O Saint Benedict Abbot!Thou who hast not taught otherwise than as thou hast lived, make us all feel the perennial relevance of thy teaching, that it may continue to inspire…
Lent, the providential time for conversion, helps us to contemplate this stupendous mystery of love. It is a return to the roots of our faith, so that by pondering the…
1. In this Great Jubilee year, the basic theme of our catecheses has been the glory of the Trinity as revealed to us in salvation history. We have reflected on…
This is the first time that the new Pope is speaking to you on the occasion of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. In the first place, let my…
Dear Young People of Chile 1. I have longed for this meeting which gives me the opportunity to share directly your joy, your affection, your desire for a society more…
1. The mission of Christ the Redeemer, which is entrusted to the Church, is still very far from completion. As the second millennium after Christ's coming draws to an end,…
1. "Sanctify a fast!" (Joel 1:14). They are the words that we listened to in the first reading on Ash Wednesday. They were written by the Prophet Joel, and the…
Brothers and sisters, do not be afraid to welcome Christ and accept his power. Help the Pope and all those who wish to serve Christ and with Christ's power to…
The Upper Room in Jerusalem too was a kind of “school of faith” for the Apostles. However, in a sense, what happened to Thomas goes beyond what occurred near Caesarea…
1. A text by Saint Augustine offers us the key to interpreting Christ's miracles as signs of his saving power: "Becoming man for us has benefited our salvation far more…
The storm calmed on the Lake of Genesaret can be reread as a "sign" of Christ's constant presence in the "boat" of the Church, which many times throughout history is…
1. Among the requests for renunciation made by Jesus to his disciples, there is the one concerning earthly goods, and in particular wealth (cf. Mt 19:21; Mk 10:21; Lk 12:33;…
1. "Who do you say that I am?" (Mt 16: 15). Jesus asks the disciples this question about his identity while he is with them in upper Galilee. It often…
Jun 20, 2025

