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Month: January 2022

The Holy Mass as Sacrifice & Sacrament of the Cross

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The Holy Mass as Sacrifice & Sacrament of the CrossWhat is important at this point is that we take the proper mental attitude toward the Mass, and remember this important fact, that the Sacrifice of the Cross is not something which happened nineteen hundred years ago. It is still happening. It is an abiding drama on which the curtain has not yet rung down.

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Why Was Jesus Rejected From His Hometown?

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Why Was Jesus Rejected From His Hometown?In Sunday’s Gospel, the people in Nazareth, Jesus’ hometown, wanted to kill Him after they heard Him speak in their synagogue. How did familiarity breed such contempt? Jesus understood the dynamic that was quickly developing among His fellow Nazarenes. Instead of trying to explain Himself, He identified with the long-standing history of the prophets God had sent […]

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Work Is Essential for Our Growth in Holiness

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In his catechesis at the General Audience of January 12, 2022, focusing on Saint Joseph, Pope Francis looks at Joseph’s life as a worker and says the dignity of labor is essential for our human development and our growth in holiness.

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St. Joseph, Father in Tenderness

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Continuing his catechetical series on Saint Joseph, Pope Francis looks at his role as a loving father and a reflection of God’s tenderness, which allows us to feel loved and welcomed in all our weaknesses.

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St. Joseph, a Man Who Dreams

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At the General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis offers a meditation on St Joseph as a "man who dreams," and who knows how to discern the voice of God and act upon it.

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Let Us Keep Our Gaze Fixed on Jesus

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During Mass for the Sunday of the Word of God � the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time � Pope Francis conferred the new ministry of Catechist on five men and three women from various parts of the world. The Holy Father highlighted two aspects of the day’s readings: The word of God reveals God; and His word leads us to man. The Pope noted that in the Gospel, Jesus reveals that He came “to liberate the poor and the oppressed,” showing that God is not detached or indifferent to humanity, but is close to human beings and wants to care for them. He does so, the Pope said, precisely through His word, “rekindling hope amid the ashes of your fears, helping you rediscover joy in the labyrinths of your sorrows, filling your feelings of solitude with hope.”

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Listen with a Pastoral Heart

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Pope Francis received members of the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota on Thursday at the start of their judicial year. Speaking to those gathered, he reflected on the theme of synodality with regard to annulment cases, reminding them that their mis…

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Listening with the Ear of the Heart

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After focusing last year on seeing reality and conveying it to others, Pope Francis in his 2022 Message for the World Communications Day emphasized the quality of listening, which he said: "is decisive in the grammar of communication and is a cond…

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