{"id":44460,"date":"2013-02-11T19:54:16","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T03:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=44460"},"modified":"2013-02-11T13:58:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T21:58:27","slug":"some-of-the-better-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/some-of-the-better-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Some of the Better Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_44461\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?attachment_id=44461\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44461\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44461\" data-attachment-id=\"44461\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/some-of-the-better-stories\/lightning\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lightning.jpg?fit=600%2C345&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,345\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lightning\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;February 11, 18:59 &amp;#8211; Lightning strikes the dome of St. Peter during a thunderstorm in the day of the announcement of the resignation of Benedict XVI. A photographer ANSA, Alessandro Di Meo, has immortalized the event.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Source: http:\/\/www.ansa.it\/web\/notizie\/rubriche\/politica\/2013\/02\/11\/Benedetto-XVI-lascia-pontificato-Papa-dimette-28-febbraio_8225601.html?idPhoto=1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lightning.jpg?fit=600%2C345&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lightning.jpg?resize=600%2C345\" alt=\"February 11, 18:59 - Lightning strikes the dome of St. Peter during a thunderstorm in the day of the announcement of the resignation of Benedict XVI. A photographer ANSA, Alessandro Di Meo, has immortalized the event. Source: http:\/\/www.ansa.it\/web\/notizie\/rubriche\/politica\/2013\/02\/11\/Benedetto-XVI-lascia-pontificato-Papa-dimette-28-febbraio_8225601.html?idPhoto=1\" width=\"600\" height=\"345\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lightning.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lightning.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lightning.jpg?resize=240%2C138&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February 11, 18:59 &#8211; Lightning strikes the dome of St. Peter during a thunderstorm in the day of the announcement of the resignation of Benedict XVI. A photographer ANSA, Alessandro Di Meo, has immortalized the event.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ansa.it\/web\/notizie\/rubriche\/politica\/2013\/02\/11\/Benedetto-XVI-lascia-pontificato-Papa-dimette-28-febbraio_8225601.html?idPhoto=1\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TzAC5tGJ_Nk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2013\/02\/benedict-xvi-the-precedent-setting-pope.html\" target=\"_blank\">Benedict XVI the Precedent Setting Pope<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Now he surprises us again. Not for six hundred years has a pope stepped aside. He has done so quickly and unexpectedly. While his decision cannot have been sudden. The sudden effectiveness\u2013he will be gone within a few weeks\u2013is brilliant. There is scarcely time for the world\u2019s cardinals to book their plane tickets\u2013much less to be politicking and planning how to get the white soutane. (Rev. Dwight Longenecker)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crisismagazine.com\/2013\/the-reason-benedict-resigned\" target=\"_blank\">The Reason Benedict Resigned<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Benedict XVI has marked his pontificate by humility.  If anything, he has tried to depersonalized the use of authority, even that uniquely personal authority, the Petrine Office.  Yet we must always remember that the \u201cperson\u201d of the Papal ministry is St. Peter, who with his successors acts in the person of Christ.  The papacy is a lived authority and a living authority and one that must respond to the needs of the Age.  It is natural that we love the concrete that we know, and love the particular character of our popes.  And we must do our best to accept that like a humble and adored teacher, Benedict now forces on his students a hard lesson: that the teacher should never be the focus of our final attention and love. (William Fahey)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicworldreport.com\/Blog\/1964\/pope_benedicts_resignation_and_st_corbinians_bear.aspx#.URlebGf6aHa\" target=\"_blank\">Of Saint Corbinian&#8217;s Bear<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The bear with the pack, which replaced the horse or, more probably, St. Corbinian\u2019s mule, becoming, against his will, his pack animal, was that not, and is it not an image of what I should be and of what I am? (Cardinal Ratzinger)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlearchdiocese.org\/Assets\/News\/3469_Feb11B2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Statement of the Archdiocese of Seattle<\/a>: (PDF)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In these final days of his pontificate, we will pray for his health and offer thanks to God for his extraordinary ministry as Pope. And with Catholics around the world, we will pray to the Holy Spirit for the Cardinals who will soon elect his successor. (Archbishop Sartain)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/firstthoughts\/2013\/02\/11\/cardinal-dolan-on-benedicts-resignation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cardinal Dolan on Benedict\u2019s Resignation<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Those who met him, heard him speak and read his clear, profound writings found themselves moved and changed. In all he said and did he urged people everywhere to know and have a personal encounter with Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">T<\/span>he occasion of his resignation stands as an important moment in our lives as citizens of the world. Our experience impels us to thank God for the gift of Pope Benedict. Our hope impels us to pray that the College of Cardinals under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit choose a worthy successor to meet the challenges present in today\u2019s world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?attachment_id=44467\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44467\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44467\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/some-of-the-better-stories\/lor112pp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lor112pp.jpg?fit=1130%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1130,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lor112pp\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lor112pp.jpg?fit=723%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lor112pp.jpg?resize=456%2C645\" alt=\"lor112pp\" width=\"456\" height=\"645\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-44467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lor112pp.jpg?resize=723%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 