{"id":27755,"date":"2013-05-28T10:18:58","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T14:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2013\/05\/mother-of-silence-preserving-t\/"},"modified":"2013-05-28T10:18:58","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T14:18:58","slug":"mother-of-silence-preserving-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2013\/05\/mother-of-silence-preserving-t\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother of silence preserving the mystery of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/Greek%20Mother%20of%20Tenderness%20detail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Greek Mother of Tenderness detail.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/assets_c\/2013\/05\/Greek Mother of Tenderness detail-thumb-285x285-14481.jpg\" width=\"285\" height=\"285\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(50, 51, 51); \"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\">Mother of the silence that preserves the mystery of God, deliver us from the idolatry of the present, to which those who forget are condemned. Purify the eyes of pastors with the balm of memory:that we might return to the freshness of the beginning, for a praying and penitent Church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(50, 51, 51); \"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\"><br \/>\nMother of the beauty that blossoms from fidelity to daily work, remove us from the torpor of laziness, of pettiness, and defeatism. Cloak Pastors with that compassion that unifies and integrates: that we might discover the joy of a humble and fraternal servant Church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(50, 51, 51); \"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\"><br \/>\nMother of the tenderness which enfolds in patience and mercy, help us burn away the sadness, impatience, and rigidity of those who have not known what it means to belong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(50, 51, 51); \"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\"><br \/>\nIntercede with your Son that our hands, our feet and our hearts may be swift: that we may build the Church with the truth in charity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(50, 51, 51); \"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\"><br \/>\nMother, we will be the People of God, on pilgrimage towards the Kingdom. Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(50, 51, 51); min-height: 15px; \"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(50, 51, 51); \"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\">Pope Francis<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(50, 51, 51); \"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px\">23 May 2013<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mother of the silence that preserves the mystery of God, deliver us from the idolatry of the present, to which those who forget are condemned. Purify the eyes of pastors with the balm of memory:that we might return to the freshness of the beginning, for a praying and penitent Church. 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