Father Cantalamessa: We have a world to re-evangelize. The apostles "had a pre-Christian world to evangelize," "we, at least to some extent and in some quarters, have a post-Christian world to re-…More
Father Cantalamessa: We have a world to re-evangelize.
The apostles "had a pre-Christian world to evangelize," "we, at least to some extent and in some quarters, have a post-Christian world to re-evangelize". We need to "bring to light the proclamation of Christ, who died for our sins and rose again for our justification." With this reflection the preacher of the Papal Household, Father Raniero Cantalamessa , opened the Advent sermons on the theme: "A year of favor from the Lord." In the presence of the Pope, in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel, Father Cantalamessa spoke of the great ecclesial events underway - the Year of Faith, the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, the twentieth anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Cathol ...
The apostles "had a pre-Christian world to evangelize," "we, at least to some extent and in some quarters, have a post-Christian world to re-evangelize". We need to "bring to light the proclamation of Christ, who died for our sins and rose again for our justification." With this reflection the preacher of the Papal Household, Father Raniero Cantalamessa , opened the Advent sermons on the theme: "A year of favor from the Lord." In the presence of the Pope, in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel, Father Cantalamessa spoke of the great ecclesial events underway - the Year of Faith, the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, the twentieth anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Cathol ...