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Michael McGrath

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The challenge of the Incarnation

The challenge of the Incarnation Sarah Broscombe As we enter the season of Advent, we begin to contemplate how we respond in our daily lives to God’s gift of himself to the world. How, why and what do we give? Sarah Broscombe offers a meditati...

An Advent Narrative

An Advent Narrative Dominic Robinson SJ “Our Advent hope is assured and joyful, because Christ longs to be one with us.” Dominic Robinson SJ offers a reflection on the season of Advent in light of Pope Benedict’s first Encyclical, Deus Car...

Has Europe lost its soul to the markets?

  Has Europe lost its soul to the markets? by Chief Rabbi Lord Sachs (Published in The Times, 12th December 2011)   The British Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks called for an alliance between Jews and Christians against the “aggressively secularising ...

Teacher of Conscience

One year ago in Birmingham Benedict XVI proclaimed blessed the English theologian John Henry Newman Today the word is used in various ways so that the defender of truth in our hearts, “the aboriginal Vicar of Christ”, has become a pretext for ...

Pope Benedict XVI's Address at the WYD11 Stations of the Cross

THE WAY OF THE CROSS ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Plaza de Cibeles, MadridFriday, 19 August 2011 Dear Young People,We have celebrated this Way of the Cross with fervour and devotion, following Christ along the path of his passion and death. T...

Pope Benedict XVI's Address to Young University Professors at WYD11

MEETING WITH YOUNG UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Basilica of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial Friday, 19 August 2011 Your Eminence, My Brother Bishops, Dear Augustinian Fathers, Dear Professors, Distinguished A...

Pope Benedict XVI's Address to the Youth at the WYD Vigil

PRAYER VIGIL WITH YOUNG PEOPLE HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Cuatro Vientos Air Base, Madrid Saturday, 20 August 2011 Dear Young Friends, I greet all of you, especially the young people who have asked me their questions, and I thank them for th...

Pope Benedict XVI's Homily at the World Youth Day 2011 Final Mass

Pope Benedict XVI's Homily at the World Youth Day 2011 Final Mass - Sunday 21 August 2011 Dear Young People,In this celebration of the Eucharist we have reached the high point of this World Youth Day. Seeing you here, gathered in such great numbers f...

Living the Sermon on the Mount

Familiar as the words of the Sermon of the Mount may be, the standards that it sets for Christian living continue to pose a radical challenge to followers of Christ. Fr Jack Mahoney concludes his study of the sermon, asking what value we might fin...

The Shape of the Sermon on the Mount

Fr Jack Mahoney looks again at the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew’s Gospel, describing how the structure of the sermon can help us to understand what Jesus wanted to tell his disciples. What are we to make of the new righteousness, which ‘exce...