Tag Archives: Pope John Paul II

April 1, 1999  1. “Adoro te devote, latens Deitas, Quae sub his figuris vere latitas”. “Devoutly I adore you, hidden Deity, under these appearances concealed“. This evening we relive the Last Supper when, on the night he was betrayed, the … Continue reading →

 April 17, 2003 1. “He loved them to the end” (Jn 13: 1). On the eve of his passion and death, the Lord Jesus wanted to gather his Apostles around him once again to entrust his last instructions to them … Continue reading →

 March 28, 2002 1. “Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end” (Jn 13:1). These words from the Gospel text just proclaimed clearly underline the climate of Holy Thursday. They give us an … Continue reading →

April 20, 2000 1. “I have longed to eat this Passover with you before I suffer” (Lk 22:15). With these words, Christ declares the prophetic meaning of the Passover Meal which he is about to celebrate with the disciples in … Continue reading →

Sunday, June 18, 2000 Solemnity of the Holy Trinity 1. “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call” (Eph 4: 4). One body! At these solemn Vespers, … Continue reading →

April 9, 1998 1. “Verbum caro, panem verum / Verbo carnem efficit…”. “Word made flesh, the bread of nature, / by his word to flesh he turns; / Wine into his blood he changes; / What though sense no change … Continue reading →

 March 27, 1997 1. Each year this Basilica of Saint John Lateran welcomes the assembly gathered for the solemn Memorial of the Last Supper. From the City of Rome and from throughout the world the faithful come to renew the … Continue reading →

Sunday, June 1, 1997 1. Statio Orbis. The 46th International Eucharistic Congress now reaches its high point: the Statio Orbis! Spiritually gathered around this altar today is the Church in every continent of the globe. She wishes, before the whole … Continue reading →

Bologna, Italy, Sunday, September 28, 1997 1. “Where is my guest room, where I am to eat the Passover with my disciples?” (Mk 14:14). This is what Jesus asks on Holy Thursday in Jerusalem. Having found the place where they … Continue reading →

 Thursday, May 29, 1997 1. “This is my body which is for you…. This cup is the new covenant in my blood…. Do this … in remembrance of me” (1 Cor 11:24-25). Today’s liturgy commemorates the great mystery of the … Continue reading →