{"id":47982,"date":"2013-02-28T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=47982"},"modified":"2013-02-28T12:57:19","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T20:57:19","slug":"good-bye-papa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/good-bye-papa\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Bye, Papa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Benedictus vir, qui confidit in Domino, et erit Dominus fiducia eius. Et erit quasi lignum, quod transplantatur super aquas, quod ad humorem mittit radices suas: et non timebit, cum venerit \u00e6stus. Et erit folium eius viride, et in tempore siccitatis non erit sollicitum, nec aliquando de sinet facere fructum. <\/p>\n

(Jeremiah 17:7-8)<\/p>\n

\"Ad<\/a>

Ad Multos Annos!<\/p><\/div>In both the Ordinary and the Extraordinary Form<\/a> of the Roman Rite, freed by Pope Benedict XVI with his great Moto Proprio Summorum Pontificum<\/em><\/a>, this forms the middle part of the first reading for today’s Mass.<\/p>\n

H<\/span>ere is the English:<\/p>\n

Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose hope is the LORD. He is like a tree planted beside the waters that stretches out its roots to the stream: It fears not the heat when it comes, its leaves stay green; In the year of drought it shows no distress, but still bears fruit.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Rorate <\/a>for pointing this out. It is, as he says, an apt description Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n

Over these past weeks, we’ve seen many descriptions and reminisces of the reign of Pope Benedict XVI. I’ve linked to a few of them here. None of them really can do justice to this wonderful, brilliant, prayerful man. We were so blessed to have him as our shepherd for a while.<\/p>\n

His was a pontificate of many reforms – in liturgy, in Church governance, in episcopal appointments (and resignations<\/a>), in a deepening of faith – well begun but still in their infancy. Pope Benedict is right, of course, it will take a younger, stronger man to carry them forward and build on his great work to strengthen the body of Christ.<\/p>\n

Good bye, Holy Father. As you pray for us, know that we are praying for you.<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n

From today\u2019s Lauds (Morning Prayer), Psalm 79:<\/p>\n

Shepherd of Israel, listen \u2013
\nyou who take Joseph <\/strong>as your flock.
\nShine out before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh \u2013
\nyou who are enthroned upon the cherubim.
\nAwaken your power and come to us,
\ncome to us and save us.
\nBring us back, O God:
\nlet your face shine on us and we shall be saved.
\nLord God of hosts \u2013
\nhow long will your anger endure
\nagainst the prayers of your people?
\nYou have given us tears for our bread,
\nabundance of tears for us to drink.
\nYou have made us a mockery among our neighbours,
\nand our enemies laugh at us.
\nBring us back, O God of hosts:
\nlet your face shine on us and we shall be saved.
\nYou brought a vine out of Egypt;
\nplanted it, and drove out the nations.
\nYou cleared the ground all about it,
\nmade firm its roots; and it filled the land.
\nIts shade covered mountains,
\nits boughs shaded the cedars of God;
\nits leaves spread as far as the sea,
\nits shoots as far as the River.
\nSo why did you destroy its wall,
\nso that anyone could pluck its fruit,
\nwhoever was passing by?
\nThe wild boar of the forest broke it,
\nevery wild beast could graze off it.
\nTurn back, O God of hosts,
\nlook down from heaven and tend this vine.
\nProtect the vine, for your right hand planted it;
\nand the son of man, whom you made strong.
\nThe vine is burnt and dug up;
\nand they too will perish when they see you rebuke them.
\nStretch out your hand over your chosen one
\nover the son of man, whom you made strong \u2013
\nand we will not forsake you, and you will give us life;
\nand we will call on your name.
\nBring us back, Lord God of hosts:
\nlet your face shine on us and we shall be saved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Benedictus vir, qui confidit in Domino, et erit Dominus fiducia eius. Et erit quasi lignum, quod transplantatur super aquas, quod ad humorem mittit radices suas: et non timebit, cum venerit \u00e6stus. Et erit folium eius viride, et in tempore siccitatis non erit sollicitum, nec aliquando de sinet facere fructum. (Jeremiah 17:7-8) In both the Ordinary and the Extraordinary Form of […]<\/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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pope-benedict-xvi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-ctU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44390,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/abdication\/","url_meta":{"origin":47982,"position":0},"title":"Abdication","author":"Thom","date":"11 February 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear Brothers, I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. 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