Contribute to Pope Benedict XVI’s Spiritual Bouquet
Spiritual Bouquets are prayers, devotional acts or good deeds that someone offers for someone else. This can be the number of Masses attended, Holy Communions offered, rosaries and/or other prayers said, or good deeds performed.
You can contribute to a spiritual bouquet for the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI by simply offering for the intentions of the Holy Father whatever you already do regularly, or whatever you are planning to do. It could be you alone, or a group effort.
Do you and your spouse and/or children pray a devotional on a given day? Simply offer that prayer for the intentions of the Holy Father. Do you help at a soup kitchen or other outreach ministry? You, and those who are with you, can offer your service for the intentions of the Holy Father. Do you attend Mass on weekdays? Offer the Communion you receive for the Holy Father’s intention.
When you type your offerings — into the “leave a reply” section below, or anywhere in this blog — you’ll be adding your own “flowers” to the bouquet.
February 22, 2013 at 4:01 pm |
I will pray the Divine Mercy prayers for the Holy Father on 2/28 during your holy hour. Joining you in prayer that the Holy Spirit will grant us the perfect person, from the perfect place to do God’s perfect will.
February 22, 2013 at 4:07 pm |
I believe that it is incredibly NOBLE and BRAVE and GENEROUS in spirit to retire. God Bless you in your retirement, as He has blessed us with your service over the last 8 years.
February 22, 2013 at 5:14 pm |
Pope Benedict XVI is always in my prayers, I ask the Holy Spirit to inspire him and guide him and give him strenght, now more than ever. On Feb. 28, I will join you in spirit in praying for our beloved Pope and for his successor. May God continue to bless us all and in particular our Pope.
Enrica
February 22, 2013 at 6:50 pm |
I will be including Pope Benedict and our new Pope when I say my rosary.
February 23, 2013 at 8:17 am |
I Will offer the Divine Mercy prayers each Wed. during the month of March for Pope Benedict
February 23, 2013 at 11:11 am |
I will try to attend the archbishop’s holy hour on Thursday, Feb. 28. However, I will offer my regular Monday holy hour for Pope Benedict XVI and be spiritually present with you if absent in body.
February 23, 2013 at 7:40 pm |
When I serve the people who come to the All Saints Soup Kitchen on Monday, I will do so in the name of Pope Benedict XVI, for him, and for his intentions.
February 23, 2013 at 9:09 pm |
I will offer the coming week’s morning Holy Hours and Rosaries for Pope Benedict, his health, and his perseverance in the Lord’s grace. May God bless him and Our Lady, Mother of the Church protect him and pray for him always.
February 24, 2013 at 3:53 am |
Holy Father your example of what it means to be a faithful Catholic and a man of prayer has always been an inspiration. On the 28th I will join in prayer with the rest of the faithful for you and your retirement!
February 24, 2013 at 11:03 am |
Dear Holy Father – In appreciation and in honor of your selfless devotion to Christ and His Holy Church, I offer up my Lenten sacrifices and all Masses therein for your personal intentions. May God bless you and keep you under His holy mantle. In the spirit of Thomas Becket, you have shouldered the Kingdom of God and defended it well. May your days be filled with peace and joy.
February 24, 2013 at 1:55 pm |
I will pray a Rosary this week for Holy Father Pope Benidict. May he have a blessed and peaceful retirement
February 24, 2013 at 2:27 pm |
My family will offer their Masses this week for the Pope.
February 24, 2013 at 2:59 pm |
Deus vobiscum.
Thank you for your prayers and for being a brilliant Pope .
Deo gratias.
February 24, 2013 at 4:06 pm |
My best wishes to you Pope Benedict from Warwick, Rhode Island in the United States of America. I will pray for you as I have done in the Warwick Council of the Knights of Columbus. I wish you well and the strength you need to be continuously prayerful for the well being of our faith and the people around the world. I appreciated your analogy regarding the mountain climb you now face.
Hail Mary full of grace the lord is with thee hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
James F. Marcello
307 Cove Avenue
Warwick, Rhode Island 02889
United States of America
February 24, 2013 at 6:30 pm |
Pope Benedict will be remembered in my daily prayers all this week. May our Lord and His Holy Mother watch over him as he retires.
February 24, 2013 at 9:19 pm |
I will offer my morning rosaries this week, and any Masses or special devotions I attend for our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI. Thank you for serving in the Chair of St. Peter.
February 25, 2013 at 10:38 am |
Pope Benedict has been a blessing to the entire world. I shall pray for him each and every day. He is a true Holy Father.
February 25, 2013 at 10:49 am |
I will offer a holy hour, my mass, rosary and a chaplet of Divine
Mercy this week for Pope Benedict. He has been a Good Shepherd to us, his flock, and I join my prayers with all the others who ask for God’s continued blessings upon him.
Thank you Pope Benedict and may OUr Blessed Mother keep
her mantle around you.
February 25, 2013 at 12:04 pm |
We will offer all our roasaries and Masses in the month of March for our dear Pope Benedict. May Our Lady wrap him in her mantle of protection. Thank you Holy Father for being an example of great humility and courage.
February 25, 2013 at 12:32 pm |
I offer all my works of service this week for our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI. Thank you Holy Father for your great service to all of us.
February 25, 2013 at 12:55 pm |
Pope Benedict has been and will be remembered in my prayers and Masses I attend with love and gratitude for his service to our Church.May he enjoy a peaceful,blessed well deserved retirement.
February 25, 2013 at 2:47 pm |
We appreciate how much good Pope Benedict has done for the world, and we will pray for him, “To get the result the Lord wants.” Pope Benedict’s televised Vatican services, where we in the Saginaw Diocese join him in prayer, have been a great comfort. Thank you Holy Father.
