Posted on 04/20/2005 7:03:28 AM PDT by ELS
Interesting. In the translation I posted, he does refer to himself in the third person singular. I wonder if the translator deliberately left out the royal we.
At the Missa pro eligendo, I noticed that Ratzinger's hands alone were properly folded palm-to-palm as he walked in procession. This is not mere pietism; this is part of what it means to love God with your whole body, since the joined hands are a symbol of perfect accord. I read it's the loathed Marini who popularised the sloppy, meaningless clasped hands posture (from the symbolic POV, they might as well have been walking with their hands in their pockets). I predict this bad habit will be less evident soon.
One of the transitional deacons I assist as MC at solemn high (trad) Mass has asked me to MC at his first Mass after his ordination in June. It'll be NO and mostly in English, because he just doesn't have the training or confidence to proceed in Latin. But I have high hopes for him, and yesterday ordered a Latin missal as a gift.
I see where EWTN's going to re-air B16's first papal mass tonight. I'm looking forward to it.
Every place where the translator put "I...my..." is rendered "Nostrum....noster, a, um..." in the Latin. For anyone with basic knowledge of Latin, that means "We...Our..."
Also, notice that "Nostrum" is capitalized.
One thing to beware of when watching the Mass - the music has some rather dissonant moments. Hopefully the Holy Father will take some action in that direction as well.
I understand he prefers to use "Sie" in German rather than the informal "due." He is very reserved.
Perhaps he will also be crowned with the tiara.
"You are Christ! You are Peter! It seems I am reliving this very Gospel scene; I, the Successor of Peter, repeat with trepidation the anxious words of the fisherman from Galilee and I listen again with intimate emotion to the reassuring promise of the divine Master. If the weight of the responsibility that now lies on my poor shoulders is enormous, the divine power on which I can count is surely immeasurable: 'You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church'. Electing me as the Bishop of Rome, the Lord wanted me as his Vicar, he wished me to be the 'rock' upon which everyone may rest with confidence. I ask him to make up for the poverty of my strength, that I may be a courageous and faithful pastor of His flock, always docile to the inspirations of His Spirit.
Sent chills down my spine.
Hey, I'm a quick study. Where do I apply?
You could pick that up from his body language yesterday. I'm a bit shy myself (no, really!) and I sympathise. After praying so hard to get this good man in this life sentence of a nightmare job, we should keep praying that God will sustain him. I feel so sorry for him.
Weren't ALL Papal masses always in Latin, including Cardinal Law's eulogy?
Do you still have Vatican connections in Rome?
After praying so hard to get this good man in this life sentence of a nightmare job, we should keep praying that God will sustain him.
Amen.
I am surprised at how emotional this sermon is! I am glad he feels the awesome responsibility that rests on his shoulders. I will remember our new Holy Father at Adoration next Monday.
It was not by chance that Our Lord chose a man like Peter to be the leader of the Apostles. Just to remind us that when we start to sink, as we" Peters "always do, He will be there to lend a hand.
Alright. But if my pastor starts preaching a sermon in Latin, I'm reaching for the Rosary Beads. (I figure that's less of a sin than reaching for the sports page).
He profited greatly from his years with a man as spirited as John Paul. Note all the personal references to the late Holy Father.
I do the same thing when I accidentally find myself at a Spanish mass. Ironically I know enough Latin to follow the Spanish text!
Not the ones I saw, except for the funeral and the Missa pro eligendo. Law's Mass was definitely in Italian.
And at graduations, two hour dance recitals (where the grandkids are on stage for two whole minutes), school band performances, there's pretty much endless opportunities when you're a grandparent...
Alas, no. My cousin passed away last September. It's a great blessing that he died here in Louisiana, surrounded by family and with no pain at all (he had cancer just about every place you can have it). A very peaceful and holy death. I miss him terribly (it was at our last dinner together that he told me Piero Marini was the most hated man in Rome), and fear his splendid apartment atop Sta. Maria Maggiore went to Cardinal Law.
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