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Pope Benedict XVI celebrated a very Bavarian birthday Monday, marking his 85 years with his brother, bishops and a musical band from his native land at the Vatican.
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Cardinal Angelo Sodano issued birthday greetings on behalf of the College of Cardinals that elected Benedict, and welcomed the Bavarian bishops to the “family party” inside the Apostolic Palace.
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Benedict received one birthday gift ahead of time: a book of 20 essays by prominent Germans reflecting on the papacy, including German football great Franz Beckenbauer, who recalled meeting the pope a few months before Germany hosted the 2006 World Cup.
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In the next couple weeks, he will also celebrate his seventh anniversary as pope.
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Pope seeks prayers, strength ahead of anniversary**
“Next Thursday, on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of my election to the See of Peter, I ask for your prayers, so that the Lord gives me the strength to fulfill the mission he entrusted to me,” he said in French to thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square.
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But Benedict’s health is remarkably strong for someone his age. He has never canceled a planned event due to illness and suffers from no known chronic illnesses. Few men his age go to work every day, run a 1-billion strong church, write books, deliver speeches and meet with visiting heads of state.
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“Something I constantly notice is that unembarrassed joy has become rarer. Joy today is increasingly saddled with moral and ideological burdens, so to speak. When someone rejoices, he is afraid of offending against solidarity with the many people who suffer. I don’t have any right to rejoice, people think, in a world where there is so much misery, so much injustice.

I can understand that. There is a moral attitude at work here. But this attitude is nonetheless wrong. The loss of joy does not make the world better - and, conversely, refusing joy for the sake of suffering does not help those who suffer. The contrary is true. The world needs people who discover the good, who rejoice in it and thereby derive the impetus and courage to do good. Joy, then, does not break with solidarity. When it is the right kind of joy, when it is not egotistic, when it comes from the perception of the good, then it wants to communicate itself, and it gets passed on. In this connection, it always strikes me that in the poor neighborhoods of, say, South America, one sees many more laughing happy people than among us. Obviously, despite all their misery, they still have the perception of the good to which they cling and in which they can find encouragement and strength.

In this sense we have a new need for that primordial trust which ultimately only faith can give. That the world is basically good, that God is there and is good. That it is good to live and to be a human being. This results, then, in the courage to rejoice, which in turn becomes commitment to making sure that other people, too, can rejoice and receive good news.”
― Pope Benedict XVI

Happy Happy Birthday dear Pope Benedict XVI!!! 🍰

You have our prayers always.:gopray2:
 
zab said:
How do you say, “Viva la papa” in German?
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Actually, it’s ‘Viva IL Papa’ in Italian. :o

I know that the German word for ‘Pope’ is ‘Pabst’…but I don’t know what ‘Long Live The Pope’ is in German…😊
 
Happy Birthday Papa 🍰, and many more! You have my prayers as always.
 
Pope Benedict is 85 years young today. Happy Birthday to our awesome Pope!

"Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his 85th birthday quietly on April 16, with a Mass of thanksgiving and a reception for bishops and pilgrims from his native Bavaria.

“I am facing the final leg of my life’s path and I don’t know what’s ahead,” the Pontiff said during his homily. Before the Mass, which was concelebrated by many of the prelates at the Vatican, Cardinal Angelo Sodano had congratulated the Pope. Speaking on behalf of the College of Cardinals, of which he is the dean, Cardinal Sodano said: “Holy "Holy Father, may the Lord continue to remain at your side.” Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, the Pope’s older brother, was visiting during the weekend and joined in the birthday festivities. During the day the Pope met with a group from Bavaria, who entertained him with singing and dancing. "
 
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In the next couple weeks, he will also celebrate his seventh anniversary as pope.
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Pope seeks prayers, strength ahead of anniversary**

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Thanks for the thread Dale!

Happy Birthday Dear Pope Benedict XVI!🍰

Wishing you great health, peace, patience, energy, love many more years to come!:flowers:

I will keep you & your intentions in my prayers!:highprayer:

Thank you for 7-7-2007 Motu Propio :blessyou:

God Bless You! ❤️

Viva IL PAPA!:harp: 🍰

Pax,

Megan:signofcross:
 
Happy Birthday, your Holiness.

Your a helluva guy, and heres to many more happy birthdays to be enjoyed in future.

Be assured of my prayers and have a drink on me.
 
Here’s to many more!

– Insert bierstein raising smilie here–
 
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