AVVISO DELL’UFFICIO DELLE CELEBRAZIONI LITURGICHE
Mercoledì 13 febbraio 2013, alle ore 17, nella Basilica Vaticana, il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI celebrerà la Santa Messa con il rito di benedizione e di imposizione delle ceneri.
[Wednesday 13 February 2013, at 5:00 pm, in the Vatican Basilica, the Holy Father Benedict XVI will celebrate Holy Mass with the Rite of Benediction and the imposition of ashes.]
This doesn't sound too dramatic, until you remember that the tradition of the popes is to begin Ash Wednesday evening with a procession from Sant' Anselmo on the Aventine Hill to Santa Sabina, the first of the "Station Churches," for Mass and imposition of ashes. And in fact it was so announced, only a few days ago, on 29 January. So Pope Benedict is pulling away from the responsibilities of the Chair of Peter already, it seems...
On the same day as the Pope announced his retiring (stepping down) the Vatican was hit by lightening???? A sign?
ReplyDeleteAnd so our pontiff who took the name of the patriarch of monasticism will retire to a "hermitage" to pray for his church.
ReplyDeleteHe made his announcement, prophetically(?), on the World Day of Prayer for the Sick (aka, Our Lady of Lourdes)...
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