1. A new audience for the proclamation
“Prope est iam Dominus: venite, adoremus” (The Lord is close at hand; come, let us worship him). We begin this meditation just as the Liturgy of the Hours begins in the days that precede Christmas in such a way that it may also serve as part of our preparation [...]
1. The Christian faith crosses the ocean
Four days ago the American continent celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which in Mexico is also a holy day of obligation. This is a happy coincidence, when our subject in this meditation is the third great wave of evangelization that followed the discovery of the New [...]
“The Second Wave of Evangelization”
The second, great wave of Evangelization, after the Barbarian invasions.
In this meditation I want to talk of the second great wave of Evangelization in the history of the Church, that which followed the fall of the Roman Empire and the mix of nations caused by the Barbarian invasions. I want to [...]