Nice Story - Deacon who sang gospel during JP2G funeral Mass will become priest...

The Roman Catholic English deacon who sang the gospel during the funeral mass of Pope John Paul II is being ordained as a priest.

Paul Moss was seen by a worldwide television audience of millions during the service for the late pontiff in April, which was taken by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before his election as Pope Benedict XVI.

The 28-year-old said at the time the experience was "extremely moving" and it had been an honour and a privilege to serve at the Papal Mass.

He was being welcomed into the priesthood by the Archbishop of Birmingham, the Most Revd Vincent Nichols, at St Peter's Church in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.

The Archbishop, who provided part of the television commentary for Pope John Paul II's funeral, said of Fr Moss: "I pray and trust that Paul will be a splendid priest for the Archdiocese of Birmingham."

http://headlines.virgin.net/story/HH...941122054907A0

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It's always good to hear that the faithful are getting a new priest!

[quote=JeffreyLloyd]The Roman Catholic English deacon who sang the gospel during the funeral mass of Pope John Paul II is being ordained as a priest.

Paul Moss was seen by a worldwide television audience of millions during the service for the late pontiff in April, which was taken by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before his election as Pope Benedict XVI.

The 28-year-old said at the time the experience was "extremely moving" and it had been an honour and a privilege to serve at the Papal Mass.

He was being welcomed into the priesthood by the Archbishop of Birmingham, the Most Revd Vincent Nichols, at St Peter's Church in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.

The Archbishop, who provided part of the television commentary for Pope John Paul II's funeral, said of Fr Moss: "I pray and trust that Paul will be a splendid priest for the Archdiocese of Birmingham."

http://headlines.virgin.net/story/HHH/A7362941122054907A0[/QUOTE]

what wonderful and blessed news... thank you Jeff for sharing this here.

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"But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child - a direct killing of the innocent child - murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another? How do we persuade a woman not to have an abortion?

As always, we must persuade her with love, and we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give until it hurts. Jesus gave even his life to love us. So the mother who is thinking of abortion, should be helped to love - that is, to give until it hurts... her plans, or her free time, to respect the life of her child. The father of that child, whoever he is, must also give until it hurts. By abortion, the mother does not learn to love, but kills even her own child to solve her problems.

And by abortion, the father is told that he does not have to take any responsibility at all for the child he has brought into the world. That father is likely to put other women into the same trouble. So abortion just leads to more abortion. Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching the people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want. That is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion". - Mother Theresa

That's great! See? JP2 continues to touch lives even after his death.

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"The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men. It has sown violence and discord at the heart of the most intimate human relationships. It has aggravated the derogation of the father's role in an increasingly fatherless society"- Mother Theresa

"But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child - a direct killing of the innocent child - murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another? How do we persuade a woman not to have an abortion?

As always, we must persuade her with love, and we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give until it hurts. Jesus gave even his life to love us. So the mother who is thinking of abortion, should be helped to love - that is, to give until it hurts... her plans, or her free time, to respect the life of her child. The father of that child, whoever he is, must also give until it hurts. By abortion, the mother does not learn to love, but kills even her own child to solve her problems.

And by abortion, the father is told that he does not have to take any responsibility at all for the child he has brought into the world. That father is likely to put other women into the same trouble. So abortion just leads to more abortion. Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching the people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want. That is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion". - Mother Theresa

Always nice to have another priest, but was wondering why a young, obviously single, man was ordained as a deacon. Don't they generally discourage that or would tend to funnel them into the priesthood anyhow since he wouldn't be able to marry after being ordained as a deacon? Or is this a case where there is more to the story such as he was married previously?

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(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 605)

Maybe he wanted to be a deacon... and has now changed his mind?

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I believe priests are first ordained deacons.

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---Fr. Alexander Schmemann, “For the Life of the World.”

He had to be a transitional deacon on his way to the priesthood. Once he is ordained a deacon, he cannot marry, and permanent deacons cannot be ordained that young (I don't think that's just a USCCB standard).

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Originally Posted by isshinwhat

I believe priests are first ordained deacons.

That's what I thought too...