A collection of the homilies from the Pope’s morning masses.
CNS photo/Vatican Media Trusting in the Word of God allows us to overcome idolatry, pride, and excessive self-confidence. In his homily on Monday during Mass at the Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis said that being a “good Christian” means listening to what the Lord says about justice, charity, forgiveness, and mercy. In his homily [...]
CNS photo/Vatican Media The diseases of the soul need to be healed and the medicine is to ask for forgiveness. Basing himself on the miracle of the healing of the paralytic by Jesus, Pope Francis made this point in his homily at Mass at the Casa Santa Marta. January 17, 2020 Pope Francis delivered [...]
CNS photo/Vatican Media During the homily at Mass Thursday morning at the Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis says that Jesus is close to us, “His compassion will take upon itself our problems, our sins, our interior diseases”. January 16, 2020 The day’s Gospel tells how a leper approached Jesus, saying “Lord, if you will, [...]
CNS photo/Vatican Media Pope Francis speaks about the harm done by “incoherent” Christians and “schizophrenic” pastors who do not bear witness and thus distance themselves from the Lord's way of doing things, from His authentic “authority”. He made the point in his homily at Mass, Friday morning, at the Casa Santa Marta. January [...]
CNS photo/Vatican Media On the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the Sistine Chapel, and baptizes 32 children. January 12, 2020 Following a long-standing tradition, Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday. The feast commemorates Jesus’ [...]
CNS photo/Vatican Media Pope Francis celebrates Mass at the Casa Santa Marta and reflects on how love is expressed through concrete actions. January 10, 2020 Pope Francis reflected on the liturgical reading of the day, taken from the First Letter of St. John the Apostle, which focusses on the topic of love. The [...]
CNS photo/Vatican Media Celebrating Mass on Thursday, Pope Francis points the way to peace saying, one must “remain in the Lord” by loving in “little things”. Peace in the world, he says, begins with peace in the heart. January 9, 2020 According to Pope Francis, we cannot “be Christians” if we are “sowers of [...]
CNS photo/Vatican Media Pope Francis resumes the morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta and recalls, that the Holy Spirit "is the guarantee that God remains in us", and that we do not lend faith to the spirit of the world, which makes us unconscious, to the point of not distinguishing good from [...]
CNS photo/Paul Haring Pope Francis presides over Holy Mass in St Peter’s Basilica on the first day of the year, celebrating the Feast of Mary, Mother of God, and marking the 53rd World Day of Peace. January 1, 2020 Pope Francis’ first homily of the year was dedicated to the figure of Mary, on [...]
CNS photo/Vatican Media Celebrating Mass at the Casa Santa Marta chapel in the Vatican, Thursday morning, Pope Francis reflected on God’s gratuitousness, saying the desert will bloom like the barren mothers of Samson and John the Baptist. Evoking the prophecy of Isaiah, the Pope dwelt on the blooming of the desert, reminding Christians that [...]
