Thursday, August 02, 2007

A birthday present from the Holy Father

Most of you would agree that 7/7/7 is a significant world-historical date -- the date of the publication of Summorum Pontificum, Pope Benedict XVI's Motu Proprio on July 7, 2007.

The other significant date is indicated by the last sentence of the Holy Father's Apostolic Letter:
We order that everything We have established with these Apostolic Letters issued as Motu Proprio be considered as "established and decreed", and to be observed from 14 September of this year, Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, whatever there may be to the contrary.
The 14th of September, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, just happens to be my birthday. Thank you, Holy Father! Thanks again. Molti ringraziamenti!

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