MARY, OUR MOTHER: His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI Gives Major Endorsement to The Annual Global Rosary Relay for Priests and the Worldpriest Apostolate

Thursday, June 23, 2011

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI Gives Major Endorsement to The Annual Global Rosary Relay for Priests and the Worldpriest Apostolate

The Rosary Relay idea is a simple one: the first shrine is Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles USA who will recite the Rosary and will then pass on the relay in succeeding hours to the other locations including Australia, New Zealand, China, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, India,Sri Lanka , Malta, Dubai, Lebanon, Nazareth in the Holy Land, South Africa, Bosnia, Austria, Italy, Poland, France, Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland , Belgium, Great Britain, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Canada and ending back in the USA at The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Wisconsin at (GMT) 24.00.

See www.worldpriestday.com for details.

All Catholics in all the participating countries and time zones are being invited to join in prayer at the designated hour.

The organizers & promoters of the event; Worldpriest stated:

"As the family of the Church, we are all invited to join our prayers to the prayers of millions throughout the world. It is an opportunity for us to raise our hearts to God for all priests in the exercise of their ministry; that they will be blessed, through our prayers, with God's grace for their priesthood; that in this worldwide communion of prayer for them, they may experience our gratitude and support; and finally that they will persevere in unity with Christ and his Church and shepherd the Lord's flock to the safe pastures of his Kingdom."

Quotes from some of the 48 participating countries.

"Mary is the spiritual mother of priests. In this global rosary relay, we entrust to her motherly care and intercession the spiritual needs of all priests, that they truly be shepherds after the heart of her Son, Jesus Christ." -- Reverend John F. Doerfler, STD, JCL , Vicar General and Chancellor, Diocese of Green Bay,USA.

"I am happy to support and highly recommend the current initiative of The Worldwide Rosary Relay. I believe it has great potential and will bring many spiritual benefits to all involved." -- Michael Neary Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland (Episcopal Advisor to Worldpriest)

"We are honored to be chosen as a participant in this ROSARY RELAY program. We will organize our people here to participate actively in the program on July 1, 2011 at 11:00 am our time. Please be assured that we join you in prayer that this ROSARY RELAY would not only be organizationally successful, but also heal hearts, minds and wills in union with the person of Christ." -- Father Alan Rieger, OCD of The National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel New Manila, Quezon City. Philippines.

About Worldpriest:
We are a group of committed Catholic Communication /Advertising laypeople, who love and cherish the priesthood of Jesus Christ. It is our prayer that our website www.worldpriest.com will become a gateway to a deeper understanding of the priesthood of Jesus Christ as exercised by our priests, a priesthood in which, by virtue of our baptism, we all share.

This Rosary Relay project was made possible through the financial support of a number of individuals, and with a special thank you to the commitment of our coordinators in many locations and most of all to the number of volunteers whose hard work allowed the Rosary Relay to actually take place.

Visit www.worldpriestday.com Follow us on Face book, Twitter & Youtube. And join us in prayer at your countries appointed time. www.worldpriestday.com/rosary_relay_shrines.html

Media Contacts for further information.

Marion Mulhall
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Berni Neal
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Dermot Mannion
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James Diroff
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Monsignor Michael Curran
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Niall Kennedy
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Ed O'Neill
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PSALM 71 SPEAKS TO MY HEART

Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent

In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame!
In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me, and save me!

Be to me a rock of refuge,
to which I may continually come;
you have given the command to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.

Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.
For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;
you are he who took me from my mother's womb.
My praise is continually of you.

I have been as a portent to many,
but you are my strong refuge.
My mouth is filled with your praise,
and with your glory all the day.
Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength is spent.

For my enemies speak concerning me;
those who watch for my life consult together
and say, “God has forsaken him;
pursue and seize him,
for there is none to deliver him.”

O God, be not far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!
May my accusers be put to shame and consumed;
with scorn and disgrace may they be covered
who seek my hurt.

But I will hope continually
and will praise you yet more and more.
My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all the day,
for their number is past my knowledge.

With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;
I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

So even to old age and gray hairs,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
your power to all those to come.
Your righteousness, O God,
reaches the high heavens.
You who have done great things,
O God, who is like you?

You who have made me see many troubles and calamities
will revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
you will bring me up again.
You will increase my greatness
and comfort me again.

I will also praise you with the harp
for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to you with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.
My lips will shout for joy,
when I sing praises to you;
my soul also, which you have redeemed.

And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,
for they have been put to shame and disappointed
who sought to do me hurt.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI Gives Major Endorsement to The Annual Global Rosary Relay for Priests and the Worldpriest Apostolate

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