"Here is my servant, whom I uphold." (Isaiah 42.1a)Among the sweetest sounds to our ears are in the words ‘with you I am well pleased’
On the Baptism of the Lord (CO01 Jan 13, 2012)
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On the Baptism of the Lord
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Benedict XVI: Sundays must be a day of rest
The demands of work can't bully people out of needed time off, Pope Benedict XVI said. Sunday must be a day of rest for everyone, so people can be free to be with their families and with God, the Pope said.
"By defending Sunday, one defends human freedom," he said during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square June 6. read more...
"By defending Sunday, one defends human freedom," he said during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square June 6. read more...
Our very own latter-day Babel
Pope likens world to latter-day Babel, announces new doctors of church
The modern world is a latter-day Babel, where arrogance inspired by technological progress leads people to play God and sets them against each other, a predicament from which people can escape only through divinely inspired humility and love, said Pope Benedict XVI.
The pope made his remarks during his homily May 27, Pentecost Sunday, during Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.
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The modern world is a latter-day Babel, where arrogance inspired by technological progress leads people to play God and sets them against each other, a predicament from which people can escape only through divinely inspired humility and love, said Pope Benedict XVI.
The pope made his remarks during his homily May 27, Pentecost Sunday, during Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.
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Reflection on "Corpus Christi"
Points to ponder on "Corpus Christi"...
- The "real presence" of the Body of Christ in the Eucharistic species
- The Body of Christ as all of those whom Christ loves.
Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Always speak and act as men destined for judgment under the law of freedom.
Merciless is the judgment on the man who has not shown mercy; but mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 2:12-13