Habemus Papam! We have a pope! Cardinal Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV!

May God watch over him and guide him as he shepherds our church.

#PopeLeoXIV #Pope #HolyFather #HabemusPapam #Pope #RobertPrevost

Quote of the day, 9 May: St. Raphael Kalinowski

Some of Saint Raphael’s talks are extant and in one he tells the story of the blind man who asked the Savior to restore his sight. His prayer was heard and he was cured as a reward for his faith.

Following the example of the blind man, a person should ask God for the gift of a living faith in the presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament on the altar, in the Church and in the person of the Holy Father, the Vicar of Christ on earth.

A person should be noted for devotion to the Church, and to the Pope as its head. Because we possess in the Church the precious treasure of faith, the grace of the sacraments, the example of the saints and all the means for salvation, we should show gratitude and devotion to the Pope.

So too should we pray for bishops and clergy, for the perseverance of the just and the conversion of sinners. To achieve this goal we need to avoid sin, and remember in prayer the goal we are aiming at.

Father Timothy Tierney, O.C.D.

Part Two, chap. 5, Juniorate for Carmelite Students in Wadowice

Tierney, T  2016,  Saint Raphael Kalinowski: Apprenticed to Sainthood in Siberia,  Balboa Press,  Bloomington, IN

Featured image: Saint Raphael of St. Joseph Kalinowski, edited from the photo taken 30 March 1897. Photo credit: Discalced Carmelites (Used by permission)

⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
Do I recognize Christ’s presence in the Eucharist, the Church, and the person of the Pope?
⬦ Join the conversation in the comments.

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One morning, as the world held its breath, even the birds fell silent.

Read more: https://stean.art/when-the-birds-fell-silent/

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#PopeFrancis #RIPPopeFrancis #RestInPeace #HolyFather #ThankYouFrancis

My heartfelt condolences on the #HolyFather's passing.
Very sad to hear this.
May his soul rest in peace.

#PopeFrancis dies aged 88, day after celebrating Easter: #Vatican
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/pope-francis-dies-aged-88-day-after-celebrating-easter-vatican-2712126-2025-04-21

[Mother Agnès writes:] We had brought her a bouquet of dahlias from outside; she gazed at them with pleasure, running her fingers ever so gently through the petals! After Father Denis’ First Mass, she asked to see his chalice, and because she was looking for a long time at the bottom of the cup, someone asked:

“Why are you looking so intently at the bottom of the chalice?”

Because my reflection is there; when I was Sacristan, I used to love doing this. I was happy to say to myself: My features are reflected in the place where the Blood of Jesus rested and where it will descend again. How many times, too, have I thought that at Rome, my face was reproduced in the eyes of the Holy Father.

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

Note: Canon Joseph-Pierre-Eugène-Marie Denis de Maroy was born on 20 March 1871 in Paris. He was a friend of the Guérin and La Néele families. During his seminary years, he visited with all four of the Martin daughters—Marie, Pauline, Céline, and Thérèse—in the monastery parlor. A Lisieux native, he wanted to be ordained in Lisieux, but his ordination took place in the diocesan see of Bayeux on 18 September 1897; his first Mass was at the Carmel of Lisieux on Sunday, 19 September 1897. In 1958, Father Denis said that for his first Mass at the monastery, Thérèse had roses given to him to adorn his chalice, after she had kissed them. He died in Lisieux on 29 December 1962.

Thérèse & Clarke, J 1977, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Her Last Conversations, Institute of Carmelite Studies, Washington DC.

Featured image: Photographer Father Lawrence Lew, O.P. captures this image of the consecration of the Mass. Image credit: Lawrence Lew, O.P. / Flickr (Some rights reserved)

https://carmelitequotes.blog/2024/09/18/tej-19sep97/

#BloodOfChrist #flowers #HolyFather #MotherAgnèsOfJesus #PaulineMartin #reflection #Rome #sacristan #StThérèseOfLisieux