Sermons to the Papal Household - Lent
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THE LITURGY OF THE WORD - First Lenten Sermon 2022
- Friday March 11th, 2022
Among the many evils that the Covid pandemic is causing to humanity, there has been at least one positive effect from the point of view of faith. It made us aware of the need we have for the Eucharist and the emptiness that its lack creates; it helped us not to take it for granted.[...]
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“THE FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BROTHERS” (Romans 8:29) - 2021 Good Friday Homily
- Friday April 2nd, 2021
On October 3, 2020, at the tomb of St. Francis in Assisi, the Holy Father Pope Francis signed his Encyclical Letter, “On Fraternity and Social Friendship”, Fratres omnes. Within a short period, it has reawakened in many hearts the aspiration towards that universal value; has shed light on many wounds that afflict the world today;[...]
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JESUS OF NAZARETH: A PERSON - Fourth Homily, Lent 2021
- Friday March 26th, 2021
The Acts of the Apostles recount the following episode. On Agrippa’s arrival in Caesarea, the governor Festus submits him the case of Paul, held in custody, waiting for trial. He summarizes his case to the king with these words: ‘Those who blamed him […] had some issues with him about their own religion and about[...]
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“BUT WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM? - Jesus Christ “true God” - Third Sermon, Lent 2021
- Friday March 12th, 2021
Let us briefly call to mind the subject and spirit of the present Lenten meditations. Our purpose has been to react to the very widespread tendency to talk about the Church ‘etsi Christus non daretur, as if Christ did not exist, as if everything could be understood irrespective of him. Yet we have been meaning[...]
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“Can any of you charge me with sin?” - Jesus Christ, “a true man” - Second Lent Sermon
- Friday March 5th, 2021
The rise of modern thought stems from the Enlightenment and is epitomized in the maxim on living “etsi Deus non daretur”, as if God did not exist. The pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer took up this maxim trying to give it a positive Christian connotation. In his intentions, it was not a concession to atheism, but a[...]
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