Try to enter the narrow way...

Abba Matoes said that three old men went to Abba Paphnutius, who was called Cephalus, to ask a word from him. The old man said to them, 'What do you want me to say to you? A spiritual word, or a bodily word?' They said, 'A spiritual word.' The old man said to them, 'Go, and choose trials rather than stillness, shame rather than glory, and to give rather than to receive.' - Abba Matoes

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Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Program for the Beatification of John Paul II Announced.



On Tuesday the Vatican released the program for the beatification of John Paul II.  The Holy Father will be beatified Divine Mercy Sunday, May 1.  I'm very much looking forward to the event and want to spiritually prepare in some way.  The Holy Father's coffin will be transferred upstairs and placed before the Altar of Confession in the Basilica for the ceremony, and later placed in its new space in the Chapel of St. Sebastian in the Basilica.
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Link to Vatican Information Service for more details.
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Art:  The best icon I've seen of John Paul II, by local iconographer, Nicholas Markell.
Posted by Terry Nelson at 12:01 AM
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