publish the text of the Homilies of Bishop Alceste Catella during SS. Masses for the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God and the 44th World Day of Peace which he himself presided at the Cathedral of Sant'Evasio.
Solemnity of Mary Mother of God - December 31, 2010
Dear,
a new year begins and the liturgy in its proven wisdom, is not afraid to place him under the sign of Mary, the woman at the beginning, Mother who gave birth to the Son of God in the "fullness of time."
A mother is the one who generates, the one who is always at the beginning of a new life, a new time, a new story. Everything starts and shape from a womb that, in the dark most inaccessible and fruitful, weaves the threads of a body that comes in time with its load of absolute novelty. For nine months, as every woman, Mary cares for and preserves the fruit of her womb, the fruit home to a mystery that only she knows and is able to see in the eyes of her faith ...
To download the complete text of click here .
Solemnity of Mary Mother of God 44th World Day of Peace: "Freedom of religion, path to peace" - January 1, 2011
Dear friends,
not the case for the Servant of God Pope Paul VI chose January 1 - Solemnity of Mary Mother of God - as the World Day for Peace, and this we are experiencing is the Forty-Day. In fact, the first reading - from the book of Numbers - is a prayer of "blessing" and asks the great gift of peace.
Peace, the text says, is the fullness of life based on right relationships and happy. It is invoked by the priests descendants of Aaron for the children of Israel with the words we have heard: "The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up you kindly and give you peace. " Through the image of the radiant face of God is given the basic condition for peace. The vital relationship with God, Creator and Redeemer, and to set the identity of his people. By the blessing of the community of believers is placed under the protection of God, the source and guarantee of peace ...
To download the complete text of click here .
Solemnity of Mary Mother of God - December 31, 2010
Dear,
a new year begins and the liturgy in its proven wisdom, is not afraid to place him under the sign of Mary, the woman at the beginning, Mother who gave birth to the Son of God in the "fullness of time."
A mother is the one who generates, the one who is always at the beginning of a new life, a new time, a new story. Everything starts and shape from a womb that, in the dark most inaccessible and fruitful, weaves the threads of a body that comes in time with its load of absolute novelty. For nine months, as every woman, Mary cares for and preserves the fruit of her womb, the fruit home to a mystery that only she knows and is able to see in the eyes of her faith ...
To download the complete text of click here .
Solemnity of Mary Mother of God 44th World Day of Peace: "Freedom of religion, path to peace" - January 1, 2011
Dear friends,
not the case for the Servant of God Pope Paul VI chose January 1 - Solemnity of Mary Mother of God - as the World Day for Peace, and this we are experiencing is the Forty-Day. In fact, the first reading - from the book of Numbers - is a prayer of "blessing" and asks the great gift of peace.
Peace, the text says, is the fullness of life based on right relationships and happy. It is invoked by the priests descendants of Aaron for the children of Israel with the words we have heard: "The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up you kindly and give you peace. " Through the image of the radiant face of God is given the basic condition for peace. The vital relationship with God, Creator and Redeemer, and to set the identity of his people. By the blessing of the community of believers is placed under the protection of God, the source and guarantee of peace ...
To download the complete text of click here .
0 comments:
Post a Comment