A kind of breviary of reflections for each day of the year from the Pope’s various writings. Taken from the book, Co-Workers Of The Truth (Ignatius)
What is a name really? And what is the point of speaking of a name of God? First, we can say that there is a fundamental difference between purpose of a concept and that of a name. The concept tries to perceive the nature of the thing as it is in itself. The name,...
O Lord, my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot in your hands (Ps 16:5) The background of this Psalm verse is the ancient image of the cup containing the lots for each man, and God holding these lots. Yet in this image two different conceptions about the meaning and challenge of...
The first Christmas carol of history, which determined for all times the inner harmony of Christmas, had no human origins – Saint Luke records it as the song of the angels who were the evangelists of the holy night: Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth among men, those with whom...
