Saturday, June 25, 2011

What do you give the Pope?

The day Fr. Damian and Matt Lauer were at Pope Benedict's Wednesday audience, Matt gave the pope the crystal cat pictured above. In Vatican City you can walk for miles looking at gifts popes have received. So if you're giving the pope a gift, what do you give?

Part of the reason we ask the question is because the pope celebrates the 60th year of his priesthood on Wednesday. If you don't know what to give him, there is a suggestion:

In honor of his anniversary, the Vatican Congregation for Clergy suggested Catholic clergy and faithful be invited to participate in Eucharistic Adoration with the intention of praying for the sanctification of the clergy and for the gift of new and holy priestly vocations.

At St. Columbkille we suggest you stop by the Blessed Sacrament Chapel and spend one hour in prayer between Wednesday (his anniversary) and Friday (the World Day of Prayer for Priests.) Our parish youth will lead the Hour of Power Wednesday at 9 p.m., so you could come then.

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