Sermons to the Papal Household - Advent
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Third Sermon for Advent 2016 - THE SOBER INTOXICATION OF THE SPIRIT
- Friday December 16th, 2016
1. Two Kinds of Intoxication On the Monday after Pentecost in 1975 at the closing of the First World Congress of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Blessed Paul VI delivered an address to the ten thousand participants gathered in the St. Peter’s Basilica in which he defined the charismatic renewal as “a chance for the Church.”[...]
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Secon Advent Sermon - The Holy Spirit and the Charism of Discernment
- Friday December 9th, 2016
Let us continue our reflections on the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of a Christian. Saint Paul mentions a specific charism called “discernment of spirits” (see 1 Cor 12:10). This phrase originally had a very specific meaning: it indicated the gift that made it possible to distinguish from among the inspired or[...]
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First Advent Sermon 2016 - I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
- Friday December 2nd, 2016
1. The Innovation after the Council With the celebration of the 50th year of the end of the Second Vatican Council, the first “post-conciliar” period comes to a close and a new one begins. If the first period was categorized by problems relating to the “reception” of the Council, this new period will be characterized,[...]
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Mary in the Mystery of Christ and of the Church
- Friday December 18th, 2015
Third Advent Sermon 1. Mariology in Lumen gentium The topic of this last Advent meditation is Chapter 8 of Lumen gentium called “The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God in the Mystery of Christ and the Church.” Let us listen to what the Council says on this issue: The predestination of the Blessed Virgin as[...]
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“THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO HOLINESS” (Lumen gentium, Chapter 5)
- Friday December 11th, 2015
Second Advent Sermon 2015 A few days ago we have entered the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of Vatican II and the jubilee Year of Mercy. We must say that the link between the theme of mercy and the Second Vatican Council is anything but arbitrary or minor. St. John XXIIII, in his opening address[...]
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