{"id":3909,"date":"2008-04-21T03:46:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-21T03:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3909"},"modified":"2025-09-29T03:47:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T03:47:21","slug":"benedict-xvi-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3909","title":{"rendered":"Benedict XVI in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

We (all of us; Brigid, Joe, Tim and I) were fortunate to be at Yankee Stadium yesterday afternoon for the Papal Mass. i will post some pictures later today I hope.<\/p>\n

Here are excerpts from the Pope’s homily Saturday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral –<\/p>\n

MOVING ST. PAT’S HOMILY – New York Post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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I join you in praying that this will be a time of purification for each and every particular church and religious community, and a time for healing. May our Lord Jesus Christ grant the Church in America a renewed sense of unity and purpose, as all – bishops, clergy, religious and laity – move forward in hope, in love for the truth and for one another. <\/p>\n

* The spires of St. Patrick’s Cathedral are dwarfed by the skyscrapers of the Manhattan skyline, yet in the heart of this busy metropolis, they are a vivid reminder of the constant yearning of the human spirit to rise to God. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We (all of us; Brigid, Joe, Tim and I) were fortunate to be at Yankee Stadium yesterday afternoon for the Papal Mass. i will post some pictures later today I hope. Here are excerpts from the Pope’s homily Saturday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral – MOVING ST. PAT’S HOMILY – New York Post I join you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5715,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909\/revisions\/5715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}