OCTOBER 11, 2010
DAILY PRAYER WITH REGNUM CHRISTI
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THE QUEEN, THE NINEVITES AND ME
October 11, 2010
Monday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Father Daniel Ray, LC
Luke 11: 29-32
While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them,
"This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign
will be given it, except the sign of Jonah. Just as Jonah became a
sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
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Final months and death
On 23 September 1962, Pope John XXIII was first diagnosed with gastric carcinoma. The diagnosis, which was kept from the public, followed nearly eight months of occasional stomach hemorrhages, and reduced the pontiff's appearances. Looking pale and drawn during these events, he gave a hint to his ultimate fate in April 1963, when he said to visitors, "That which happens to all men perhaps will happen soon to the Pope who speaks to you today."
On 11 May 1963, the Italian … [More]