Sermons to the Papal Household - Advent
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“BLESSED IS SHE WHO BELIEVED!” - Second Advent Sermon 2023
- Friday December 22nd, 2023
After the Forerunner John the Baptist, today we let the Mother of Jesus take us by her hand to “enter” the mystery of Christmas. In the Gospel of last Sunday, the Fourth of Advent, we heard the story of the Annunciation. It reminds us of how Mary conceived and gave birth to Christ – and[...]
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"VOICE OF ONE THAT CRIES IN THE DESERT" John the Baptist, the moralist and the prophet - First Advent Sermon 2023
- Friday December 15th, 2023
There is a progression in the Advent liturgy. In the first week, the prominent figure is the prophet Isaiah, the one who announces the coming of the Savior from afar; on the second and third Sunday, the guide is John the Baptist, the precursor; in the fourth week, all attention is concentrated on Mary. Having[...]
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THE GATE OF CHARITY - Third Sermon, Advent 2022
- Friday December 16th, 2022
Lift up your heads, O gates; be lifted, you ancient portals, that the king of glory may enter. In our intent to open the gates to Christ who comes, we have reached the innermost door of the “interior castle”, that of the theological virtue of charity. But what does it mean to open the door[...]
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THE GATE OF HOPE - Second Sermon, Advent 2022
- Friday December 9th, 2022
Lift up your heads, O gates; be lifted, you ancient portals, that the king of glory may enter (Ps 24: 7). We have taken this verse of the psalm as the guideline of the Advent meditations, meaning by the doors to be opened those of the theological virtues: faith, hope and charity. The temple of[...]
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THE GATE OF FAITH - First Sermon, Advent 2022
- Friday December 2nd, 2022
Holy Father, Most Reverend Fathers, brothers et sisters of the Roman Curia, I have asked myself several times what is the meaning and usefulness of these sermons in Advent and Lent which interrupt or delay commitments of a different and more important kind. What encourages me and takes away my scruple of wasting your time[...]
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