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Christmas Novena

November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Prayer to Obtain Favors
(here mention your request)

Hail and blessed be the hour
And moment in which the Son of God
Was born of the most pure Virgin Mary,
At midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold.
In that hour vouchsafe, O my God,
To hear my prayer and grant my desires,
Through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ,
And of His Blessed […]

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The Prayer of the Night

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My friend you will come to know God through our prayer of the night.
At the vigils we keep for our church and world you will be drawn in to Gods presence.
Each night we silently climb our mountain to stand alone before God.
We offer incense and pray psalms to the one who has called us.

That trials […]

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Stay Awake!

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Gospel Commentary for 1st Sunday of Advent
By Father Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap
The first year of the three year liturgical cycle, year A, begins Sunday. Matthew’s Gospel accompanies us through this year.
This Gospel is characterized by its ample reporting of Jesus’ teachings — the famous sermons, such as the Sermon on the Mount — and its […]

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Encyclical Letter “Spe salvi”

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SPE SALVI
OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF
BENEDICT XVI
TO THE BISHOPS
PRIESTS AND DEACONS
MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS
AND ALL THE LAY FAITHFUL
ON CHRISTIAN HOPE  

Introduction
1. “SPE SALVI facti sumus”—in hope we were saved, says Saint Paul to the Romans, and likewise to us (Rom 8:24). According to the Christian faith, “redemption”—salvation—is not simply a given. Redemption is offered to us in […]

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Pope: Christ Wills Catholic-Orthodox Unity

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Sends Letter to Istanbul Patriarch on Feast of St. Andrew
Benedict XVI expressed in a letter to Patriarch Bartholomew I of Istanbul his wish that Catholic-Orthodox dialogue continues to progress toward the union that Christ himself desired.
A Vatican delegation, led by Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, delivered the letter […]

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Benedict XVI’s Letter to Bartholomew I

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Here is the message Benedict XVI sent to Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople on the occasion of the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, patron of the ecumenical patriarchate. Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, delivered the letter to the patriarch today.
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To His Holiness Bartholomaios I
Archbishop […]

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Saint Andrew

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Andrew, like his brother, Simon Peter, was a fisherman. He became a disciple of the great St. John the Baptist. However, when John pointed to Jesus and said, “Behold the Lamb of God,” Andrew understood that Jesus was greater. At once he left John to follow the Divine Master. Jesus knew that Andrew was walking behind […]

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Spe Salvi

November 30, 2007 | 3 Comments

LETTERA ENCICLICA
SPE SALVI
DEL SOMMO PONTEFICE
BENEDETTO XVI
AI VESCOVI
AI PRESBITERI E AI DIACONI
ALLE PERSONE CONSACRATE
E A TUTTI I FEDELI LAICI
SULLA SPERANZA CRISTIANA

 
Introduzione
1. « SPE SALVI  facti sumus » – nella speranza siamo stati salvati, dice san Paolo ai Romani e anche a noi (Rm 8,24). La « redenzione », la salvezza, secondo la fede cristiana, non è […]