We proclaim your death: Pope’s preacher on Good Friday (full text)
"God knows how proud we are and has come to our help by emptying himself in front of us"
Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa
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Pope’s preacher on how the Spirit is with us, and courage
When we say of Jesus that he is “spiritually” present, this spiritual presence is not a less strong form than the physical one, but infinitely more real and effective.
Pope’s preacher looks at “sense of the sacred” for 4th week of Lent
Cardinal Cantalamessa address considerations on the liturgy and the worship of the Church
Pope’s preacher considers the “bass note” needed in every talk of God
We need theology!
Pope’s preacher considers the personal relationship with Christ
St. Peter gives the essential on evangelization, namely its content – the Gospel – and its method – in the Holy Spirit.
Pope’s preacher looks at Holy Spirit’s directions
The intent of the five Lenten sermons that we begin today, very simply, is precisely this: to encourage us to put the Holy Spirit at the heart of the whole life of the Church, and, in particular, at this moment, at the heart of the synodal works.
Pope’s preacher brings Advent to the ‘innermost door of castle’
Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa haș given his third Advent homily, now on the theme of charity.
Most useful thing for hope? Proclaim it!, says preacher to the pope
Cardinal Cantalamessa's 2nd Advent sermon of 2022 takes up the "little sister" of the theological virtues.
Preacher to the pope starts Advent with “faith that gives new life”
Cardinal Cantalamessa's 1st Advent homily takes up faith, science, salvation in Christ ... (full text)
Papal preacher: What does the washing of the feet mean?
Service is not a virtue but it springs from virtue, especially from charity.
Pope’s preacher on the Real Presence
Cardinal Cantalamessa's fourth Lent 2022 homily discusses how the presence of Christ is revealed through the Eucharist.
Pope’s preacher on communing with Christ
Cardinal Cantalamessa's third Lent 2022 homily offers a reflection on our union with Jesus and with each other.
Pope’s preacher on our own “take and eat”
Cardinal Cantalamessa reflects on the central part of the Mass in this 2nd Lenten homily.
Rediscovering Eucharistic wonder: 1st Lent sermon from Pope’s preacher
Cardinal Cantalamessa offered his first reflection of Lent 2022 to the Pope and Curia.
Pope’s official preacher: On becoming a mother of Christ
Cardinal Cantalamessa's 3rd Advent sermon: "In the entire universe, Mary is the only person who can address Jesus in the same way that the heavenly Father does: 'You are my son, I have begotten you.'"
Cardinal Cantalamessa’s 1st Advent 2021 homily
Preacher of the Pope's household: I am suggesting that we look at the Church from the inside, in the deepest meaning of the word
Cardinal Cantalamessa’s 4th Lent 2021 homily: Encountering Christ, living person
"What is Jesus for me? Is he a person or a character? There is a big difference between the two."
Cardinal Cantalamessa’s 3rd Lent 2021 homily: Reawakening dogma
The divinity of Christ is the highest peak, the ‘Everest,’ of faith.
Cardinal Cantalamessa’s 2nd Lent 2021 homily: An ‘extreme close-up’ of Jesus
The New Testament is interested not so much in claiming that Jesus is a ‘true’ man, as in his being a ‘new’ man.
Cardinal Cantalamessa’s 1st Lent 2021 sermon: Repent and believe
3 Components of conversion as seen in the three references of the New Testament.