Yes, I watched the video of the mass to se more than just still shots, his long chair ride down the looong ramp labyrinth, down ailse thru crowds and up onto staged "sanctuary" before the mass was completed, only mildly disruptive, and wonderful to see a sea of cell phones erupt.
Only watched to see how he was doing...a bit better than on leaving the hospital, voice still shot and weak, essentially still only lower arm motion, and minimal at that, and truly wondering what all went wrong before/during the hospital stay requiring such extensive efforts at rehab as for motor skills.
Deo gratias for the tremendous gift that God has given unto us in Pope Francis.
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I have never tired of the countless times during which my brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ have in humble, holy fashion, demonstrated love and respect for Pope Francis.
During such moments, we adhere to Pope Saint Pius X's exhortation to shower the Roman Pontiff with love and respect.
Pope Saint Pius X added:
"Therefore, when we love the Pope, there are no discussions regarding what he orders or demands, or up to what point obedience must go, and in what things he is to be obeyed; when we love the Pope, we do not say that he has not spoken clearly enough...we do not place his orders in doubt..."
"...we do not set above the authority of the Pope that of other persons, however learned, who dissent from the Pope, who, even though learned, are not holy, because whoever is holy cannot dissent from the Pope."
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Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for having raised Jorge Bergoglio to serve as my teacher/governor/sanctifier.
May our Majestic God continue to heal Pope Francis according to His will.
Father McDonald noted: "Pope Francis pays a visit to Saint Peter’s Square to be with the sick and suffering."
In that regard, Cardinal Pell had declared:
Catholic News Service:
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In a September 2021 interview streamed live and uploaded by the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Cardinal Pell had said Pope Francis has “a great gift of empathy and sympathy” and a great capacity to show closeness to people who are suffering and those who care for them.
Pope Francis: "I have much in common with you at this time of my life, dear brothers and sisters who are sick: the experience of illness, of weakness, of having to depend on others in so many things, and of needing their support.
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Excerpts:
"Sisters and brothers, we read these texts as we celebrate the Jubilee of the Sick and Health Care Workers. Illness is certainly one of the harshest and most difficult of life’s trials, when we experience in our own flesh our common human frailty.
"It can make us feel like the people in exile, or like the woman in the Gospel: deprived of hope for the future. Yet that is not the case. Even in these times, God does not leave us alone, and if we surrender our lives to him, precisely when our strength fails, we will be able to experience the consolation of his presence.
"By becoming man, he wanted to share our weakness in everything (cf. Phil 2:6-8). He knows what it is to suffer (cf. Is 53:3). Therefore, we can turn to him and entrust our pain to him, certain that we will encounter compassion, closeness and tenderness.
"But not only that. In his faithful love, the Lord invites us in turn to become “angels” for one another, messengers of his presence, to the point where the sickbed can become a “holy place” of salvation and redemption, both for the sick and for those who care for them.
Dear doctors, nurses and health care workers, in caring for your patients, especially the most vulnerable among them, the Lord constantly affords you an opportunity to renew your lives through gratitude, mercy, and hope (cf. Spes Non Confundit, 11).
"Allow the presence of the sick to enter your lives as a gift, to heal your hearts, to purify them of all that is not charity, and to warm them with the ardent and gentle fire of compassion.
"I have much in common with you at this time of my life, dear brothers and sisters who are sick: the experience of illness, of weakness, of having to depend on others in so many things, and of needing their support.
"The hospital room and the sickbed can also be places where we hear the voice of the Lord speak to us: “Behold, I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” (Is 43:19). In this way, we renew and strengthen our faith.
"Benedict XVI — who gave us a beautiful testimony of serenity in the time of his illness — wrote that, “the true measure of humanity is essentially determined in relationship to suffering” and that “a society unable to accept its suffering members... is a cruel and inhuman society” (Spe Salvi, 38).
"It is true: facing suffering together makes us more human, and the ability to share the pain of others is an important step forward in any journey of holiness.
"Dear friends, let us not exclude from our lives those who are frail, as at times, sadly, a certain mentality does today. Let us not banish suffering from our surroundings.
"On the contrary, let us turn it into an opportunity to grow together and to cultivate hope, thanks to the love that God first poured into our hearts (cf. Rom 5:5), the love that, above all things, remains forever (cf. 1 Cor 13:8-10, 13)."
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Yes, I watched the video of the mass to se more than just still shots, his long chair ride down the looong ramp labyrinth, down ailse thru crowds and up onto staged "sanctuary" before the mass was completed, only mildly disruptive, and wonderful to see a sea of cell phones erupt.
