[nfbmi-talk] good thing rodgers isn't pope

Larry D Keeler lkeeler at comcast.net
Tue Dec 16 20:54:00 UTC 2014


 is great! I would sure love to attend that one? Maybe represent the 
Knights?
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> Good thing Ed Rodgers isn't Pope. If he was this lady never would get this
> opportunity.
>
> Blind lector to serve at Pope Francis' Quirino Grandstand mass
>
> December 16, 2014 9:04pm
>
>
>
> Despite being blind, Ma. Divina Zambales, or Divine, has been an active
> member of her local church, where she serves as lector.
>
> In January, she will be given the chance to help lead the congregation in
> prayer, in a mass of a lifetime, one presided by no less than Pope 
> Francis.
>
> According to a report on 24 Oras on Tuesday, Zambales has been tapped as
> lector to be held on the afternoon of January 18 at the Quirino 
> Grandstand.
>
> Officials of the papal visit organizing committee said
>
> they expect the crowd at the said mass to surpass the six-million-people
> mark
>
> that gathered there during the visit in 1995 of Pope John Paul II, who's 
> now
> a saint.
>
> Divine, who lost her eyesight as a child due to a brain tumor, said she 
> felt
> blessed" with the opportunity to be a lector at the mass, and get close to
>
> Pope Francis.
>
> "Masaya ako kasi sa dinami-rami... ma-feel mo na blessed na blessed ka
> talaga," she said.
>
> Aside from Zambales, Ronald Yambao, who is deaf-mute, has also been 
> invited
> to meet the Pope.
>
> In sign language read by an interpreter, Yambao said he wants his family 
> "to
> be blessed by the Pope," adding that he wishes to thank the pontiff "for
> visiting
>
> the Philippines.
>
> Persons with disabilities
>
> are among those chosen by the Pope to meet him during his visit.
>
> Their impact on the Filipino family is also one of the three aspects that
> will be discussed before the Pope during the meeting of families at the SM
> Mall
>
> of Asia Arena on January 16.
>
> In an interview with GMA News, Fr. Nonnette Legaspi, minister for persons
> with disabilities at the Diocese of Novaliches, Pope Francis brings a wave
> of
>
> hope for people like Zambales and Yambao.
>
> "Maramdaman nila na they belong to the church, na they are not just
> recipients of healthcare services," he said. -
>
> Rose-An Jessica Dioquino/
>
> NB, GMA News
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> Source:
> http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/popefrancis/story/392883/blind-lector-to-serv
> e-at-pope-francis-quirino-grandstand-mass
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