Tag: christianity
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Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2025
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISFOR LENT 2025 6 February 2025 Let us journey together in hope Dear brothers and sisters, We begin our annual pilgrimage of Lent in faith and hope with the penitential rite of the imposition of ashes. The Church, our mother and teacher, invites us to open our hearts to God’s…
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Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the XXXIII World Day of the Sick
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISXXXIII WORLD DAY OF THE SICK 11 February 2025 “Hope does not disappoint” (Rom 5:5),but strengthens us in times of trial Dear brothers and sisters, We are celebrating the 33rd World Day of the Sick in the Jubilee Year 2025, in which the Church invites us to become “pilgrims of hope”.…
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Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the LVIII World Day of Peace 1st January 2025
MESSAGEOF HIS HOLINESS POPEFRANCISFOR THE LVIIIWORLD DAY OF PEACE1st JANUARY 2025 Forgive us our trespasses: grant us your peace I. Listening to the plea of an endangered humanity 1. At the dawn of this New Year given to us by our heavenly Father, a year of Jubilee in the spirit of hope, I offer heartfelt good wishes…
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ENCYCLICAL LETTER DILEXIT NOS OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON THE HUMAN AND DIVINE LOVE OF THE HEART OF JESUS CHRIST
“HE LOVED US”, Saint Paul says of Christ (cf. Rom 8:37), in order to make us realize thatnothing can ever “separate us” from that love (Rom 8:39). Paul could say this with certaintybecause Jesus himself had told his disciples, “I have loved you” (Jn 15:9, 12). Even now, the Lordsays to us, “I have called…
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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE EIGHTH WORLD DAY OF THE POOR
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISFOR THE EIGHTH WORLD DAY OF THE POOR Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time17 November 2024 The prayer of the poor rises up to God (cf. Sir 21:5) Dear brothers and sisters, 1. The prayer of the poor rises up to God (cf. Sir 21:5). In this year dedicated to prayer in anticipation of the…
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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE IV WORLD DAY FOR GRANDPARENTS AND THE ELDERLY
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISFOR THE IV WORLD DAY FOR GRANDPARENTS AND THE ELDERLY 28 July 2024 “Do not cast me off in my old age” (cf. Ps 71:9) Dear brothers and sisters, God never abandons his children, never. Even when our age advances and our powers decline, when our hair grows white and our role in…
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Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 61st World Day of Prayer for Vocations
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISFOR THE 61st WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS [21 April 2024] _________________________________ Called to sow seeds of hope and to build peace Dear brothers and sisters! Each year, the World Day of Prayer for Vocations invites us to reflect on the precious gift of the Lord’s call to each…
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Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for World Mission Day 2024
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCISFOR WORLD MISSION DAY 2024 Go and invite everyone to the banquet (cf. Mt 22:9) Dear brothers and sisters! The theme I have chosen for this year’s World Mission Day is taken from the Gospel parable of the wedding banquet (cf. Mt 22:1-14). After the guests refused his invitation, the king, the main character…
The Parish of St Teresa of Ávila, Glen Road, Belfast 