POPE LEO HAS SOME IMPROMPTU REMARKS BEFORE HIS HOLINESS’ FIRST CANONIZATION MASS AND I POST THE VIDEO OFTHE POPE’S FIRST CANONIZATION MASS…

 Let us thank God that Pope Leo did not give this message at the beginning of Mass after the greeting which so many gosh darn bishops and priests do today—breaking completely and uselessly the ethos of prayer beginning with the Entrance chant, continuing with the “Sign of the Cross” and liturgical greeting. 

Please, please, please, gosh darn bishops and priests, if you have a compulsion to be chatty at Mass, particularly by damaging the ethos of prayer, by interrupting it after the liturgical greeting and before the Penitential Act, and in the most inane, chatty and distracting way, including secular good mornings, how are you and I am glad you're here, DON’T DO IT! I BEG OF YOU—IF YOU MUST, FOLLOW POPE LEO’S EXAMPLE OF DOING SO BEFORE THE MASS BEGINS AND NOT IN SACRED VESTMENTS, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND ALL THAT IS HOLY!

Pope Leo XIV Impromptu remarks before Holy Mass and the Rite of Canonization

Good morning, everyone!  Happy Sunday and welcome!  Thank you!

Brothers and sisters, today is a wonderful feast for all of Italy, for the whole Church, for the whole world!  Before beginning the solemn celebration of the Canonization, I wanted to greet you all and say a few words, because, while the celebration is very solemn, it is also a day of great joy!  I wished especially to greet the many young people who have come for this Holy Mass!  It is truly a blessing from the Lord to be here together with all of you who have come from different countries.  It is truly a gift of faith that we want to share.

After Holy Mass, if you can be patient for a little while, I hope to come and greet you in the Square.  So, if you are far away now, let us hope that we can at least greet each other afterwards.  I greet the families of the two Blesseds, soon to be Saints, the official Delegations, the many bishops and priests who have come.  Let us give all of them a round of applause; and thank you for being here, consecrated men and women, and Catholic Action!

Let us prepare ourselves prayerfully for this liturgical celebration, with open hearts, and truly desire to receive this grace from the Lord.  Let each of us also feel in our hearts what Pier Giorgio and Carlo experienced, namely this love for Jesus Christ, especially in the Eucharist, but also in the poor, in our brothers and sisters.  All of you, all of us too, are called to be Saints.  May God bless you!  Enjoy this celebration!  Thank you for being here!