Message for His Holiness Benedict XVI for Lent 2012

Message - Lent 2012

“Let us be concerned for each other, to stir a response in love and good works” (Heb 10:24)

"The Lenten season offers us once again an opportunity to reflect upon the very heart of Christian life: charity. This is a favourable time to renew our journey of faith, both as individuals and as a community, with the help of the word of God and the sacraments. This journey is one marked by prayer and sharing, silence and fasting, in anticipation of the joy of Easter".

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ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE PLENARY MEETING OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH

ADDRESS - TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE PLENARY MEETING OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH (January 27, 2012)

"The centre of true ecumenism is, on the contrary, the faith in which the human being finds the truth which is revealed in the Word of God. Without faith the entire ecumenical movement would be reduced to a form of “social contract” to which to adhere out of common interest, a “praxeology”, in order to create a better world. The logic of the Second Vatican Council is quite different: the sincere search for the full unity of all Christians is a dynamic inspired by the Word of God, by the divine Truth who speaks to us in this word".

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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

Commentary of Benedict XVI on the Gospel: Mark 1: 29-39

"When we are tried by evil and our prayers seem to be in vain, then doubt besets us and we ask ourselves in anguish: what is God's will? We find the answer to this very question in the Gospel. For example, in today's passage we read that Jesus "healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons" (Mk 1: 34)". 

Angelus, February  8, 2009

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To rectors, proffesors and seminarians (January 26, 2012)

Speech - To rectors, professors and seminarians of the Pontifical Semiaries of Campania, Calabria and Umbria on the occasion of the centenary of their foundation (January 26, 2012)

"These words still have resonance today because in the whole Church, as well as in the regions from which you come, there is much more than ever the need for workers of the Gospel, credible witnesses and those who promote sanctity with their own lives. May each one of you respond to this call!"

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February 2. World Day of Consecrated Life: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

Texts of Benedict XVI about World Days for Consecrated Life: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

Homilies

• 15th World Day of Consecrated Life: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord - Homily (February 2, 2011)
• 14th World Day of Consecrated Life: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord - Homily (February 2, 2010)
• 13th World Day of Consecrated Life: Address to men and women religious at the conclusion of the Eucharistic Celebration on the occasion of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (February 2, 2009)
• 12th World Day of Consecrated Life: Address to men and women religious at the conclusion of the Eucharistic Celebration on the occasion of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (February 2, 2008)
• 11th World Day of Consecrated Life: Address to men and women religious at the conclusion of the Eucharistic Celebration on the occasion of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (February 2, 2007)
• 10th World Day of Consecrated Life - Feast of the Presentation of the Lord - Homily (February 2, 2006)

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Angelus, January 30, 2012: For God authority means service, humility, love

Angelus - January 30, 2012

 "Divine authority is not a power of nature. It is the power of God's love that creates the universe and, incarnating itself in the Only Begotten Son, descending into our humanity, it heals the world corrupted by sin."

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