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May God Bless Pope Benedict XVI

May God Bless Pope Benedict XVI

We thank God for Pope Benedict XVI’s seventy-seven years of priesthood, including his decades as a bishop and cardinal, and finally, his reign as Pope from 2005 to 2013.

We raise our prayers for his soul and for all those who mourn his passing. His influence as shepherd, teacher, and Vicar of Christ will be forever remembered in the history of the Church.

We thank Pope Benedict for his clear teaching on the life of Christ and the power of the gospel found in his three-volume work, Jesus of Nazareth, released during his pontificate. We are especially grateful for his dynamic encyclical messages of Hope and Love and writings about how “Charity is at the heart of the Church’s social doctrine.”

For Pope Benedict, as a theological scholar with many dozens of books to his credit, perhaps the most significant project he undertook for the ongoing life of the Church, both for clergy and laity, was the massive updating and publishing worldwide of the Catechism of the Catholic Church in his role as President of the Commission to draft it from 1986 to 1992, under Pope John Paul II. The Catechism took six years to craft in consultation with bishops around the world. It has been published in numerous languages.

You can read a short bio about his life and ministry here.

For children, you can find a coloring page featuring Pope Benedict XVI here.

We join the world in prayer for Pope Benedict XVI who has gone to his eternal reward:

Almighty ever-living God, 
who made Pope Benedict XVI
a wise teacher of your people,

a gentle shepherd of your flock,
and a faithful pastor of your Church,

grant in your kindness
that your humble servant,

who in this life believed in you and loved you,
may now receive your mercy
and rejoice in your presence
for ever in the glory of the Saints.

Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Image credit: CPP/CIRIC
Prayer credit: USCCB.org

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