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Ash Wednesday

by | Mar 7, 2022 | , | 0 |

Basilica of Santa SabinaAsh Wednesday, 2 March 2022 Today, as we embark on the Lenten season, the Lord says to us: “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven” (Mt 6:1). It may be surprising, but in today’s Gospel, […]

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General Audience

by | Feb 10, 2022 | , | 0 |

Paul VI Audience HallWednesday, 9 February 2022 Catechesis on Saint Joseph: 11. Saint Joseph, patron of the good death. Dear brothers and sisters: In our continuing catechesis on Saint Joseph, we now consider him as the patron of a happy death. This traditional devotion was born of the Church’s meditation on Joseph’s own death, comforted by the […]

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General Audience

by | Jan 29, 2022 | , | 0 |

Paul VI Audience HallWednesday, 26 January 2021 Catechesis on Saint Joseph: 9. Saint Joseph, a man who “dreams” Dear Brothers and Sisters: In our continuing catechesis on Saint Joseph, we now consider the four dreams by which God spoke to Joseph and revealed his will to him. Joseph’s ready response to the Lord can serve as a […]

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Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

by | Jan 6, 2022 | , | 0 |

They had excellent reasons not to depart.  They were wise men and astrologers, famous and wealthy.  Having attained sufficient cultural, social and economic security, they could have remained content with what they already knew and possessed.  Instead, they let themselves be unsettled by a question and by a sign: “Where is he who has been […]

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General Audience

by | Dec 8, 2021 | , | 0 |

Let us continue our journey of reflection on the person of Saint Joseph. Today, I would like to deepen his being “just” and “Mary’s betrothed spouse”, and thus provide a message to all engaged couples, and newlyweds as well. Many events connected with Joseph fill the stories of the apocryphal, that is, non-canonical gospels, that […]

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General Audience

by | Oct 21, 2021 | , | 0 |

Paul VI Audience HallWednesday, 20 October 2021 Catechesis on the Letter to the Galatians: 12. Freedom is realized in love Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! In these days we are talking about the freedom of faith, listening to the Letter to the Galatians. But I was reminded of what Jesus was saying about the spontaneity […]

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General Audience

by | Sep 10, 2021 | , | 0 |

Paul VI Audience HallWednesday, 8 September 2021 Catechesis on the Letter to the Galatians: 8. We are children of God Brothers and sisters, good morning! Let us continue our journey in deepening the faith – our faith – in the light of the Letter of Saint Paul to the Galatians. The Apostle is insistent with those […]

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General Audience

by | Aug 5, 2021 | , | 0 |

Paul VI Audience HallWednesday, 4 August 2021 Catechesis: 3. There is just one Gospel Brothers and sisters, good morning! When it comes to the Gospel and the mission to evangelise, Paul is enthusiastic, he comes out of himself. He seems to see nothing other than this mission that the Lord has entrusted to him. Everything in […]

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General Audience

by | Jun 7, 2021 | , | 0 |

San Damaso courtyardWednesday, 2 June 2021 Dear Brothers and Sisters, in our continuing catechesis on prayer, we now consider Jesus as the model of prayer for his disciples. The Gospels show us that the Lord chooses his apostles only after a night of intense prayer. Before every crucial moment in his ministry, Jesus withdraws to […]

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Regina Caeli

by | May 3, 2021 | , | 0 |

Saint Peter’s SquareSunday, 2 May 2021 Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno! In the Gospel of this Fifth Sunday of Easter (Jn 15:1-8), the Lord presents himself as the true vine, and speaks of us as the branches that cannot live without being united to Him. And so He says: “I am the vine, you are the branches” […]

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