Sermons to the Papal Household
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Lent 2017 -Second Sermon - CHRIST, “TRUE GOD FROM TRUE GOD”
- Friday March 17th, 2017
1. The Faith of Nicea In this meditation we continue our reflection on the role of the Holy Spirit in knowing Christ. In this regard one cannot fail to mention an unexpected confirmation of this happening in the world today. For some time there has been a movement called “the Messianic Judaism,” whose members are[...]
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Lent 2017 - First Sermon : THE HOLY SPIRIT LEADS US INTO THE MYSTERY OF THE LORDSHIP OF CHRIST
- Friday March 10th, 2017
1. “He will bear witness to me” One thing impressed me while reading the initial prayer of the Mass of the First Sunday of Lent this year. We don’t pray that God the Father give us the strength to accomplish one of the classic Lenten works: fasting, praying, doing charity; we ask rather to “grow[...]
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Fourth Advent Sermon - “BY THE HOLY SPIRIT HE WAS INCARNATE OF THE VIRGIN MARY”
- Friday December 23rd, 2016
1. Christmas, a Mystery “for Us” In continuing our reflections on the Holy Spirit, and given the imminence of Christmas, let us meditate on the article in the creed that speaks of the work of the Holy Spirit in the Incarnation. In the creed, we say, “For us men and for our salvation he came[...]
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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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