This is moving. Jesus, washing the feet of his disciples. Peter didn’t understood it at all, he refused.

Pope Francis Homily for Chrism Mass LENT 2013 Dear Brothers and Sisters, This morning I have the joy of celebrating my first Chrism Mass as the Bishop of Rome. I greet all of you with affection, especially you, dear priests, who, like myself, today recall the day of...

Palm Sunday Homily of Pope Francis 2013 Saint Peter’s Square Sunday, 24 March 2013 CELEBRATION OF PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF OUR LORD 1. Jesus enters Jerusalem. The crowd of disciples accompanies him in festive mood, their garments are stretched out before him,...

Homily of His Holiness Benedict XVI at Easter Vigil LENT 2012 St. Peter’s Basilica, April 7, 2012 DEAR Brothers and Sisters, Easter is the feast of the new creation.  Jesus is risen and dies no more.  He has opened the door to a new life, one that no longer knows...

Holy Thursday is not only the day of the institution of the Most Holy Eucharist, whose splendor bathes all else and in some ways draws it to itself.

A priest never belongs to himself LENT 2012 Homily of Pope Benedict XVI at the Holy Christ Mass held at the Vatican on April 5, 2012 DEAR Brothers and Sisters, At this Holy Mass our thoughts go back to that moment when, through prayer and the laying on of hands, the...

Homily of Pope Benedict XVI on Palm Sunday 2012 LENT 2012 April 1, 2012 |  27th World Youth Day DEAR Brothers and Sisters, Palm Sunday is the great doorway leading into Holy Week, the week when the Lord Jesus makes his way towards the culmination of his earthly...