{"id":31621,"date":"2014-10-19T08:50:30","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T12:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=31621"},"modified":"2014-10-19T08:55:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T12:55:46","slug":"blessed-paul-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2014\/10\/blessed-paul-vi\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessed Paul VI"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Paul<\/a>After two weeks of meetings on the family and marriage, Pope Francis offered Mass at which he beatified the Venerable Servant of God Pope Paul VI. whom he called\u00a0a \u201cgreat Pope,\u201d a \u201ccourageous Christian\u201d and a \u201ctireless apostle.\u201d<\/p>\n

This action of the Pope’s means that several of the 20th century popes have been raised to the altar: John Paul II, Paul VI, John XXIII, Pius X. We ought to keep in mind that John Paul I and Pius XII have their causes for sainthood being studied, too.<\/p>\n

The emeritus pope Benedict XVI was present for the Mass.<\/p>\n

Here are the relevant paragraphs of Pope Francis’ homily at Mass that pertain to the beatification:<\/p>\n

On this day of the Beatification of Pope Paul VI, I think of the words with which he established the Synod of Bishops: \u201cby carefully surveying the signs of the times, we are making every effort to adapt ways and methods\u2026 to the growing needs of our time and the changing conditions of society\u201d (Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio Apostolica Sollicitudo<\/em>).<\/p>\n

When we look to this great Pope, this courageous Christian, this tireless apostle, we cannot but say in the sight of God a word as simple as it is heartfelt and important: thanks! \u00a0Thanks! Thank you, our dear and beloved Pope Paul VI!\u00a0 Thank you for your humble and prophetic witness of love for Christ and his Church!<\/p>\n

In his personal notes, the great helmsman of the Council wrote, at the conclusion of its final session: \u201cPerhaps the Lord has called me and preserved me for this service not because I am particularly fit for it, or so that I can govern and rescue the Church from her present difficulties, but so that I can suffer something for the Church, and in that way it will be clear that he, and no other, is her guide and saviour<\/strong>\u201d (P. Macchi, Paolo VI nella sua parola, Brescia, 2001, pp. 120-121).\u00a0 In this humility the grandeur of Blessed Paul VI shines forth: before the advent of a secularized and hostile society, he could hold fast, with farsightedness and wisdom \u2013 and at times alone \u2013 to the helm of the barque of Peter, while never losing his joy and his trust in the Lord.<\/p>\n

Paul VI truly \u201crendered to God what is God\u2019s\u201d by devoting his whole life to the \u201csacred, solemn and grave task of continuing in history and extending on earth the mission of Christ\u201d (Homily for the Rite of Coronation: Insegnamenti I, 1963, p. 26), loving the Church and leading her so that she might be \u201ca loving mother of the whole human family and at the same time the minister of its salvation\u201d (Encyclical Letter Ecclesiam Suam<\/em>, Prologue).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After two weeks of meetings on the family and marriage, Pope Francis offered Mass at which he beatified the Venerable Servant of God Pope Paul VI. whom he called\u00a0a \u201cgreat Pope,\u201d a \u201ccourageous Christian\u201d and a \u201ctireless apostle.\u201d This action of the Pope’s means that several of the 20th century popes have been raised to … Continue reading Blessed Paul VI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[32107,32083,3055],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31621"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31629,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31621\/revisions\/31629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}