Posted on 04/19/2014 6:48:06 PM PDT by Salvation
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Compiled from news services VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis baptized 10 people at the Easter Vigil at St. Peter Basilica here, asking them to bring their faith "to the ends of the Earth." He urged priests, bishops, cardinals and lay Catholics to remember when they first found their faith. "Do I remember it? Have I forgotten it? Look for it. You'll find it. The Lord is waiting." Trying to remember isn't an act of nostalgia but rather a way to bring the "fire" of faith "to all people, to the very ends of the Earth," he said. After his homily, Francis proceeded to baptize each of the 10, starting with Italian brothers Giorgio and Jacopo Capezzuoli, aged 8 and 10. "Do you want to be baptized?" he asked each one as he smiled. He asked the same of the adult converts, who hailed from Vietnam, Belarus, Senegal, Lebanon, Italy and France. It was the second late night for Francis after the long Good Friday Way of the Cross procession at Rome's Colosseum. Francis, 77, will get a few hours of rest before celebrating Easter Sunday Mass in the flower-strewn St. Peter's Square. He then has a week to prepare for the other major celebration of this year's Easter season: the April 27 canonizations of Pope John XXIII and John Paul II. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend. |
**The Gospel of Easter is very clear: we need to go back there, to see Jesus risen, and to become witnesses of his resurrection. This is not to go back in time; it is not a kind of nostalgia. It is returning to our first love, in order to receive the fire which Jesus has kindled in the world and to bring that fire to all people, to the very ends of the earth.**
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It’s not easy doing all that at age 77. Pope Francis needs our prayers.
Our pastor emeritus is 86. He’s been at every service this week and this evening he was beating time with the choir and smiling. What a blessing he is. He’ll be doing the 7:30 Mass tomorrow.
We welcomed 7 at our church last night.
Alleluia. Even one is outstanding.
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