Populous Praises Pope

Pilgrims hold banners
during a Mass on eve of Pope Benedict XVI’s 80th birthday,
in St Peter’s Square, April 15 , 2007, in Vatican City

Pope Benedict continues drawing huge crowds

Vatican, Apr. 17, 2007 (CWNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI continues to draw enormous crowds to the Vatican, official statistics show.

Nearly 3.4 million people have attended papal audiences or liturgical events at which the Pope presided during the 2nd year of his pontificate.

As the Holy Father nears the 2nd anniversary of his election on April 19, the prefecture of the pontifical household has released official figures for attendance at papal events during the past 12 months. The figures closely match the attendance statistics for the calendar year 2006, which showed total attendance of 3.2 million.

According to the Vatican’s official figures, just over 1 million people have attended the Pope’s regular Wednesday public audiences during the past year; another 1.46 have attended the Sunday Angelus audiences; 350,000 have been included in special group audiences; and over 536,000 have attended pontifical liturgies.

Pope Benedict’s popularity compares favorably with that of his predecessor. In last two full years of his reign, Pope John Paul II drew 2.6 million people to audiences and liturgical events in 2003, and 2.2 million in 2004.

Today’s mp3 Latin Lesson | 2.1 |

Traditional Latin Mass
Introit | Kyrie | Gloria

Thou art a priest forever

April 15, 1989

Tu es sacerdos in aeternum secundum ordinem Melchisedech
– Hebrews 5:6 Latin Vulgate

Jesus, I Trust in You

In 1931, Our Lord appeared to Saint Faustina Kowalska in a vision. She saw Jesus clothed in a white garment with His right hand raised in blessing. His left hand was touching His garment in the area of the heart, from where two large rays came forth, one red and the other pale. She gazed intently at the Lord in silence, her soul filled with awe, but also with great joy. Jesus said to her:

“Paint an image according to the pattern you see with the signature: Jesus, I trust in You … I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not perish. I also promise victory over [its] enemies already here on earth, especially at the hour of death. I Myself will defend it as My own glory”…”I am offering people a vessel with which they are to keep coming for graces to the fountain of mercy. That vessel is this image with the signature: ‘Jesus, I trust in You’ “

During the Mass of canonization of Saint Faustina on April 30, 2000, Pope John Paul II proclaimed:

“It is important then that we accept the whole message that comes to us from the word of God on this Second Sunday of Easter, which from now on throughout the Church, will be called Divine Mercy Sunday.”

The readings on that Sunday are always about mercy, trust and the forgiveness of sins. By the words “the whole message,” the Holy Father was referring to the strict connection between the “Easter Mystery of the Redemption” — the suffering, death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Christ, followed by the sending of the Holy Spirit — and this Feast of Divine Mercy, the Octave Day of Easter. This feast adds so much more meaning to the Easter celebrations. It was Jesus, Himself who asked for it to be celebrated on this particular Sunday following Easter.

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!

Buon Compleanno!

Wish His Holiness a Happy 80th Birthday.

Recall Notice

I received this email Holy Week.

The Maker of all human beings is recalling all units manufactured, regardless of make or year, due to a serious defect in the primary and central component of the heart.

This is due to a malfunction in the original prototype units code named Adam and Eve, resulting in the reproduction of the same defect in all subsequent units.

This defect has been technically termed “Subsequential Internal Non-Morality,” or more commonly known as S.I.N., as it is primarily expressed.

Some other symptoms include:

1. Loss of direction
2. Foul vocal emissions
3. Amnesia of origin
4. Lack of peace and joy
5. Selfish or violent behavior
6. Depression or confusion in the mental component
7. Fearfulness
8. Idolatry
9. Rebellion

The Manufacturer, who is neither liable nor at fault for this defect, is providing factory-authorized repair and service free of charge to correct this SIN defect. The Repair Technician, Jesus, has most generously offered to bear the entire burden of the staggering cost of these repairs. There is no additional fee required.

The number to call for repair in all areas is:

P-R-A-Y-E-R.

Once connected, please upload your burden of SIN through the REPENTANCE procedure. Next, download ATONEMENT from the Repair Technician, Jesus, into the heart component.