723w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lor112pp.jpg?resize=105%2C150&amp;ssl=1 105w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lor112pp.jpg?resize=240%2C339&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lor112pp.jpg?w=1130&amp;ssl=1 1130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source) Benedict XVI the Precedent Setting Pope: Now he surprises us again. Not for six hundred years has a pope stepped aside. He has done so quickly and unexpectedly. While his decision cannot have been sudden. The sudden effectiveness\u2013he will be gone within a few weeks\u2013is brilliant. There is scarcely time for the world\u2019s cardinals to book their plane tickets\u2013much [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,41,7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archbishop-sartain","category-timothy-cardinal-dolan","category-history","category-pope-benedict-xvi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-bz6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46065,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/who-will-take-up-the-keys-of-peter\/","url_meta":{"origin":44460,"position":0},"title":"Who Will Take Up the Keys of Peter?","author":"Thom","date":"19 February 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Vatican Insider magazine online has produced a really great infographic on how a Pope is elected. It's well worth checking out. I'd also like to point you in the direction of two of the better essays out there on the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI. From Sandro Magister, we have\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Pope Benedict XVI&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Pope Benedict XVI","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/pope-benedict-xvi\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pope-Benedict-XVI-has-announced-that-he-is-to-resign-on-February-28th-2013-1706005.png.jpg?fit=615%2C408&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pope-Benedict-XVI-has-announced-that-he-is-to-resign-on-February-28th-2013-1706005.png.jpg?fit=615%2C408&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Pope-Benedict-XVI-has-announced-that-he-is-to-resign-on-February-28th-2013-1706005.png.jpg?fit=615%2C408&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":105375,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/happy-birthday-father-benedict-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":44460,"position":1},"title":"Happy Birthday, Father Benedict!","author":"Thom","date":"16 April 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"the 93rd birthday of Father Benedict, once Pope Benedict XVI. Happy birthday! Obviously, we don't know how history will judge the life and works of Pope Benedict XVI. As for me, I think that in a century or so, he will be enrolled amongst the Doctors of the Church. If\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Annual&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Annual","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/annual\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/RatzingerBeer.jpeg?fit=576%2C443&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/RatzingerBeer.jpeg?fit=576%2C443&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/RatzingerBeer.jpeg?fit=576%2C443&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":106371,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-saint-in-dantes-inferno\/","url_meta":{"origin":44460,"position":2},"title":"A Saint in Dante&#8217;s Inferno","author":"Thom","date":"19 May 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"is the feast of a most remarkable saint, Peter Celestine. Pietro Angelerio was born in the village of Sant'Angelo Limosano, in south-central Italy, in the year 1215. At age 17, he became a Benedictine monk. By the time he was in his thirties, his abbot had given him permission to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Annual&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Annual","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/annual\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bandc.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bandc.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bandc.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":107816,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-saint-in-dantes-inferno-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":44460,"position":3},"title":"A Saint in Dante&#8217;s Inferno","author":"Thom","date":"19 May 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"is the feast of a most remarkable saint, Peter Celestine. Pietro Angelerio was born in the village of Sant'Angelo Limosano, in south-central Italy, in the year 1215. At age 17, he became a Benedictine monk. By the time he was in his thirties, his abbot had given him permission to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Annual&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Annual","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/annual\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bandc.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bandc.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bandc.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":107046,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/saints-peter-and-paul-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":44460,"position":4},"title":"Saints Peter and Paul and Pilgrimage","author":"Thom","date":"29 June 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"the Church celebrates one of her most ancient feasts, commemorating the martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul. I prayed at the tombs of these apostles during our pilgrimage to Rome in 2005. Icon of Saints Peter and Paul Peter With the body of Saint John Paul II mere feet from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Annual&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Annual","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/annual\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/icon-with-saint-peter-and-saint-paul-4807.jpg?fit=815%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/icon-with-saint-peter-and-saint-paul-4807.jpg?fit=815%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/icon-with-saint-peter-and-saint-paul-4807.jpg?fit=815%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/icon-with-saint-peter-and-saint-paul-4807.jpg?fit=815%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":71245,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-prayer-for-benedict\/","url_meta":{"origin":44460,"position":5},"title":"A Prayer for Benedict","author":"Thom","date":"06 June 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning I saw the news video below about a German journalist's visit to Pope Emeritus Benedict. 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