procession at the ancient Colosseum amphitheater is a Rome tradition that draws a large crowd of faithful, including many of the pilgrims who flock to the Italian capital for Holy Week ceremonies before Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Maurizio Brambatti, Pool)
1 posted on
04/06/2007 6:46:58 PM PDT by
NYer
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He asked the faithful to "pray for all those who suffer in the world" and said that the "worst sin is insensitivity and hardness of heart." A message worth pondering in our personal lives. May God continue to bless this humble servant!
2 posted on
04/06/2007 6:52:52 PM PDT by
NYer
("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
To: NYer
When I visited Rome in 1999, I arrived on Good Friday. My Dad and I decided to head to the Coliseum to see the Stations of the Cross. It was incredible. First walking through the Circus Maximus and approaching the Arch of Constantine is awesome, when you realize all the history. Then you crest the hill and there it is. Quite beautiful, quite intense.
To: NYer
” said that the “worst sin is insensitivity and hardness of heart.”
Really? Worse than child rape and murder? Worse than cannibalism? Worse than genocide? Worse than starting a bloody war for personal aggrandizement and enrichment, as Saddam did at least twice?
The “worst” sin? Really?
I can’t believe he said that. Matter of fact, I don’t think I will believe it until I see it reliably corroborated.
7 posted on
04/07/2007 6:44:30 AM PDT by
dsc
(There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men. Edmund Burke)
To: NYer
We are entering a new age of martyrdom.
The west hasn’t experienced it yet but the near East and the far East has.
I pray for strength.
12 posted on
04/07/2007 8:54:32 AM PDT by
TASMANIANRED
(Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
To: NYer
Italian Bible scholar Monsignor Gianfranco Ravasi of Milan had the responsibility this year of penning meditations on Biblical passages accompanying each of the 14 Stations of the Cross. The English translation ws quite eloquent, and VERY well-read by a Priest-narrator. Have you found a copy?
14 posted on
04/07/2007 9:29:40 AM PDT by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: NYer
i was at the seminary of the fraternity of saint peter in southern germany for good friday. :-D
very cool place, with very cool liturgy - About 4.5hours of gregorian chanting, traditional liturgy etc!!!
16 posted on
04/08/2007 10:20:47 AM PDT by
rogernz
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