"Look at the light coming into the Church."
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What a grace it is for the Church and the world to have this Holy Pope declared Blessed on this Holy Day!
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“He rightly reclaimed for Christianity that impulse of hope which had in some sense faltered before Marxism and the ideology of progress. He restored to Christianity its true face as a religion of hope, to be lived in history in an ‘Advent’ spirit, in a personal and communitarian existence directed to Christ, the fullness of humanity and the fulfillment of all our longings for justice and peace.” - Benedict XVI
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Te Deum
We praise thee, O God: we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father everlasting.
To Thee all Angels cry aloud: the Heavens and all the powers therein.
To Thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Sabaoth;
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of Thy Glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles praise Thee.
The godly fellowship of the Prophets praise Thee.
The noble army of Martyrs praise Thee.
The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge Thee;
The Father of an infinite Majesty;
Thine honourable, true, and only Son;
Also the Holy Ghost: the Comforter.
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Sadly, there are those pundits and self-appointed experts who have set their mouths in heaven to dictate to the world (Ps. 73: 9) their pronouncements against Blessed John Paul II, his papacy and his legacy. Imagine attempting to separate his sanctity from his papacy - err, vocation performance.