Only watched to see how he was doing...a bit better than on leaving the hospital, voice still shot and weak, essentially still only lower arm motion, and minimal at that, and truly wondering what all went wrong before/during the hospital stay requiring such extensive efforts at rehab as for motor skills.
Deo gratias for the tremendous gift that God has given unto us in Pope Francis.
=======
I have never tired of the countless times during which my brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ have in humble, holy fashion, demonstrated love and respect for Pope Francis.
During such moments, we adhere to Pope Saint Pius X's exhortation to shower the Roman Pontiff with love and respect.
Pope Saint Pius X added:
"Therefore, when we love the Pope, there are no discussions regarding what he orders or demands, or up to what point obedience must go, and in what things he is to be obeyed; when we love the Pope, we do not say that he has not spoken clearly enough...we do not place his orders in doubt..."
"...we do not set above the authority of the Pope that of other persons, however learned, who dissent from the Pope, who, even though learned, are not holy, because whoever is holy cannot dissent from the Pope."
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Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for having raised Jorge Bergoglio to serve as my teacher/governor/sanctifier.
May our Majestic God continue to heal Pope Francis according to His will.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
I'll be having a double stack of pancakes to go with all that syrup.
Lol!
Can't top Bob. Won't even try.
Father McDonald noted: "Pope Francis pays a visit to Saint Peter’s Square to be with the sick and suffering."
In that regard, Cardinal Pell had declared:
Catholic News Service:
=======
In a September 2021 interview streamed live and uploaded by the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Cardinal Pell had said Pope Francis has “a great gift of empathy and sympathy” and a great capacity to show closeness to people who are suffering and those who care for them.
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Pax.
Mark Thomas
JUBILEE OF THE SICK AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS
HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHER. READ BY H.E. MSGR. RINO FISICHELLA
6 April 2025
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2025/documents/20250406-omelia-giubileo-ammalati.html
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Pope Francis: "I have much in common with you at this time of my life, dear brothers and sisters who are sick: the experience of illness, of weakness, of having to depend on others in so many things, and of needing their support.
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Excerpts:
"Sisters and brothers, we read these texts as we celebrate the Jubilee of the Sick and Health Care Workers. Illness is certainly one of the harshest and most difficult of life’s trials, when we experience in our own flesh our common human frailty.
"It can make us feel like the people in exile, or like the woman in the Gospel: deprived of hope for the future. Yet that is not the case. Even in these times, God does not leave us alone, and if we surrender our lives to him, precisely when our strength fails, we will be able to experience the consolation of his presence.
"By becoming man, he wanted to share our weakness in everything (cf. Phil 2:6-8). He knows what it is to suffer (cf. Is 53:3). Therefore, we can turn to him and entrust our pain to him, certain that we will encounter compassion, closeness and tenderness.
"But not only that. In his faithful love, the Lord invites us in turn to become “angels” for one another, messengers of his presence, to the point where the sickbed can become a “holy place” of salvation and redemption, both for the sick and for those who care for them.
Dear doctors, nurses and health care workers, in caring for your patients, especially the most vulnerable among them, the Lord constantly affords you an opportunity to renew your lives through gratitude, mercy, and hope (cf. Spes Non Confundit, 11).
"Allow the presence of the sick to enter your lives as a gift, to heal your hearts, to purify them of all that is not charity, and to warm them with the ardent and gentle fire of compassion.
"I have much in common with you at this time of my life, dear brothers and sisters who are sick: the experience of illness, of weakness, of having to depend on others in so many things, and of needing their support.
"The hospital room and the sickbed can also be places where we hear the voice of the Lord speak to us: “Behold, I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” (Is 43:19). In this way, we renew and strengthen our faith.
"Benedict XVI — who gave us a beautiful testimony of serenity in the time of his illness — wrote that, “the true measure of humanity is essentially determined in relationship to suffering” and that “a society unable to accept its suffering members... is a cruel and inhuman society” (Spe Salvi, 38).
"It is true: facing suffering together makes us more human, and the ability to share the pain of others is an important step forward in any journey of holiness.
"Dear friends, let us not exclude from our lives those who are frail, as at times, sadly, a certain mentality does today. Let us not banish suffering from our surroundings.
"On the contrary, let us turn it into an opportunity to grow together and to cultivate hope, thanks to the love that God first poured into our hearts (cf. Rom 5:5), the love that, above all things, remains forever (cf. 1 Cor 13:8-10, 13)."
Pax.
Mark Thomas
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