tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post3017110481252792195..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: The Pope of Christian Unity leaves Fr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-31153157842522559292013-02-14T12:39:58.459+00:002013-02-14T12:39:58.459+00:00I share your sentiments, Father. While I understan...I share your sentiments, Father. While I understand his reasoning I still can’t shake feelings of sorrow and loss that he is leaving. I had hoped he would be in office and healthy for many more years, but realistically I knew his time would be limited.<br /><br />May God grant him time for rest, reflection and perhaps even a visit to his beloved Bavaria. <br />GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-32647545876845683432013-02-14T09:38:40.046+00:002013-02-14T09:38:40.046+00:00"Because everything he does is full of signs...."Because everything he does is full of signs..."<br /><br />His announcement of his intention to resign by reason of the frailty of age and a general decline in his health came on the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and the Annual World Day of the Sick. Perhaps entirely coincidentally. Or, perhaps not.Hughiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10184567496296840443noreply@blogger.com