MESSAGE OF GOD'S LOVE

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HOLY SPIRIT AND YOU

Dear Child of God, I request you to lift your hearts to God and join me as I pray: Loving Father, pour out your abundant LOVE into the hearts of the reader and the hearers through the Holy Spirit, whom you have given as your gift to us. Dear Holy Spirit, fill them with divine wisdom to know and love you. In Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen.

POPE FRANCIS' MESSAGE

Pope Francis makes surprise visit to birthplace of the Nativity scene
Pope Francis made a surprise visit Monday to the Italian hill town of Greccio where, centuries earlier, St. Francis created the first nativity scene. The Jan. 4 visit to the town included a stop at the Sanctuary of the manger scene (“Santuario del presepe”), where the Pope met with members... More +


World Day of Peace Message From Pope Francis
God is not indifferent! God cares about mankind! God does not abandon us! At the beginning of the New Year, I would like to share not only this profound conviction but also my cordial good wishes for prosperity, peace and the fulfilment of the hopes of every man and every woman, every family, people... More +


Christmas Eve Mass: Pope Francis denounces ‘consumerist and hedonistic’ society
The Pontiff has celebrated the traditional Midnight Mass at St Peter's Basilica Pope Francis has called on the faithful to act “soberly” amid a society “intoxicated by consumerism and hedonism”. The Pontiff made his comments in his homily to more than 10,000 people gathered in St Peter’s Basilica for Mass... More +


Pope Francis’s Christmas message:
Pope Francis delivered his Urbi et Orbi message from St Peter's Basilica Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Christmas! Christ is born for us, let us rejoice in the day of our salvation! Let us open our hearts to receive the grace of this day, which is Christ himself. Jesus is the radiant “day” which has dawned... More +


Christ’s birth can bring peace, hope to suffering world, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christmas is a reminder that through the birth of Christ, hope and peace are possible and that only through his grace can humanity find peaceful solutions to the world’s most difficult problems, Pope Francis said. “Only God’s mercy can free humanity from the many forms of evil... More +


Year of Mercy - Pope's Message
Pope Francis presided over a penance service in St. Peter's Basilica on Friday afternoon, during which he announced an extraordinary Jubilee dedicated to Divine Mercy. Below, please find Vatican Radio's English translation of the Holy Father's homily, in which he made the announcement.. More +


Pope Sets Record Straight on Family Synod Remarks
Vatican City, Jul 13, 2015 / 09:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During a press briefing on the return flight from South America, Pope Francis clarified that his call for prayer ahead of the upcoming Synod on the Family referred to today's family crisis generally – not, as some media have sources... More +


Working Document for Synod of Family Published
The challenges, the vocation and the mission of the family are the key themes or guidelines contained in the Working Document (Instrumentum Laboris) for the upcoming Synod on the Family that was released on Tuesday (June 23rd). The Instrumentum Laboris contains... More +


Easter - Pope's Message
Love has triumphed over hatred, life has conquered death, light has dispelled the darkness! Out of love for us, Jesus Christ stripped himself of his divine glory, emptied himself, took on the form of a slave and humbled himself even to death, death on a cross. For this reason God exalted.. More +


No controversy here – Pope sets record straight on family synod remarks
Vatican City, Jul 13, 2015 / 09:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During a press briefing on the return flight from South America, Pope Francis clarified that his call for prayer ahead of the upcoming Synod on the Family referred to today's family crisis generally – not, as some media have sources speculated... More +


Working document for Synod of Family published
(Vatican Radio) The challenges, the vocation and the mission of the family are the key themes or guidelines contained in the Working Document (Instrumentum Laboris) for the upcoming Synod on the Family that was released on Tuesday (June 23rd). The Instrumentum Laboris contains the full text of the Final... More +


Encyclical 'Laudato Si': on the Care of our Common Home'
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis’ first encyclical is focused on the idea of ‘integral ecology’, connecting care of the natural world with justice for the poorest and most vulnerable people. Only by radically reshaping our relationships with God, with our neighbours and with the natural world, he says... More +


GOOD NEWS FOR ROME AND THE WORLD
VATICAN CITY – Here is the official Vatican English-language translation of Pope Francis' 'Urbi et Orbi' Christmas Day message, which he delivered in Italian from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday: Dear Brothers and Sisters, Happy Christmas! Jesus, the Son of God, the Savior... More +


EASTER URBI ET ORBI MESSAGE
Love has triumphed over hatred, life has conquered death, light has dispelled the darkness! Out of love for us, Jesus Christ stripped himself of his divine glory, emptied himself, took on the form of a slave and humbled himself even to death, death on a cross. For this reason God exalted... More +


Reflection - Easter and Divine Mercy
Mercy in the midst of tragedy: The news is filled with illustrations of mercy—or the need for mercy—in our world. One of the most moving stories came to us on October 6, 2006, when an armed man entered an Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania... More +




"Let there be one body and one spirit, for God, in calling you,gave the same spirit to all.One Lord, one faith, one baptism."(Ephesians 4:4-5)


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