A Dominican Blessing in farewell to Cardinal Sin
So, I offer it here to mark the death of His Eminence, Jaime Cardinal Sin. May he rest from his labours.
May God the Father bless us, May God the Son heal us,
May God the Holy Spirit enlighten us
And give us eyes to see with,
Ears to hear with,
Hands to do the work of God with,
Feet to walk with
And a mouth to preach the Word of Salvation with.
And may the angel of peace
Watch over us and lead us at last to
The Lord’s gift of the Kingdom.
Amen.
The photo is taken from a stained glass panel in the Novitiate of the Annunciation, Manaoag in the Philippines.
As an aside: the BBC interviewed someone in Manila early this morning on the radio. She was asked if there was likely to be another prelate like Cardinal Sin. Her reply was:
I think not... Sin, was, in a sense, original! Hmmm... Indeed.
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