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Habemus Papam! Accept our unconditional fidelity to you, our New Pastor. Count on our humble prayers and interior loyalty. May Mary protect you from the Evil One, POPE BENEDICT XVI!!!
The new Pope's first words to us: "After the great John Paul II, the cardinals elected me, a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord. I am consoled by the fact that the Lord can work and act even through insufficient instruments, and I especially entrust myself to your prayers. In the joy of the risen Lord, and trusting in his permanent help, we go forward. The Lord will help us, and Mary his most holy mother is on our side. Thank you." [1] Let us together pray this prayer for our new Pope:
Oremus
pro pontifice nostro Benedicto XVI, (Let us pray for our Pope Benedict XVI,) (Ps. 40(41):3) (Latin)
Dominus conservet eum et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum et emundet in
terra animam eius, et non tradat eum in manus inimici eius. (English) May the Lord protect him and give him life, may he make him great in the earth, and may he not surrender him over to the hands of his enemies.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be. Suggested reading: Pope Benedict XVI's first address to the Cardinals.
(from http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/index.htm, 11/14/2005.) |
He was
introduced to us in this way, by Cardinal Estevez: "Eminentissimum ac
Reverendissimum Dominum, Dominum Josephum Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem
Ratzinger qui sibi nomen imposuit Benedictum XVI." 
