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An Answer to a Crisis of Faith

Adoring the Lord in the Year of the Eucharist Fr. Wade Menezes, C.P.M. From the Mar/Apr 2005 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine St. Mary Joseph Rossello (1811-88), the Foundress of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy, once gave her … Continue reading

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Meditation by Pope Benedict XVI

BLESSED SACRAMENT PROCESSION MEDITATION BY HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Prairie, Lourdes, France, September 14, 2008 Lord Jesus, You are here! And you, my brothers, my sisters, my friends, You are here, with me, in his presence! Lord, two thousand years … Continue reading

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Opening of the Ecclesial Convention of the Diocese of Rome

OPENING OF THE ECCLESIAL CONVENTION OF THE DIOCESE OF ROME ON THE THEME: “THEIR EYES WERE OPENED, THEY RECOGNIZED HIM AND ANNOUNCED HIM: THE SUNDAY EUCHARIST AND THE WITNESS OF CHARITY” June 15, 2010 Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Psalm … Continue reading

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Holy Thursday 2006 Homily

Basilica of St John Lateran Holy Thursday, April 13, 2006 “Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end” (Jn 13: 1). God loves his creature, man; he even loves him in his fall and … Continue reading

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Corpus Christi Homily, 2011

Square outside the Basilica of Saint John Lateran Thursday, June 23, 2011 Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Feast of Corpus Christi is inseparable from Holy Thursday, from the Mass in Caena Domini, in which the Institution of the Eucharist is … Continue reading

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Corpus Christi Homily, 2010

Square outside the Basilica of Saint John Lateran Thursday, June 3, 2010  Dear Brothers and Sisters, The priesthood of the New Testament is closely linked to the Eucharist. For this reason today, on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi and almost … Continue reading

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Corpus Christi Homily, 2008

Square in front of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran Thursday, 22 May 2008  Dear Brothers and Sisters, After the strong season of the liturgical year which, focusing on Easter spreads over three months – first the 40 days of … Continue reading

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September 30: St. Jerome and the Holy Scriptures

In his his Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Verbum Domini (The Word of the Lord), our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, wrote the following about today’s saint: Saint Jerome recalls that we can never read Scripture simply on our own. We come … Continue reading

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Thought for the Day from Pope Benedict XVI

“…[T]oday Christ asks you to be rooted in him and with him, to build your lives upon him who is our rock. He sends you out to be his witnesses, courageous and without anxiety, authentic and credible! Do not be … Continue reading

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Thought for the Day from Pope Benedict XVI

I say to you, dear young people: Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away and he gives you everything. When we give ourselves to him, we receive a hundredfold in return. Yes, open wide the doors to … Continue reading

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