The Glory of the Olive the Door to the Holy of Holies

J.M.J. + O.B.T. + M.G.R.*

My journey of faith and the life of Pope Benedict XVI...
great mystery in relationship to the olive tree.

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I was in Munich Germany in the summer of 1979
when Cardinal Ratzinger served as Archbishop.
I remember entering the Marienplatz and
 hearing the wonderful baroque music
of the pipe organ in Our Lady's Church
the Frauenkirche.

I wonder how far away the future pope was?

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April 16, 1998 is my re-birth (reversion) day
occurring at a location named The Ark of the Covenant

April 16, 1927 is the birthday of Pope Benedict

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An olive green complexion stares back

at me in the mirror every morning...

St. Malachy's alleged prophesy relates the name
Glory of the Olive
to the Papacy of Joseph Ratzinger

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My love for many things German

Pope Benedict quintessentially German

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The Holy Father's trip to America in 2008

provides this wonderful exhortation

from the cathedral of professional baseball

and 'holy' ground, Yankee Stadium:

The Gospel teaches us that true freedom, the freedom of the children of God, is found only in the self-surrender that is part of the mystery of love.  Only by losing ourselves do we truly find ourselves.  True freedom blossoms when we turn away from the burden of sin, which clouds our perceptions and weakens our resolve, and find the source of our ultimate happiness in him who is infinite love, infinite freedom, infinite life.  Real freedom, then, is God’s gracious gift, the fruit of conversion to His truth, the truth that makes us free.  And this freedom in truth brings in its wake a new and liberating way of seeing reality.  We become the light of the world, the salt of the earth, entrusted with the apostolate of making our own lives, and the world in which we live, conform ever more fully to God’s saving plan.  Only in this way can we build something that will truly endure.  Only in this way can our lives find ultimate meaning and bear lasting fruit.³³

SOURCE: http://my.ilstu.edu/~jguegu/BenedictXVIPart2.pdf

Sincerely yours in Jesus through Mary,

Mike Rizzio

Imitate Mary

Become like Jesus

Live for the Triune God

Seek the Light of Our Lord Jesus Christ

See you on the High Ground!

* - J.M.J. + O.B.T. + M.G.R. stands for:

Jesus, Mary and Joseph;

O Beata Trinitas;

St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael