Happy Thanksgiving 2012

May God forever bless you, dear Servant of God.

May God forever hold you close, dear Worker for Peace.

May God smile at your heart always!

Thank you for all you do.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Vatican Diary / In the curia, everyone dressed as he should

VATICAN CITY, November 19, 2012 – The cassock obligatory for cardinals and bishops during office hours. Cassock or clerical dress for priests and monsignors. Specific habit for religious, always and in every season. And for ceremonies in the presence of the pope or during official meetings in the Roman curia: "abito piano," or cassock with cape, for priests, embroidered cassock for monsignors, and cassock with embroidered cape (called a "pellegrina") for bishops and cardinals.

This is the code of service reiterated recently in the Vatican in the wake of the guidelines issued by John Paul II in a September 8, 1982 letter to the cardinal vicar of Rome at the time, Ugo Poletti:

"La cura dell'amata diocesi di Roma..."
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Prayer for the Souls of Priests

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Jesus, Mary, I love you, save priests' souls,
save souls with the great plea to repeat this act of of love
a thousand times with every heart beat
and every breath.

Amen.

Source:  Old prayer card.

Pope Benedict's prayer intentions for November 2012

Vatican City, (VIS) - Pope Benedict's general prayer intention for November is: "That bishops, priests, and all ministers of the Gospel may bear courageous witness of fidelity to the crucified and risen Lord".

His mission intention is: "That the pilgrim Church on earth may shine as a light to the nations".

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