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Cycle of Catechesis. The Spirit and the Bride. The Holy Spirit guides the people of God towards Jesus our hope. 3. “All Scripture is inspired by God”. Knowing God’s love through God’s words.
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning, welcome!
Let us continue the catechesis on the Holy Spirit who guides the Church towards Christ our hope… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, blessed Sunday!
The Gospel of today’s liturgy (cf. Mk 3:20-35) tells us that Jesus, after beginning His public ministry, faced a twofold reaction: that of his relatives, who were worried and feared He had gone a little mad, and that of the religious authorities, who accused Him of acting under the influence of an evil spirit… Read more »
For his third appointment of the ‘School of Prayer’ preparing for the 2025 Jubilee, Pope Francis meets an unsuspecting group of about 30 families in a Roman condominium garage from a parish in the city’s western outskirts, and acknowledges that while fighting is normal, to try to make amends.
This time the venue was not a parish hall or theater, but rather a condominium garage with a gravel floor, brick walls, trees and ivy all around, with shutters hiding parked cars and residents peering from balconies… Read more »
Cycle of Catechesis. The Spirit and the Bride. The Holy Spirit guides. the people of God towards Jesus our hope. 2. “The wind blows where it wishes”. Where there is the Spirit of God, there is freedom
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
In today’s catechesis, I would like to reflect with you on the name by which the Holy Spirit is called in the Bible… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!
Today, in Italy and in other countries, we celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Domini. The Gospel of the liturgy today tells us about the Last Supper (Mk 14:12-26), during which the Lord performs a gesture of handing over: in fact, in the broken bread and in the chalice offered to the disciples, it is He who gives Himself for all humanity, and offers Himself for the life of the world… Read more »
Cycle of Catechesis. The Spirit and the Bride. The Holy Spirit guides. the people of God towards Jesus our hope. 1. The Spirit of God was hovering over the waters
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
Today, with this catechesis we begin a cycle of reflections with the theme ‘The Holy Spirit and the Bride” – the bride is the Church – “The Holy Spirit guides God’s people towards Jesus our hope’… Read more »
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“The Pope never intended to offend or express himself in homophobic terms, and he apologizes to those who felt offended by the use of a term, as reported by others.”
The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, made that statement on Tuesday in response to questions from journalists about the use of a term regarding the admission of homosexual people to the seminary… Read more »
Madwar 70,000 tifel u tifla minn diversi pajjiżi tad-dinja ħonqu l-Istadio Olimpico ta’ Ruma s-Sibt waranofsinhar biex jiltaqgħu mal-Papa Franġisku u jirriflettu flimkien miegħu dwar l-importanza tagħhom għall-futur tad-dinja, fl-ewwel Jum Dinji tat-Tfal, fejn it-tema prinċipali kienet il-paċi.
Il-Papa wasal fil-4.40pm bil-popemobile u ġie milqugħ b’applawsi kbar u bl-innu miktub apposta, “A Beautiful World”, kantat mill-Kor tad-Djoċesi ta’ Ruma.
Fit-tfal kollox jitkellem dwar ħajja u l-futur
Imbagħad hu indirizza lill-udjenza żagħżugħa tiegħu b’diskors qasir ta’ introduzzjoni fejn involva lit-tfal bit-tweġibiet tagħhom… Read more »
A child once asked his mom: what is God like? What does it mean that God is Trinity? In response, his mother did this: she took him in her arms, then hugged his father too, and when all three of them were within this embrace, she said: “this how God is!”
Dear children, are you happy when your mom and dad hug you? … Read more »
Cycle of Catechesis. Vices and Virtues. 20. Humility
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
We will conclude this cycle of catechesis by looking at a virtue which is not part of the seven cardinal and theological virtues, but which is at the base of Christian life: this virtue is humility. It is the great antagonist of the most mortal of sins, namely arrogance… Read more »
