Word: blessings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Giuseppe Cardinal Sarto, Patriarch of Venice, summoned to Rome to help elect a new Pope after the death of Pope Leo XIII, left his desk strewn with papers, borrowed enough money for a ticket, and started for the station. His flock blocked the path. "Bless us once more," they cried. "Come back soon." Cardinal Sarto stretched out his arms. "Dead or alive," he said, "I shall come back...
...Pope can be counted on to bless anything, from a new U.S. helicopter (the first aircraft ever to land in the Vatican) to a crowd of bicycle racers departing for Sardinia. In his Latin blessing of the "helicopterum," he asked God to "grant that in the same way it rises into ethereal spaces, our minds be elevated toward celestial things and be united by ties of charity." And he advised the cyclists: "When you get to Cagliari, tell the Madonna of Bonaria that the Pope sent you, and she will bless Italy, you and your families...
...suit is a premeditated act to undermine the American heritage. This is not a religious issue. It's simply a matter of giving our children additional moral and spiritual help and recognition of God." Added Daiker: "The Supreme Court itself starts each day with the words, 'God bless the U.S. and this honorable court,' so how can God be unconstitutional in the schools...
After last week's Carnegie Hall concert (also on the program: Pianist Gina Bachauer), weary Conductor Barbirolli faced the audience. Said he: "My dear friends, you can imagine that it is not without great emotion that I return . . . You have made me a very happy man. God bless you." Whereupon Sir John stepped down and threw his arms around the concertmaster...
...here." Behind the table, as Sellers' testimony ended, the president of the University of Notre Dame leaned grimly forward. Asked the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh: "Mr. Sellers, you going to continue to attempt to register?" Answered Sellers: "Yes, I'm determined to register." Said Father Hesburgh, smiling: "God bless...