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Homily - 10 May 2007
It is not one of my best homilies, but I am afraid it is the best I could muster after returning from vacation. Today, “God mounts his throne amid shouts of joy” (Psalm 47:6). The Lord Jesus Christ “was lifted up, and a… -
Homily - 6 May 2007
Today, Christ the Lord “make[s] all things new” (Revelation 21:5) as he gives us the new commandment: “As I have loved you, so you should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have… -
Homily - 29 April 2007
Today, on this 44th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, the Holy Father Benedict reminds us: “The Good Shepherd … invites us to pray to the heavenly Father, to pray unitedly and insistently, that he may send vocations for… -
Homily - 22 April 2007
On the Occasion of the Cancellation of TEC 244 My dear friends in Christ: May the Lord give you peace. What are we to say today? It is with a certain sadness and dissatisfaction that we have gathered this evening to giv… -
Pontifical birthday homily
Via Amy and from Teresa Benedetto of the Papa Ratzinger forum, a translation of the Holy Father's homily during the Mass celebrated on the occassion of his 80th birthday: We are gathered to reflect on the completion of … -
Homily - 15 April 2007
What does it mean to have faith? What does it mean to say, “I believe”? The Letter to the Hebrews calls faith “the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” ( Hebrews 11:1). Faith is “a personal a… -
Homily - 7 April 2007 - At the Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter
Listen, dear brothers and sisters, about the Lord’s gift to us, and rejoice with us in Him, in His word, in His truth, in His love. Tonight we heard sung, “You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation” (sev… -
Homily - 6 April 2007 - Good Friday of the Lord's Passion
Only moments before he breathed his last, our Savior cried out, “I thirst” (John 19:28). These are strange words to utter as one hangs in excruciating pain. Surely Jesus does not ask for a drink of water to ease his suff… -
Homily - 5 April 2007 - Holy Thurdsay
In his Message for Lent 2007, The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI invited us to “live Lent, then, as a ‘Eucharistic’ time in which, welcoming the love of Jesus, we learn to spread it around us with every word and deed. C… -
Homily - 1 April 2007 - At the Blessing of Palms
Dear brothers and sisters, Today, at the beginning of this Holy Week, we gather here as if at the walls of Jerusalem itself. We have come “near to Bethpage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives” (Luke 19:…
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