POPE BENEDICT SPEAKS ABOUT PRAYING
In 2010, Pope Benedict agreed to a series of interviews with veteran journalist, Peter Seewald. One of the questions asked of the Pontiff in the interview was: "And how does Pope Bendict pray?" The pope responded with these words:
"As far as the Pope is concerned, he too is a simple beggar before God -- even more than all other people. Naturally I always pray first and foremost to Our Lord, with whom I am united simply by old acquaintance, so to speak. But I also invoke the saints. I am friends with Augustine, with Bonaventure, with Thomas Aquinas. Then one says to such saints also: Help me! And the Mother of God, is, in any case, always a major point of reference. In this sense I commend myself to the communion of saints. With them, strengthened by them, I then talk with the dear Lord also, begging, for the most part, but also in thanksgiving -- or quite simply being joyful."
(from BENEDICT XVI, LIGHT OF THE WORLD, Ignatius Press, p. 17)
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