Sermons to the Papal Household - Lent
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MARRIAGE AND FAMILY in Gaudium et spes and Today
- Friday March 11th, 2016
Fourth Lenten Sermon 2016 I am devoting this meditation to a spiritual reflection on Gaudium et spes, the pastoral constitution on the Church in the world. Of the various social problems treated in this document —culture, economy, social justice, peace— the most relevant and problematic one concerns marriage and family. The Church devoted the last[...]
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PROCLAMING THE WORD - The Holy Spirit, the Principal Agent of Evangelization
- Friday March 4th, 2016
Third Lenten Sermon 2016 Let us continue and conclude today our reflections on the constitution Dei verbum, that is, on the word of God. Last time, I spoke about lectio divina, the reading of Scripture for personal growth. Following the biblical plan outlined by St. James, we distinguished three successive steps: receive the word, meditate[...]
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RECEIVE WITH MEEKNESS THE IMPLANTED WORD - A Reflection on the Dogmatic Constitution Dei verbum
- Friday February 26th, 2016
Second Lenten Sermon 2016 Let us continue our reflection on the principal documents of Vatican II. Of the four “constitutions” that were approved by it, the one on the Word of God, Dei Verbum, is the only one—along with the one on the Church, Lumen gentium—to have the qualifier “dogmatic” in its title. This can[...]
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WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH - Reflections on Sacrosanctum Concilium
- Friday February 19th, 2016
First Lenten Sermon 2016 1. The Second Vatican Council: a tributary, not the river After meditating on Lumen gentium in Advent, I would like to continue reflecting in these Lenten meditations on other great documents of Vatican II. I think, however, that it would be useful to make an introductory statement. Vatican II is a[...]
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“ECCE HOMO!” - Good Friday Sermon in 2015 in St. Peter’s Basilica
- Friday April 3rd, 2015
We have just heard the account of Jesus’ trial before Pilate. There is one point in particular in that account on which we need to pause. Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged him. And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and clothed him in a purple robe; they[...]
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