Cardinal Koch: Pope Benedict XVI taught us to seek face of God

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Quote of the day, 18 March: Benedict XVI

BENEDICT XVI
ON THE BEATIFICATION OF THE SERVANT OF GOD SISTER ELIA OF ST. CLEMENT

We, accepting the request of Our Brother Francesco Cacucci, Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, along with that of many other Brothers in the Episcopate and numerous faithful, and having received the judgment of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, by Our Apostolic Authority, grant that the Venerable Servant of God, Sister Elia of St. Clement, virgin of the Order of Discalced Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, who consecrated her contemplative life to Christ in loving service to the Church, shall henceforth be called Blessed.

Her feast may be celebrated in the designated places and according to the norms of law each year on May 29.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

Given at Rome, at Saint Peter’s, on March 14, 2006, in the first year of Our Pontificate.

BENEDICTUS PP. XVI

Apostolic Letter, 14 March 2006

Note: Blessed Elia of St. Clement was born in Bari, Italy, on January 17, 1901, the third daughter of Giuseppe Fracasso and Pasqua Cianci. She was baptized four days later by her uncle, Fr. Carlo Fracasso, and given the name Teodora.

In 1914, under the guidance of Fr. Pietro Fiorillo, O.P., her spiritual director, she entered the Dominican Third Order as a novice on April 20, 1914, taking the name Agnese. Despite her young age, she was granted a special dispensation to make her profession on May 14, 1915.

In 1917, her new confessor, Fr. Sergio Di Gioia, S.J., discerned that God was calling her to Carmel. She entered the Carmel of St. Joseph in Bari on April 8, 1920, and received the habit on November 24, 1920, taking the name Sister Elia of St. Clement. She made her first vows on December 4, 1921, and professed solemn vows on February 11, 1925.

Her short yet radiant life came to an end at noon on December 25, 1927, when she died of meningitis.

She was beatified on March 18, 2006, in a solemn ceremony. The Discalced Carmelite Order observes her optional memorial on May 29.

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Pope Benedict XVI honored Saint Nuno as a “hero and saint of Portugal” who trusted in God and placed his life at the service of the Gospel. #PopeBenedictXVI

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Know that the Lord has set apart the godly for himself; the Lord hears when I call to him.

Psalm 4:3

These words of the Responsorial Psalm express the secret of the life of Blessed Nuno of St. Mary, a hero and saint of Portugal. The 70 years of his life belong to the second half of the 14th century and the first half of the 15th, which saw this nation consolidate its independence from Castille and expand beyond the ocean, not without a special plan of God opening new routes that were to favour the transit of Christ’s Gospel to the ends of the earth.

St. Nuno felt he was an instrument of this lofty design and enrolled in the militia Christi, that is, in the service of witness that every Christian is called to bear in the world. He was characterized by an intense life of prayer and absolute trust in divine help. Although he was an excellent soldier and a great leader, he never permitted these personal talents to prevail over the supreme action that comes from God.

St. Nuno allowed no obstacle to come in the way of God’s action in his life, imitating Our Lady, to whom he was deeply devoted and to whom he publicly attributed his victories. At the end of his life, he retired to the Carmelite convent whose building he had commissioned.

I am glad to point this exemplary figure out to the whole Church particularly because he exercised his life of faith and prayer in contexts apparently unfavourable to it, as proof that in any situation, even military or in war time, it is possible to act and to put into practice the values and principles of Christian life, especially if they are placed at the service of the common good and the glory of God.

Pope Benedict XVI

Homily, Holy Mass for the Canonization of Nuno de Santa María (excerpts)
St. Peter’s Square, 26 April 2009

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Happy 17th anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI receiving a white 2GB iPod Nano from Vatican Radio staff!

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