tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012535.post752100563714773113..comments2023-08-13T08:12:29.272-04:00Comments on We Belong to the Lord: Ad Multos AnnosDominiSumushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02219325748138519802noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012535.post-62119081611154339192010-09-20T09:39:51.168-04:002010-09-20T09:39:51.168-04:00Thank you for sharing in such an honest manner you...Thank you for sharing in such an honest manner your change of heart regarding Joseph Ratzinger. <br /><br />As a former Protestant agnostic (in terms of the Divinity of Jesus Christ, not God)I knew absolutely nothing about him in 2005 when I watched the Requiem for JPII. I was completely neutral and have never heard of God's Rottweiler and the other (crap) media caricatures. However, Ratzinger stood out from the other cardinals that I saw on TV in one or two group scenes, before the Requiem Mass. It was not his white hair but something else, a gravitas, which I picked up in those fleeting moments. <br /><br />Then came the Requim Mass. When he concecrated the host and held it up (forgive my wobbly terminology!Elevated it?)in the most concentrated, quiet, still, undramatic manner, I looked at his face and realised that he had forgotten about the millions watching on TV and present before him. All that was a reality for that man was the host in his hands. <br />Out of the blue I clearly heard the following words in my mind: "This is all true."<br />Twenty years of doubt vanished in one second. Jesus Christ was not only true man, but also true God. The Incarnationational meta-narrative that has been slashed to pieces by all the liberal theologians I have read and all the hack pop-journalists was the truth all along. I have been duped and what's worse, I allowed it to happen.<br /><br />God has used Ratzinger to give me back my lost faith. This was 5 years ago. I entered the Catholic Church last year after having read between 35 and 40 of his books. There are more stories like mine.<br /><br />I am convinced that Benedict XVI is one of the very best Popes the Catholic Church has had in a very long time. I love him to pieces. He has saved my life. If a Pope's first priority should be to bring people to the Truth of the Gospel - and in my opinion this is what it should be - he gets full marks already.<br /><br />What a pity the media still does not allow the average reader and viewer to get to hear the message of this undoubtedly great intellect and, more important, great and faithful soul. We should NOT allow this to happen any longer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012535.post-16583450022828783742010-09-19T22:59:24.882-04:002010-09-19T22:59:24.882-04:00That was heart wrenching, but in the end, gratifyi...That was heart wrenching, but in the end, gratifying.<br /><br />At the same time you were screaming, "no" as His Holiness was announced as the successor of Peter, I was crying with joy.<br /><br />I am very happy that you have come to love him and even happier at the thought of how many others have come to love him as well.<br /><br />My sisters and brothers, we have been blessed with a very very special Priest as Pope. Our Lord is truly a generous and loving Father.<br /><br />How can we not feel but the deepest humility and gratitude, as we witness great men and women, Priests and Religious, being raised up by our loving Father to serve His children and His Church?<br /><br />What a great week this has been!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012535.post-17614264369493652052010-09-19T22:10:43.503-04:002010-09-19T22:10:43.503-04:00What amazes me when I look back at this experience...What amazes me when I look back at this experience was that everyone who I was listening to, the so-called experts, hadn't read his works. When I said that I didn't find anything disagreeable in them, they aaid the problem wasn't with what was said, but was with "what was meant". <br /><br />By the end of the first year of Pope Benedict's papacy, they had to abmit that the "what was meant" wasn't proving to be as they expected.DominiSumushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02219325748138519802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012535.post-65081717676842393722010-09-19T21:55:29.335-04:002010-09-19T21:55:29.335-04:00Beautiful post, beautiful :)
My convincing was at...Beautiful post, beautiful :)<br /><br />My convincing was at the requiem Mass for Pope John Paul II, the way he celebrated Mass drew me on my reversionJoe of St. Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506671882770822003noreply@blogger.com