A Message from St. Augustine
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Sunday Within the Octave of Christmas — A Message From Pope Benedict XVI
Presentation of Jesus in the Temple,Vittore Carpaccio, 1510 Translation of the Gospel According to Luke (2:33-40) At that time Joseph and Mary, the mother of Jesus, were wondering at those things which were spoken concerning Him, And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His Mother: Behold this child is set for the fall and for the resurrection of many in Israel: and for a sign which shall be contradicted: and thine own soul a [...]
A Message on the Word’s Mission
Master of the Holy Kingship the Younger,The Nativity, Altarpiece of the Seven Joys,cir. 1480 FOR THIS PURPOSE, then, the incorporeal and incorruptible and immaterial Word of God entered our world. In one sense, indeed, He was not far from it before, for no part of creation had ever been without Him Who, while ever abiding in union with the Father, yet fills all things that are. But now He entered the world in a new [...]