Prayer Request - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

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At the end of the general audience of December 28, Pope Francis asked for a special prayer for his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

“I would like to ask all of you a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who in silence is sustaining the Church. Remember him, he is very ill; ask the Lord to console and sustain him in this witness of love for the Church until the end.”

Since Benedict’s retirement, he has dedicated his time to prayer for the Church, living in a monastery on the Vatican grounds.

At the end of the general audience of December 28, Pope Francis asked for a special prayer for his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.



All praise and glory is yours, 
Lord our God, 
for you have called us to serve you in love. 
Bless Pope Emeritus Benedict, 
so that he may bear this illness in union with your Son's obedient suffering. 
Restore him to health,
according to your will, 
and lead him to glory. 
We ask this through Christ our Lord.

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  1. Gadjo Dilo30 December 2022 at 09:38

    Praying for Benedict.

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  2. Cressida de Nova30 December 2022 at 14:29

    ...Please God restore his health and allow dear Pope Benedict to stay with us a while longer.

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  3. Happy Jack30 December 2022 at 15:18

    Oh Cressie, he deserves to hear those wonderful words: "Well done, good and faithful servant!"

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  4. Cressida de Nova31 December 2022 at 02:10

    I was hoping Santa would bring me a copy of "Joseph and Chico" for Christmas but I think I was put on the naughty list .
    In this beautifully illustrated book for children, Chico the cat describes the life of his "best friend," Pope Benedict, in this authorised biography of the Pope for young people approved by the Vatican
    . "Dear Children, here you will find a biography that is different than others because it is told by a cat and it is not every day a cat can consider the Holy Father his friend and sit down to write his life story," the Pope's personal secretary, Monsignor Georg Ganswein, says in the foreword. The Pope is known for his fondness of animals, especially cats, and Joseph and Chico is narrated by Chico, a real cat who took up with the Pope in his native Germany long before he became the Pope. Chico tells the story of the life of "my best friend" from his birth in Germany in 1927, through his days as a young man, priest, bishop and cardinal. With a colorful and sometimes amusing language, the author makes this funny cat tell us about the life of the young Joseph all the way up to his election as Pontiff on April 19, 2005. It recounts the Nazi era in Germany when the Pope was a teenager, calling the war years "one of the most dramatic and shameful times in the history of man." Later when he became Cardinal Ratzinger, Chico recounts how each time when the Cardinal returned to Germany from Rome for a vacation, the cat would run into his house and sit on his lap as he played the piano. The lavish color illustrations throughout make this a wonderful gift book and a cherished keepsake.

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  5. Cressida de Nova31 December 2022 at 10:56

    Sadly Pope Benedict has died today. May he rest in peace and the perpetual light shine upon him.He will be greatly missed by Catholics all over the world.

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