nourishing us on the sacraments during our earthly pilgrimage in which we are accompanied to the very end so that we may surrender ourselves as we heard in the homily today into the father s hands we now prepare to conclude this requiem mass for pope benedict. the post communion prayer. let us pray. [ speaking non-english ] as we receive sacred sustenance we prayer benedict was a faithful steward of your mysteries on earth and praise your mercy forever and the glory
vatican council and working in the vatican, in the congregation for the doctrine of the faith, as pope and pope emeritus. when you look out and see all the people that knew him and the impact he had for decades on the catholic church. very profound moment for me and for so many catholics. is it as you would imagine the service would unfold? it is. you know, one of the most beautiful things about these masses is that this is essentially the same kind of mass that any catholic would have, right? obviously it s not in saint pe peter s square but the liturgy, the eucharist, the prayers, the final commendation. in death benedict is like all of us, like all catholics and the sacraments, this is a sacrament, funeral mass, is something that unites us all. it s another sign of humility that this is the same kind of mass that all of us would have.
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what it does mean is we are not able to receive any of the sacraments, so i can t receive communion or confession, or, sadly, i m not going to be able to receive a christian burial. i was going to mass every single day. i worked for a parish. my whole life was the roman catholic church. so to think about giving that up, essentially, i couldn t even really imagine it. but once i recognised that this was the next step, the excommunication was just part of the journey. it s undeniable that i have a vocation to be a roman catholic priest, so by using the term vatican reject , drawing attention to the fact that it is the vatican that is rejecting me. hi. this is father anne calling you. ijust wanted to confirm security at the cathedral tomorrow. just in case, i have