From the Homily of Pope Francis on Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013, now 11 years ago. It was just 11 days after Francis' March 13, 2013, election... St. Peter's Basilica — March 24, 2013 Entry into Jerusalem by the Italian Baroque painter from Verona, Alessandro Turchi (1578- 1649). The painting is now in the Hermitage [...]
Let us not be weakened by the worldly spirit but live Christian life coherently, without giving in or compromising. On Tuesday, 17 November, Pope Francis offered this message during his homily during Mass at Santa Marta. Following the path by which “the Church” in these days “prepares us for the end of the liturgical year”, the [...]
“Everything is there in the ‘littleness’”. In the Mass at Santa Marta on Tuesday morning, 8 September, the Feast of the Nativity of Mary, Pope Francis focused on the manner of God, who acts in small ways but opens vast horizons for us. Referring to the text of the Collect recited moments before, which asked the [...]
During Mass at Santa Marta on Friday, 29 May, Pope Francis explained that there are “three lifestyles”. He drew from the passage from the Gospel according to Mark (11:11-25), which presents three attitudes linked to as many figures: those “of the fig tree”, the “businessmen in the temple” and “the man of faith”. Previously, during the [...]
In his homily at Casa Santa Marta this morning, Pope Francis called on the faithful to follow Christ's invitation to conversion. The Holy Father began by reflecting on the first reading from the prophet Isaiah in which he calls "the princes of Sodom" and the "people of Gomorrah" to turn from their evil ways. "Wash yourselves [...]
Feeling shame and blaming oneself, instead of assigning fault to others, judging and condemning them. This is the first step on the path of Christian life which leads us to ask the Lord for the gift of mercy. The Pope suggested this examination of conscience at Mass in the chapel of Casa Santa Marta on Monday [...]
“We offer this Mass for our 21 Coptic brothers, slaughtered for the sole reason that they were Christians”. These were Pope Francis' words during the Mass celebrated at Santa Marta on Tuesday, 17 February. “Let us pray for them, that the Lord welcome them as martyrs, for their families, for my brother Tawadros, who is suffering [...]
Pope Francis' Homily at Consistory where he elevated 19 prelates to the College of Cardinals.- Vatican City - February 23, 2014 "Jesus was walking ahead of them…" (Mk 10:32). At this moment too, Jesus is walking ahead of us. He is always before us. He goes ahead of us and leads the way… This is the source [...]
