{"id":71245,"date":"2013-06-06T08:09:38","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T15:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=71245"},"modified":"2013-06-06T08:15:16","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T15:15:16","slug":"a-prayer-for-benedict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-prayer-for-benedict\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for Benedict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"drop\">This morning I saw the news video below about a German journalist&#8217;s visit to Pope Emeritus Benedict. He has retired to the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mater_Ecclesiae\" target=\"_blank\">Mater Ecclesiae monastery<\/a> inside the Vatican, where he &#8220;lives like a monk&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NOEvW_b8OKQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">W<\/span>hen he abdicated, Pope Emeritus Benedict said that his primary job would be to pray for the Church &#8211; indeed, that&#8217;s why the monastery was established in the first place, as a place for those dedicated to praying for the Church.<\/p>\n<p>Given that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0049H9BYG\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B0049H9BYG&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=popesonparade-20\">Catholic ecclesiology<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=popesonparade-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B0049H9BYG\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> holds that all the baptized are her members, whether they know it (or want it) or not, the odds are good that Benedict is praying for <em>you<\/em>, right now.<\/p>\n<p>Won&#8217;t you spare a moment to pray for him, as well?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"drop\">O God, true shepherd of all the faithful,<br \/>\n\u2028look with kindness on Your servant Pope Benedict XVI,<br \/>\n\u2028whom You set as head and shepherd of Your Church.<\/p>\n<p>We give you thanks for Your grace at work in him<br \/>\n\u2028as he had led us by word and example:\u2028<br \/>\nin his teaching, in his prayer and in his great love.<\/p>\n<p>Grant him Your strength in frailty, comfort in sorrow,<br \/>\n\u2028and serenity amid the trials of this world;<br \/>\n\u2028and guide your Church, built on the rock of Peter,\u2028<br \/>\nwith the power of Your Spirit as we continue on the path<br \/>\nthat leads to You.<\/p>\n<p>Through Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/PapaBenedict.png?resize=653%2C461\" width=\"653\" height=\"461\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H_pIgRQxis8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I am simply a pilgrim that begins his last phase on this Earth.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to, with all my heart, my prayer and my reflection, with all the strength inside me, work for the common good and the good of the Church and humanity. I feel very supported by your sympathy. <\/p>\n<p>Let us move forward together, with the Lord, for the good of the Church and the world. Let us go forward with the Lord for the good of the Church and the world. Thank you. I now wholeheartedly impart my blessing.<\/p>\n<p>(Pope Benedict XVI, his last speech as Pope)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I saw the news video below about a German journalist&#8217;s visit to Pope Emeritus Benedict. He has retired to the Mater Ecclesiae monastery inside the Vatican, where he &#8220;lives like a monk&#8221;. When he abdicated, Pope Emeritus Benedict said that his primary job would be to pray for the Church &#8211; indeed, that&#8217;s why the monastery was established [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46068,"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":[6,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pope-benedict-xvi","category-pray"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"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","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-ix7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107417,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/pray\/","url_meta":{"origin":71245,"position":0},"title":"Pray","author":"Thom","date":"28 December 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Francis has asked us to pray for Pope Emeritus Benedict. \"I would like to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who in silence is supporting the Church. 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Yesterday, the two Popes - the Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis now gloriously reigning - met for lunch at Castel Gandolfo. They went to pray together in the private chapel there, and ...the Pope emeritus offered the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI meets with Pope Francis","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/popes.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/popes.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/popes.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/popes.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":107462,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/father-benedict-goes-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":71245,"position":2},"title":"Father Benedict Goes Home","author":"Thom","date":"31 December 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died at the age of 95. Already today there have been some wonderful stories and eulogies published about this holy man, who was a reformer, a theologian, a liturgist, and one of the great writers of the 20th century. 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