Pope Pius XII blesses 4,000 US GI's 1944 historycomestolife on Aug 2, 2011 Pope on throne, through crowds. Blesses crowd of troops. Screenful faces of GI's. Pope sits down. Pope speaks, " It is a real …More
Pope Pius XII blesses 4,000 US GI's 1944
historycomestolife on Aug 2, 2011 Pope on throne, through crowds. Blesses crowd of troops. Screenful faces of GI's. Pope sits down. Pope speaks, " It is a real joy for us to welcome you all here to the very own house of the Eternal Father of the Christians. You know very well you have experience now of the dangers and uncertainties of life in the midst of war. Make one thing certain, that you always keep close to God." Pope carried out on throne.
historycomestolife on Aug 2, 2011 Pope on throne, through crowds. Blesses crowd of troops. Screenful faces of GI's. Pope sits down. Pope speaks, " It is a real joy for us to welcome you all here to the very own house of the Eternal Father of the Christians. You know very well you have experience now of the dangers and uncertainties of life in the midst of war. Make one thing certain, that you always keep close to God." Pope carried out on throne.
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he didn't say the 'Eternal Father' but rather the 'common father'; I think he wasn't referring to God, but rather he was referring to the pope, who is referred to by Paul VI as 'the father of all men'.
On the note of the Pope's message to the GIs though, 'in the midst of uncertainies, make one thing certain':
"For We know that if all the sorrows and calamities of these stormy times, by which …More
he didn't say the 'Eternal Father' but rather the 'common father'; I think he wasn't referring to God, but rather he was referring to the pope, who is referred to by Paul VI as 'the father of all men'.
On the note of the Pope's message to the GIs though, 'in the midst of uncertainies, make one thing certain':
"For We know that if all the sorrows and calamities of these stormy times, by which countless multitudes are being sorely tried, are accepted from God's hands with calm submission, they naturally lift souls above the passing things of earth those of heaven that abide forever, and arouse a certain secret thirst and intense desire for spiritual things. Thus, urged by the Holy Spirit, men are moved, and as it were, impelled to seek the kingdom of God with greater diligence; for the more they are detached from the vanities of this world and from inordinate love of temporal things, the more apt they will be to perceive the light of heavenly mysteries. But the vanity and emptiness of earthly things are more manifest today than perhaps at any other period, when Kingdoms and States are crumbling, when enormous quantities of goods and all kinds of wealth are being sunk in the depths of the sea, and cities, towns and fertile fields are strewn with massive ruins and defiled with the blood of brothers. " -Pius XII, Mystici Corporis Christi, 1943
God bless,
On the note of the Pope's message to the GIs though, 'in the midst of uncertainies, make one thing certain':
"For We know that if all the sorrows and calamities of these stormy times, by which countless multitudes are being sorely tried, are accepted from God's hands with calm submission, they naturally lift souls above the passing things of earth those of heaven that abide forever, and arouse a certain secret thirst and intense desire for spiritual things. Thus, urged by the Holy Spirit, men are moved, and as it were, impelled to seek the kingdom of God with greater diligence; for the more they are detached from the vanities of this world and from inordinate love of temporal things, the more apt they will be to perceive the light of heavenly mysteries. But the vanity and emptiness of earthly things are more manifest today than perhaps at any other period, when Kingdoms and States are crumbling, when enormous quantities of goods and all kinds of wealth are being sunk in the depths of the sea, and cities, towns and fertile fields are strewn with massive ruins and defiled with the blood of brothers. " -Pius XII, Mystici Corporis Christi, 1943
God bless,