Pope asks for prayers for his trip to the United Kingdom

Prayer Novena for the Papal Visit to UK Begins September 15th

The following was shared by Donal Foley:

September 24th is the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham National Shrine of Our Lady in England, Mary's Dowry.

The Novena period which precedes the Feast begins on Wednesday

15th of September - Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows.

As this Novena period surrounds the Papal Visit - (September 16th to 19th) it is suggested that people pray the Novena for the following intentions:

"For God's mighty blessing and protection upon the Papal Visit

and for the Holy Father's intentions".

For overseas readers, perhaps the best way of joining in the Novena is to say the Rosary each day, or at least one decade, for this intention.

For UK readers, a Poster advertising the Novena is available via: antoniavb(at)talktalk(dot)net. 

Perhaps ask in your Parishes that it be displayed and ask for the

Novena intentions to be published in next week's parish newsletters.

Also, the newly printed Novena Booklets are available individually or

in bulk from St. Paul's Bookshop by Westminster Cathedralin

London www.stpauls.org.uk (Tel: 0207 828 5582) or individually

from the Slipper Chapel Bookshop (Tel: 01328 821 794) at the

Roman Catholic National Shrine in Walsingham

For this Novena of Prayer to enfold the Papal Visit in an ocean

of prayer and protection it needs everyone of you to do what you can

to advertise it and forward it on to others. Thank you so much!

May Our Lady of Walsingham pray for us and place her loving and

protective mantle around our beloved Holy Father Pope Benedict

XVI.

Many thanks

Antonia

God Bless our Pope!

'When England goes back to Walsingham, Our Lady will come back to England.'

(Prophecy of Pope Leo XIII)

Holy Father in Portugal Day 2

Yes, I could have posted videos and pictures here. But why bother when Carlos of Caput Mundi has done a marvelous job! Mahalo Carlos.

Our Holy Father is in Portugal

Please pray for him!

Photo Source: Caput Mundi and make sure to check out Carlos' blog for coverage of Pope Benedict's visit.

Our Holy Father's Visit to Turin

If you missed the coverage yesterday on Pope Benedict's visit to Turin, you can read all about it over at Caput Mundi.

Aloha Holy Father...

...and a hui hou! (Until we meet again).

It was so sad seeing the Holy Father climb the steps to his airplane.

BTW, I hope that apostolic blessing which we actually saw live, extended to the families watching because our family stood there for the blessing. We also had the Holy Father extend the blessing to our new addition who hadn't been blessed yet.

Panis Angelicus for the Holy Father

H/T to Fr. Dwight Longenecker

A Big E Komo Mai to the U.S. Holy Father!

Please feel free to post the above graphic on your blogs.

Reaction to Our Holy Father's NYC Visit Next Year

Curious mix of reactions to the news of our Holy Father's United Nations visit next year. Watch the video while you still can.

I sure hope we can be there for that event.

Thanks Sue for the h/t.

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