Homily of Pope Francis. Easter Vigil 2015
Tonight is a night of vigil. The Lord is not sleeping; the Watchman is watching over his people (cf. Ps 121:4), to bring them out of slavery and to open before them the way to freedom. The Lord is keeping watch and, by the power of his love, he is bringing his people through the Red Sea. He is
Homily of Pope Francis. Easter Vigil 2015
Tonight is a night of vigil. The Lord is not sleeping; the Watchman is watching over his people (cf. Ps 121:4), to bring them out of slavery and to open before them the way to freedom. The Lord is keeping watch and, by the power of his love, he is bringing his people through the Red Sea. He is
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR LENT 2017
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Lent is a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ’s victory over death. This season urgently calls us to conversion. Christians are asked to return to God “with all their hearts” (Joel 2:12), to refuse to settle for
The Nativity of the Lord. Homily of his Holiness Pope Francis. 24 December 2015
Tonight “a great light” shines forth (Is 9:1); the light of Jesus’ birth shines all about us. How true and timely are the words of the prophet Isaiah which we have just heard: “You have brought abundant joy and great rejoicing” (9:2)! Our heart was already joyful in
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Urbi et Orbi. Message of his Holiness Pope Francis. Chrismas 2015
Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Christmas! Christ is born for us, let us rejoice in the day of our salvation! Let us open our hearts to receive the grace of this day, which is Christ himself. Jesus is the radiant “day” which has dawned on the horizon of humanity. A day of
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APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO POLAND ON THE OCCASION OF THE XXXI WORLD YOUTH DAY (27-31 JULY 2016)
Dear Young Friends, good evening! At last we are together! Thank you for your warm welcome! I thank Cardinal Dziwisz, the bishops, priests, men and women religious, the seminarians, lay-faithful, and those who have accompanied you. I am also grateful to all those who made it possible for us
anonymous homily on Holy Saturday
"What is happening today? A great silence envelops the earth; silence and solitude. Great silence because the King sleeps. The earth feared awe because God slept in the flesh and has awakened the sleeping since ancient times. God in the flesh is dead and has come down to shake the kingdom of the
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO POLAND ON THE OCCASION OF THE XXXI WORLD YOUTH DAY (27-31 JULY 2016)
(...) This pains me. I worry when I see young people who have “thrown in the towel” before the game has even begun, who are defeated even before they begin to play. I am saddened to see young people who walk around glumly as if life had no meaning. Deep down, young people like this
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO POLAND ON THE OCCASION OF THE XXXI WORLD YOUTH DAY (27-31 JULY 2016)
Dear Young Friends, good evening! At last we are together! Thank you for your warm welcome! I thank Cardinal Dziwisz, the bishops, priests, men and women religious, the seminarians, lay-faithful, and those who have accompanied you. I am also grateful to all those who made it possible for us
catechesis for this Holy Year of Mercy
Speaker: Dear Brothers and Sisters: In our continuing catechesis for this Holy Year of Mercy, we now consider the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes. In Saint Matthew’s account, Jesus wishes to withdraw and pray, but seeing the multitudes, is moved by compassion and