February 25, 2013 at 4:11 pm |
Dear Holy Father, I have remembered you in every rosary I’ve said since you were elected Pope and I will remember you in every rosary that I will ever say. Thank for your service to the Church. You have been a true witness for Christ. May our Blessed Mother watch over and protect you.
February 25, 2013 at 5:02 pm |
The students of St. Regis School will offer prayer and 7 minutes of silence on Thursday at 2:00 PM, one minute for each year of Benedict XVI’s papacy. God Bless You, Holy Father.
February 25, 2013 at 7:06 pm |
May God bless you, Holy Father Benedict, and may you have the courage to make as you final act as pope, to supress the Bugnini fabricated Order of the Mass, replacing it with the 1965 Order of the Mass into the current Ordinary Form Roman Missal. Thank you for all you have done, Holy Father. We love you.
February 25, 2013 at 11:26 pm |
I will offer my daily Divine Mercy Chaplet and my daily rosary for the intentions of Pope Benedict. I will also offer all the Masses I attend for the rest of this month and the Month of March. May God’s blessings be upon you and may Mary wrap her mantle around you.
February 26, 2013 at 8:24 am |
Dear Holy Father,
Thank you for for sharing your joy in Christ, for giving us spiritual guidance, and for ‘lighting’ our paths to God. May your guardian Angel keep you safe and at peace as you move into a new work-place of the Lord. Praise be the Lord Jesus Christ.
February 26, 2013 at 8:51 am |
Our prayers and well wishes. Thank you for your inspiring words throughout your papacy, and may God bless you abundantly.
February 26, 2013 at 9:46 am |
“Dear Holy Father Pope Benedict: I will continue to keep you in my daily prayers and offerings. I especially will offer a Holy Hour on Thursday February 28 as you begin your new journey in faith. I have been richly blessed by your leadership and guidance as Vicar and Sheperd of the Catholic Church in these most trying times. May the Holy Spirit continue to guide you, bless you and keep you safe. God’s Peace.
February 26, 2013 at 9:59 am |
Dear Holy Father – In appreciation and in honor of your selfless devotion to Christ and His Holy Church, I offer up my Lenten sacrifices and all Masses therein for your personal intentions. May God bless you and keep you under His holy mantle. In the spirit of Thomas Becket, you have shouldered the Kingdom of God, and defended it well. Grant that your days be filled with God’s peace and joy.
February 26, 2013 at 10:12 am |
The children and teens of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Religious Education program will say a quiet prayer for the Pope’s intentions this Thursday, March 2 between 1:30 and 2:30 pm.
February 26, 2013 at 11:19 am |
Dear Holy Father,
You have truly been our Shepherd, who lived the words of Micah 6:8-”This is what the Lord required of you and only this…To act justly, to love tenderly, to walk humbly with your God.” I pray that you continue to be His true and FAITHFUL SERVANT.
February 26, 2013 at 1:08 pm |
Your Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, I thank you for your noble acceptance and for fulfilling your duty of leadership to bring us to Jesus. May God continue to bless and keep you in His care on your final journey to be with God in Heaven. I pray that God will send us another holy man to carry on what you and all of the Popes before you were sent to do to also help all of us to get to heaven. God love you
February 26, 2013 at 1:11 pm |
WE LOVE YOUR HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT 16TH-AND WE PRAY TO GOD TO GIVE YOU HIS STRENGHT THRU THE HOLY SPIRIT.GOD BLESS YOUR DICISION AND MINISTRY- SINCERELY FRANK @ SALWA NOFAR AND FAMILY-MAY GOD SEND US ANOTHER GOOD SERVENT LIKE YOU.
February 26, 2013 at 1:41 pm |
Dear Holy Father,
In thanksgiving for your faithfulness and amazing teaching and writing, I will continue to pray for you in your retirement when I say the Rosary. I will also read the third Jesus of Nazareth book in the upcoming year to continue growing more deeply in Christ. You have been such a blessing to my faith! God bless you!
February 26, 2013 at 8:30 pm |
I will offer a chaplet of the Divine Mercy, before February 28th, for the health, salvation, and intentions of our dear pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger. What a wonderful pope he has been.
February 27, 2013 at 7:03 am |
My seven year old son and I prayed the Rosary for Pope Benedict. May God continue to bless him.
February 27, 2013 at 8:40 am |
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February 27, 2013 at 9:52 am |
My thoughts and prayers are with you Pope Benedict XVI, as you focus on your health and whole new chapter in your life. My Spiritual Bouquet to you will be a Rosary said on Thursday to mark the moment when your resignation is effective–in that God will bless you with a long and healthy retirement. Will miss you. xoxo
February 27, 2013 at 9:58 am |
St. Andre Bessette Catholic Church in Ecorse, Michigan has been and will continue to offer a Mass each weekend for Pope Benedict XVI
God Bless
February 28, 2013 at 6:43 am |
The students of St. Germaine School (Our Lady of Hope Parish) will offer their daily Lenten prayers, as well as weekly stations of the cross, for His Holiness Benedict XVI as well as for his successor. Additionally, the parish of Our Lady of Hope will remember the Pontiff Emeritus during our upcoming parish mission next week.
February 28, 2013 at 9:58 am |
Thank you Pope Benedict XVI. I will offer one mass, one Holy Hour, and one Rosary for your intentions.
February 28, 2013 at 3:14 pm |
My rosary and spiritual will be for our Holy Father has he moves into his next period in life. I will him well and will continue to rmember him in my prayers.
March 1, 2013 at 5:47 am |
Thank you, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. You’ll always be in my prayers.