Random Musings by Kraft
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we have a pope!
That’s all we know! It’s on TV now!
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pope john paul ii: day nine of mourning
A reading from the treatise On the Prescription of Heretics by Tertullian, priest Please visit http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/novena.pdf for the text. Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon him. Lord, hear the prayers we offer for John Paul, your servant and priest. He faithfully fulfilled his ministry…
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pope john paul ii: when are the novendiales?
To clarify a point Hung brought up in the comment section: When are the novendiales? The novendiales, meaning novena, is a series of nine days of mourning for the dead. As I have been counting on this site, day 1 began last Sunday, the day after death. I will be mentioning this in detail as…
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pope john paul ii: day eight of mourning
A Reading from the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium (no. 23), as promulgated by the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council, first paragraph Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be… Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon him. Almighty and merciful God, eternal Shepherd of your people, listen to our…
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pope john paul ii: beatification?
I am a bit behind on updating this. With projects galore that all required time late this week and staying up all night to watch the funeral, I just haven’t updated. I’ll start playing catch-up as some very interesting things have happened. First, the Pope’s Last Will was published. Unlike a will to just describe…
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pope john paul ii: day seven of mourning
Matthew 10:1-4 Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be… Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon him. O God, from whom the just receive an unfailing reward, grant that your servant John Paul, our Pope, whom you made vicar of Peter and shepherd of your Church, may rejoice for ever in the…