Browsing the March 2018 archive of Blog

Pope Francis Palm Sunday - 33rd World Youth Day (25 March 2018)

Posted by Bob Herz on 3/30/18

Palm Sunday - 33rd World Youth Day (25 March 2018) | Francis CELEBRATION OF PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS St Peter`s Square33rd World Youth Day Sunday, 25 March 2018 [Multimedia]

Jesus enters Jerusalem.  The liturgy invites us to share in ... Read More »

Pope Francis Homily - Holy Chrism Mass (29 March 2018)

Posted by Bob Herz on 3/30/18

Holy Chrism Mass (29 March 2018) HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS Vatican BasilicaHoly Thursday, 29 March 2018

Dear brother priests of the Diocese of Rome and other dioceses throughout the world!

When I was reading the texts of today’s liturgy, I kept thinking of the passage from Deuteronomy: ... Read More »

Monsignor Yennock's Homily March 25, 2018 - Palm Sunday

Posted by Fr Thomas Ward on 3/26/18

 

PALM SUNDAY MARCH 25, 2018

 

IN THE PASSION OF JESUS CHRIST GOOD AND EVIL TAKE ON A LIFE OF THEIR OWN IN THE CHARACTERS AND PERSONALITIES THAT MAKE UP THIS EXTRAORDINARY  DRAMA. WE ARE STUNNED AS WE WATCH, IN HORROR, THE STARK REALITY OF EVIL. WE ACTUALLY ... Read More »

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR LENT 2018

Posted by Bob Herz on 3/17/18

Lent 2018: “Because of the increase of inquity, the love of many will grow cold” (Mt 24:12) | Francis MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR LENT 2018 “Because of the increase of inquity, the love of many will grow cold” (Mt 24:12)

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Once again, ... Read More »

Monsignor Yennock on The Bible: A Catholic Book - Homily from March 11, 2018

Posted by Fr Thomas Ward on 3/12/18

BIBLE A CATHOLIC BOOK

 

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 11, 2018

 

ALMOST EVERY CHRISTIAN KNOW THE VERSE THAT WE HAVE JUST READ FROM JOHN CHAPTER 3 VERSE 16. “GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON SO THAT EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM MAY ... Read More »

Pope Francis: Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance (9 March 2018)

Posted by Bob Herz on 3/10/18

Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance (9 March 2018)  HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS  

What great joy and consolation are offered us by the words of Saint John that we just heard: God so loves us that that he has made us his children, and, when we ... Read More »

Father Raniero Cantalamessa, Preacher to the Papal Household 2nd Lent Sermon 2018 - “LET LOVE BE GENUINE”

Posted by Bob Herz on 3/03/18

Second Lent Sermon 2018 - “LET LOVE BE GENUINE” - Christian Love Friday March 2nd, 2018  

1. The Sources of Christian Holiness

Along with its universal call to holiness, Vatican II also gave specific instruction about what holiness means and in what it consists. In Lumen Gentium we read,

The Lord Jesus, the divine Teacher and Model of all perfection, preached holiness of life to each and every one of His disciples of every condition. He Himself stands as the author and consumator of this holiness of life: “Be you therefore perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect” [Mt 5:48]. Indeed He sent the Holy Spirit upon all men that He might move them inwardly to love God with their whole heart and their whole soul, with all their mind and all their strength [see Mk 12:30] and that they might love each other as Christ loves them [see Jn 13:34, 15:12]. The followers of Christ are called by God, not because of their works, but according to His own purpose and grace. They are justified in the Lord Jesus, because in the baptism of faith they truly become sons of God and sharers in the divine nature. In this way they are really made holy. Then too, by God’s gift, they must hold on to and complete in their lives this holiness they have received. (LG ... Read More »