Sermons to the Papal Household - Lent
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Second Lent Sermon 2018 - “LET LOVE BE GENUINE” - Christian Love
- Friday March 2nd, 2018
1. The Sources of Christian Holiness Along with its universal call to holiness, Vatican II also gave specific instruction about what holiness means and in what it consists. In Lumen Gentium we read, The Lord Jesus, the divine Teacher and Model of all perfection, preached holiness of life to each and every one of His[...]
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First Lent Sermon 2018 - “DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD” (Rom 12:2)
- Friday February 23rd, 2018
“Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect” (Rom 12:2). In a society in which everyone feels called to transform the world or the Church, this word of God breaks[...]
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“O CRUX, AVE SPES UNICA” The Cross, the Only Hope of the World - Sermon for Good Friday, 2017, St. Peter’s Basilica
- Friday April 14th, 2017
We have listened to the story of the Passion of Christ. Apparently nothing more than the account of a violent death, and news of violent deaths are rarely missing in any evening news. Even in recent days there were many of them, including those of 38 Christians Copts in Egypt killed on Palm Sunday. These[...]
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Fifth Lenten Sermon 2017 : “THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD HAS BEEN MANIFESTED”: The Fifth Centenary of the Protestant Reformation, an Occasion of Grace and Reconciliation for the Whole Church
- Friday April 7th, 2017
The Fifth Centenary of the Protestant Reformation, an Occasion of Grace and Reconciliation for the Whole Church 1. The Origins of the Protestant Reformation The Holy Spirit, who leads us into the fullness of truth about the person of Christ and his paschal mystery, also enlightens us on a crucial aspect of our faith in[...]
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Lent 2017 - Fourth Sermon - THE HOLY SPIRIT INTRODUCES US TO THE MYSTERY OF THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
- Friday March 31st, 2017
In the first two Lenten meditations we reflected on the Holy Spirit who leads us into all the truth about the person of Christ, causing him to be proclaimed as “Lord” and “true God.” In the last meditation we moved on from the being of Christ to the work of Christ, from his person to[...]
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