No matter how big or small the SIN defect is, Jesus will replace it with:

1. Love
2. Joy
3. Peace
4. Patience
5. Kindness
6. Goodness
7. Faithfulness
8. Gentleness
9. Self control

Please see the operating manual, the B.I.B.L.E. (Believers’ Instructions Before Leaving Earth) for further details on the use of these fixes.

WARNING: Continuing to operate the human being unit without correction voids any manufacturer warranties, exposing the unit to dangers and problems too numerous to list and will result in the human unit being permanently impounded.

DANGER: The human being units not responding to this recall action will have to be scrapped in the furnace. The SIN defect will not be permitted to enter Heaven so as to prevent contamination of that facility.

Thank you for your attention.
GOD

Please assist where possible by notifying others of this important recall notice, and you may contact the Father any time by “kneemail”.

Whether tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows

California or bust!

Heading to the old homestead for r & r.

Χριστός Ανέστη! Αληθώς Ανέστη!

Christ is Risen! Truly, He is Risen!

German – Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstanden!

Dutch – Christus is opgestaan! Hij is waarlijk opgestaan!

Danish – Kristus er opstanden! Sandelig Han er Opstanden!

Icelandic – Kristur er upprisinn! Hann er vissulega upprisinn!

Norwegian – Kristus er oppstanden! Han er sannelig oppstanden!

Swedish – Kristus är uppstånden! Ja, Han är verkligen uppstånden!

Latin – Christus resurrexit! Resurrexit vere!

Italian – Cristo è risorto! È veramente risorto!

Catalan – Crist ha ressuscitat! Veritablement ha ressuscitat!

French – Le Christ est ressuscité! Vraiment Il est ressuscité!

Portuguese – Cristo ressuscitou! Verdadeiramente ressuscitou!

Romanian – Hristos a înviat! Adevărat a înviat!

Spanish – Cristo ha resucitado! Verdaderamente, ha resucitado!

Church Slavonic – Christos Voskrese! Voistinu Voskrese!

Russian – Христос Воскресе! Воистину Воскресе!

Czech – Kristus Vstal A Mrtvych! Opravdi Vstoupil!

Slovak – Kristus vstal zmŕtvych! Skutočne vstal!

Polish – Chrystus Zmartwychwstał! Zaprawdę Zmartwychwstał!

Old Irish – Asréracht Críst! Asréracht Hé-som co dearb!

Irish – Tá Críost éirithe! Go deimhin, tá sé éirithe!

Breton – Dassoret eo Krist! E wirionez dassoret eo!

Welsh – Atgyfododd Crist! Yn wir atgyfododd!

Albanian (Tosk) – Krishti u ngjall! Vërtet u ngjall!

Armenian – Քրիստոս յարեաւ ի մեռելոց՜ Օրհնեալ է յայտնութիւնն Քրիստոսի՜

Greek – Χριστός Ανέστη! Αληθώς Ανέστη!

Turkish – Hristós diril-Dí! Hakíkatén diril-Dí!

Filipino (Tagalog) – Si Cristo ay nabuhay! Siya nga ay nabuhay!

Hawaiian – Ua ala hou ´o kristo! Ua ala ´i ´o no ´oia!

Basque – Cristo Berbistua! Benatan Berbistua!

Aleut – Kristus aq ungwektaq! Pichinuq ungwektaq!

Japanese – ハリストス復活！実に復活

Korean – Kristo Gesso! Buhar ha sho Nay!

Navajo – Christ daaztsáádéé’ náádiidzáá! T’áá aaníí, daaztsáádéé’ náádiidzáá!

Swahili – Kristo Amefufukka! Kweli Amefufukka!

Syriac – Meshiha qam! Bashrira qam!

Arabic – Al-Masih-Qam! Hakkan Qam!

Maltese – Kristu qam! Huwa qam tassew!

Hebrew (modern) – Ha Masheeha houh kam! A ken kam!

Mandarin – 基督復活了 他確實復活了

Finnish – Kristus nousi kuolleista! Totisesti nousi!

Hungarian – Krisztus feltámadt! Valóban feltámadt!

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