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Entry: The Folk Mass is Ended... Go in Peace Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_folk_mass_is_ended_go_in_peace#31933 Post contents: John, in defense of Michael Davies against the criticism here, I offer the eulogy of one Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger: "I have been profoundly touched by the news of the death of Michael Davies. I had the good fortune to meet him several times and I found him as a man of deep faith and ready to embrace suffering. Ever since the Council he put all his energy into the service of the Faith and left us important publications especially about the Sacred Liturgy. Even though he suffered from the Church in many ways in his time, he always truly remained a man of the Church. He knew that the Lord founded His Church on the rock of St. Peter and that the Faith can find its fullness and maturity only in union with the successor of St. Peter. Therefore we can be confident that the Lord opened wide for him the gates of heaven. We commend his soul to the Lord's mercy." Had he really been as disastrous as our critic says, I doubt he would have earned such a eulogy, especially when we recall how rare such words of praise are from Ratzinger/Benedict. Sent at: 2008 12 05