It's now the seventh anniversary of the Holy Father's election to the throne of St. Peter. As you can see from the photo above, this was not a popular result...
I heard a few reports (from the more liberal wing of the Church) that the Pope was so old, he couldn't possibly last long, he was just a "caretaker" until they could get a "better" candidate. Seven years on, I just want to say these words to the naysayers - "Summorum Pontificum, Universae Ecclesiae, corrected ICEL translation, Ordinariate and SSPX!"
Well, actually I also want to add "Hah! So there!"
Not that I'm being triumphalistic or anything...
But I do sincerely hope we get to sing a few verses of "God bless our Pope" after Benediction this evening.
If you didn't get a chance to share your memories before, do feel free to comment this time around!
God bless our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI... and ad multos annos!
3 comments:
"We didn't get our man elected" - or words to that effect! +++ Murphy-O'Connor. [Thank God.]
I often wonder about Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor - revealing what happened at the Conclave voting wide carries a penalty of excommunication which is, I believe, automatic!
Oh, well, CMOC will be out of it this year, won't he?
His blabbermouthing only heightened my conviction that the right man had been voted in.
What a great and radical pope Benedict has turned out to be.
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