publish the text of the Homilies of Bishop Alceste Catella during SS. Mass for the Nativity of the Lord that he himself presided over in the night and on Christmas Day at the Cathedral of Sant'Evasio.
Nativity of the Lord - In nocte
Dear,
in this most holy night we - as pastors - to make our journey to Bethlehem, to "see" those words which today has become visible to us, we want listen to what - with infinite love - that Word has to say.
The texts we have heard tell of a long wait to be set in motion events that promises to weave a story that is already "history of salvation", yet still waiting for its completion. And the Birth of Jesus is the answer to this perennial constant expectation that pervades in all ages, all mankind ...
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Nativity of the Lord - In die
Dear,
By speaking in human terms, was made man. The human experience to which someone speaks and is listened to, someone who listens and accepts asked him the word experience is able to understand something of the divine, not only that it is precisely this experience that God plunges to tell us his personal identity, to give and make visible to us all of himself. Listening and viewing are thus two ways of access to the mystery of Jesus Christmas, dear friends, is this: the child of Bethlehem hear and see God, the Word of God, his word audible and visible.
"but in these last days God has spoken to us by a Son ...", that told us the author of Hebrews ... To download the
complete text of click here .
Nativity of the Lord - In nocte
Dear,
in this most holy night we - as pastors - to make our journey to Bethlehem, to "see" those words which today has become visible to us, we want listen to what - with infinite love - that Word has to say.
The texts we have heard tell of a long wait to be set in motion events that promises to weave a story that is already "history of salvation", yet still waiting for its completion. And the Birth of Jesus is the answer to this perennial constant expectation that pervades in all ages, all mankind ...
To download the complete text of click here .
Nativity of the Lord - In die
Dear,
By speaking in human terms, was made man. The human experience to which someone speaks and is listened to, someone who listens and accepts asked him the word experience is able to understand something of the divine, not only that it is precisely this experience that God plunges to tell us his personal identity, to give and make visible to us all of himself. Listening and viewing are thus two ways of access to the mystery of Jesus Christmas, dear friends, is this: the child of Bethlehem hear and see God, the Word of God, his word audible and visible.
"but in these last days God has spoken to us by a Son ...", that told us the author of Hebrews ... To download the
complete text of click here .
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