Archive for August 2022
Love for the gift of life
“Honour your father and your mother”: love for the gift of life Catechesis on Old Age #6 – Original post here by Pope Francis Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! Today, with the help of the Word of God that we have heard, we open a passage through the fragility of old age, marked in…
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Catechesis on Old Age #5 – Original post here by Pope Francis Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! In our series of catecheses on the theme of old age, today we will look at the tender picture painted by the evangelist Saint Luke, who depicts two elderly figures, Simeon and Anna. Their reason for living,…
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Catechesis on Old Age #4 – Original post here by Pope Francis Dear brothers and sisters, good day! In the Bible, the account of the death of the elderly Moses is preceded by his spiritual testament, called the “Canticle of Moses”. This Song is first and foremost a beautiful confession of faith, and it goes…
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Catechesis on Old Age #3 – Original post here by Pope Francis Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! The Bible narrative — with the symbolic language of the time in which it was written — tells us something shocking. God was so embittered by the widespread wickedness of humans, which had become a normal …
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