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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=369677" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Tribute to The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Message: “But, let there be one flock and one Shepherd.”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The world has got a Pope anew! <br>His name is Joseph Ratzinger; <br>On April, twenty-fourth, Sunday, <br>He’s duly installed as the Pope, <br>Successor to Pope John Paul II.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A German cardinal old-aged, <br>A Theologian ’yond compare; <br>A man of wisdom, silver-haired, <br>A conservative of the Church, <br>He said Inaugural Mass that day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">St. Peter’s Square was thronged by crowds<br>Of people of all ages, sex-<br>That numbered five lakhs from countries, <br>To witness his Investiture: <br>A life-time’s rare phenomenon! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, Heads of States and religious; <br>The clerics and the laity too; <br>Representatives from many lands; <br>Some curious tourists and Faithful, <br>Dignitaries and pilgrims too, <br>Had jubilantly gathered here.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And Benedict, the XVI stood, <br>All dressed in cassock of pure white; <br>With face akin a beaming sun, <br>He blessed the flock that vouched support, <br>Became their new Shepherd of love! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A Pallium of finest wool, <br>With five red crosses and three nails<br>Just like the wounds of Jesus Lord; <br>A ring with St.Peter, as fisherman-<br>A Mitre and a Staff- he got! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, what a glorious sight indeed! <br>All flower-decked and incensed air; <br>Heavenly scene on earth for once; <br>The sheep in finest attire-<br>They came to greet the new Shepherd! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Pope then said a Latin mass-<br>A language of the Vatican; <br>With Gospels in Latin and Greek; <br>Pope’s homily that took an hour! <br>The patient crowds turned ecstatic! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Pope’s Homily in Italian: <br>Assuming an enormous task, he said, <br>“I’ll do the Will of God and not my own; <br>I ask for prayers from you, one and all; <br>I reach out to believers and to Jews, <br>And non-believers- ‘Listen to God’s word’; <br>The Lord will guide me from now on; <br>I’m but a weak servant of God; <br>My special greetings to all who will share<br>This great spiritual heritage.<br>But, let there be one flock and one Shepherd.”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Mass went on to Holy Communion; <br>The priests went to the pilgrims to give it; <br>Applauses loud interrupted his speech; <br>The crowds waved flags to the new Pope<br>As he traveled amidst them in a jeep! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The luckier ones had a glimpse of the Pope; <br>The others took his photographs; <br>Some viewed him through binoculars; <br>The billion Catholics watched him by TV; <br>The Pope then blessed the pilgrims and his flock.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some viewed him rather too skeptically, <br>Afraid of his orthodoxy dogmas; <br>The earlier Pope had not answered<br>Some modern problems that world faced; <br>How will he deal with Abortion, <br>Gay- marriages and Condom use, <br>Women as priests, homosexuality? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But time will tell whether this Pope<br>Will change the world, better the Church; <br>Some things can ne’er be compromised; <br>The Shepherd loves his flock, no doubt; <br>The flock must heed his word-’Follow’.<br>The Shepherd searches for lost sheep; <br>With him as guide, ‘Don’t be afraid.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q>
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The world has got a Pope anew! 
His name is Joseph Ratzinger; 
On April, twenty-fourth, Sunday, 
He’s duly installed as the Pope, 
Successor to Pope John Paul II.

A German cardinal o..."></div>
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