Sermons to the Papal Household
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Fourth Lent Sermon - “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities”
- Friday March 16th, 2018
1. The Center Thread That Comes Down In outlining the traits, or the virtues, that should shine in the life of those who are reborn in the Spirit, St. Paul, after speaking about charity and humility, now speaks of obedience in chapter 13 of the Letter to the Romans: Let every person be subject to[...]
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Third Lent Sermon 2018 - “Do not think of yourselves more highly than you ought” - Christian Humility
- Friday March 9th, 2018
The exhortation to charity that we heard from Paul in the last meditation is enclosed in two brief exhortations to humility that clearly refer to each other in such a way as to form a kind of frame for the exhortation on charity. If they are read in sequence, while omitting what comes between them,[...]
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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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Second Sermon - “CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND FOR EVER”
- Friday December 22nd, 2017
(Heb 13:8) The Omnipresence of Christ in Time 1. Christ and Time After having meditated last time on the place Christ occupies in the cosmos, I would like to dedicate this second reflection to the place Christ occupies in human history: after first considering his presence in space, we will now consider his presence in[...]
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