Sermons to the Papal Household - Advent
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Humility as Truth and Service in Francis of Assisi
- Friday December 13th, 2013
2nd Avent Homily Objective and Subjective Humility Last time we saw that Francis of Assisi is a living demonstration that the most useful reform of the Church is that of the way of holiness, which always consists in a courageous return to the Gospel and which must begin from oneself. In this second meditation I[...]
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FRANCIS OF ASSISI AND THE REFORM OF THE CHURCH BY WAY OF HOLINESS
- Friday December 6th, 2013
First Advent Homily The aim of these three Advent meditations is to prepare ourselves for Christmas in the company of Francis of Assisi. In this first meditation, I would like to highlight the nature of his return to the Gospel. In his study on the “True and False Reform of the Church,” the theologian Yves[...]
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"I Bring You Tidings of Great Joy": Evangelizing Through Joy
- Friday December 21st, 2012
3rd Advent Sermon We dedicate this final Advent meditation to the third great theme of the year: Evangelization. The Pope has invited the Church to make this year the occasion for rediscovering “the joy of encountering Christ”, the joy of being Christians. Echoing this call, I will speak about how to evangelize through joy. I[...]
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"The Second Vatican Council: 50 Years Later - a Key to Its Interpretation"
- Friday December 14th, 2012
Second sermons for Advent. 1. The Council: the hermeneutic of rupture and of continuity In this meditation I would like to reflect on the second great cause for celebration this year: the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the Second Vatican Council. In recent decades, the attempts to assess the results of Vatican II have[...]
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The Year of Faith and the Catechism of the Catholic Church
- Friday December 7th, 2012
1st Advent Sermon 1. The “eaten” book In preaching to the Papal Household, I try to allow myself to be guided in the choice of themes by the graces or special occasions that the Church is experiencing at a given moment in her history. Recently we had the opening of the Year of Faith, the[...]
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