Hail O Hail O Queen
Mother of God, Mother of me
Hail O Star of the Sea, Vessel of Peace
Hail O Virgin Bride
Beauty is yours, love is your life
Hail O Bringer of Light, Moon in the Sky
Hail O Hail O Queen
I see everyone giving Glory to God whenever something goes right. Rarely do I see people give Glory to Him when life gives us the run around. Remember to always give Him glory even through the rough times. As Christians, we are to pickup our Cross daily and follow Him!
Black smoke signalled the end of the first day of the conclave at 21:00, hours after the doors of the Sistine Chapel were closed with the words, "Extra omnes" or "Everyone out."
This means the conclave will continue tomorrow morning when the Cardinal electors will gather once more in the Chapel around 10:30am Rome time to cast their votes again for the election of the 267th Pope.
Yeah that’s crazy… if Jesus wanted women to be part of the first 12 disciples, His Mother would’ve lead them all. But that’s not what Jesus wanted. Women have a rightful role in the Church, just not as clergy.
Pope Francis was a holy man
You can criticize him all you want
But you can't deny it
Some of his decisions were imprudent
But holiness ≠ prudence
And even then, who am I to judge his decisions?
God gave me authority over my family, 4 people including myself
And I fail all the time
Francis was given authority over 1.4 billion Catholics
Responsibility for 2 billion Christians
And 8 billion souls worldwide
No one, not even a Cardinal, can comprehend the weight of that responsibility
Christ left a heavy burden for the head of His Church to bear
So we ought to pray for and support our next Pope whenever we can
Criticism may be warranted
But it only adds to his burden
Over these next several weeks as we await the election of the next Vicar of Christ, pray for the strength of that man
Repeat with Christ the words He said to the first Pope:
"When you return, strengthen your brothers"