tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post6769047216721599498..comments2023-10-15T09:36:12.013+01:00Comments on Countercultural Father: Praying for the Holy Father's IntentionsBen Trovatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-36735670579354864772015-10-31T08:12:31.472+00:002015-10-31T08:12:31.472+00:00Thanks for the comments. You are right, I had forg...Thanks for the comments. You are right, I had forgotten the Holy Father's published intentions.<br /><br />However, they are not what I personally think I intend to pray for when I pray for the Holy Father's intentions (witness the fact I had forgotten about them - a failing of mine, certainly, but a telling one in this context). Indeed, during the pontificate of the Pope Emeritus, I was more inclined to pray for those intentions nearest to his heart, rather than those published (I suspect) by some bureaucratic process - worthy though they be.<br /><br />And there is the wider point: I often promise to pray for the intentions of other people, without any clear notion what those intentions might be. Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-73929788363531873372015-10-30T10:09:38.936+00:002015-10-30T10:09:38.936+00:00I seem to recall coming across a list of the holy ...I seem to recall coming across a list of the holy father's intentions some time ago. They changed on a monthly basis and included perfectly laudable concerns- the needs of prisoners, migrants...that sort of thing. So no need to worry. There was nothing about Argentina getting the Falklands or Cardinal Pell getting a tail and horns! Unfortunately I cannot now remember whether it was on the Holy See website or that of the English and Welsh Bishops' Conference site. Patriciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906131174326742939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-57205029208107993222015-10-30T09:38:09.077+00:002015-10-30T09:38:09.077+00:00I have had the same qualms: for some time I have... I have had the same qualms: for some time I have mitigated the risk by praying for the Holy Fathers' (plural) intentions. We have two Popes - Deo gratias for that!Annie Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04406390389550024888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-67989411591437380752015-10-30T08:45:45.021+00:002015-10-30T08:45:45.021+00:00I have always taken the Pope's intentions to m...I have always taken the Pope's intentions to mean these: https://www.ewtn.com/faith/papalPrayer.htm (all of which are more than worthy) but this author takes a broader view: http://www.ourcatholicprayers.com/prayers-for-the-pope.html Interestingly the prayers for the Pope concentrate on him obtaining Heaven above making a good job of leading the Church.<br /><br />According to Sr Catherine Wybourne, the Pope's intentions always include prayers for the souls of those who paid for Chantry Masses which are no longer said. I haven't found this mentioned anywhere else but St Catherine's authority is good enough for me on this one.<br /><br />So I have never thought that praying for the Pope's intentions meant praying that he gets his own way.Part-time Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183889477468203531noreply@blogger.com