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)
It is only too true that religion, for many, has dissolved into an emotion no longer based on anything real, because the faith that once fed this feeling has disintegrated. Yet, in a certain respect, even more destructive may be the attitude of those who consider themselves believers but confine their religion equally to...
Throughout the liturgy of the Christmas Vigil there resounds the song of Psalm 24 that celebrates Yahweh as the returning King: ”Lift up, O gates, your lintels; be raised, you everlasting portals; for the King of glory wishes to enter” (Ps 24:7; offertory antiphon). Originally this song was probably chanted in the Temple of...
Love relates to the other person as he or she really is, weaknesses included. But true love, in contrast with the brief infatuation of the moment, has to do with truth and thus relates to the truth of the other person, a truth that may well be undeveloped, concealed, or disfigured. Of course, love...