Entrustment

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The family is the heart of the Church. Let us today raise from this heart an act of special entrustment to the heart of the Mother of God. In the…
3. The coincidence of this centenary with the last year of preparation for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, which is "aimed at broadening the horizons of believers, so…
3. What does Christ say in this regard in the Gospel we have heard today? At the end of the Sermon on the Mount he said: “Everyone who hears these…
Spiritual life needs enlightenment and guidance. This is why Jesus, in founding the Church and sending the Apostles into the world, entrusted them with the task of teaching all nations,…
The particular circumstances of John's birth have been handed down to us by the evangelist Luke. According to an ancient tradition, it took place in Ain-Karim, before the gates of…
In the liturgy of the word, Luke's Gospel presents us once again with Jesus' question: "Can a blind man guide a blind man?" (Lk 6:39). The Lord means that a…
1. "Ecclesia de Eucharistia vivit" - "The Church draws her life from the Eucharist". The Encyclical Letter on the Eucharist, which I signed last Holy Thursday during the Mass of…
7. These notions of divine providence offered to us by the biblical tradition of the Old Testament are confirmed and enriched by the New. Of all the words of Jesus…
Psalm 48:14-21 - Human wealth does not save 1. As it gradually develops, the Liturgy of Vespers presents to us the sapiential Psalm 49[48], whose second part has just been…
Our Father, who art in heaven . . .". We stand at the altar around which the whole Church is gathered in Sarajevo. We utter the words that Christ, Son…
Through the Jubilee, finally, the Lord asks us to rekindle our charity. The Kingdom which Christ will reveal in its full splendour at the end of time is already present…
1. "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem" (Mk 10:33). With these words, the Lord invites the disciples to journey with him on the path that leads from Galilee to…
1. Come, let us go up the mountain... (Is 2:3; cf. Mi 4:2). Let us listen today to this invitation of the prophet and reread it as an inner imperative:…
Dear Brothers and Sisters, 1. On her pilgrimage to full communion of love with God, the Church appears as "a people made one with the unity of the Father, the…
1. In the Gospels we find another fact that attests to Jesus' consciousness of possessing divine authority, and the persuasion that the evangelists and the early Christian community had of…
Building the new ethical sense through the rediscovery of values 1. We come in our analysis to the third part of Christ's statement in the Sermon on the Mount (Mt…
7. In his activity as a teacher, which began in Nazareth and extended to Galilee and Judea up to the capital, Jerusalem, Jesus knows how to grasp and make the…
Are we not perhaps all afraid in some way? If we let Christ enter fully into our lives, if we open ourselves totally to him, are we not afraid that He might take something away from us? Are we not perhaps afraid to give up something significant, something unique, something that makes life so beautiful? Do we not then risk ending up diminished and deprived of our freedom? (Pope Benedict)
Non abbiamo forse tutti in qualche modo paura - se lasciamo entrare Cristo totalmente dentro di noi, se ci apriamo totalmente a lui – paura che Egli possa portar via qualcosa della nostra vita? Non abbiamo forse paura di rinunciare a qualcosa di grande, di unico, che rende la vita così bella? Non rischiamo di trovarci poi nell’angustia e privati della libertà? (Papa Benedetto)
For Christians, volunteer work is not merely an expression of good will. It is based on a personal experience of Christ (Pope Benedict)
Per i cristiani, il volontariato non è soltanto espressione di buona volontà. È basato sull’esperienza personale di Cristo (Papa Benedetto)
"May the peace of your kingdom come to us", Dante exclaimed in his paraphrase of the Our Father (Purgatorio, XI, 7). A petition which turns our gaze to Christ's return and nourishes the desire for the final coming of God's kingdom. This desire however does not distract the Church from her mission in this world, but commits her to it more strongly [John Paul II]
‘Vegna vêr noi la pace del tuo regno’, esclama Dante nella sua parafrasi del Padre Nostro (Purgatorio XI,7). Un’invocazione che orienta lo sguardo al ritorno di Cristo e alimenta il desiderio della venuta finale del Regno di Dio. Questo desiderio però non distoglie la Chiesa dalla sua missione in questo mondo, anzi la impegna maggiormente [Giovanni Paolo II]
Let our prayer spread out and continue in the churches, communities, families, the hearts of the faithful, as though in an invisible monastery from which an unbroken invocation rises to the Lord (John Paul II)
La nostra preghiera si diffonda e continui nelle chiese, nelle comunità, nelle famiglie, nei cuori credenti, come in un monastero invisibile, da cui salga al Signore una invocazione perenne (Giovanni Paolo II)
"The girl is not dead, but asleep". These words, deeply revealing, lead me to think of the mysterious presence of the Lord of life in a world that seems to succumb to the destructive impulse of hatred, violence and injustice; but no. This world, which is yours, is not dead, but sleeps (Pope John Paul II)
“La bambina non è morta, ma dorme”. Queste parole, profondamente rivelatrici, mi inducono a pensare alla misteriosa presenza del Signore della vita in un mondo che sembra soccombere all’impulso distruttore dell’odio, della violenza e dell’ingiustizia; ma no. Questo mondo, che è vostro, non è morto, ma dorme (Papa Giovanni Paolo II)
"Refined as it is", Tertullian writes, "your cruelty serves no purpose. On the contrary, for our community, it is an invitation. We multiply every time one of us is mowed down. The blood of Christians is effective seed" (semen est sanguis christianorum!, Apologeticus, 50: 13) [Pope Benedict]
«Per quanto raffinata – scrive Tertulliano –, a nulla serve la vostra crudeltà: anzi, per la nostra comunità, essa è un invito. A ogni vostro colpo di falce diveniamo più numerosi: il sangue dei cristiani è una semina efficace! (semen est sanguis christianorum!)» (Apologetico 50,13) [Papa Benedetto]

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