This year, we prepare to cross the threshold of Lent with the penitential practice of the imposition of Ashes. In these forty days, the Church calls its children to live a period of penance in view of an increasingly vigorous conversion. This important time is precisely aimed at deep meditation on one’s own path […]
“Of you my heart has said, ‘Seek his face!’ Your face, Yahweh, I seek” (Ps 27, 8) Man has always searched to contemplate the face of God. Jesus told us that “to see Him is to see the Father” (Jn 14:9) and so, the contemplation of Christ’s face is the very contemplation of God. To […]
The feast of the Chair of Peter, already present in the Church since the 3rd century, and definitively set on February 22 by Pope John XXIII, recalls the authority that Jesus entrusted to Simon, the fisherman of Galilee, to accompany and guard, as his vicar, the people of God towards Salvation. Once again Rome, in […]
While meeting with pilgrims in today’s jubilee audience, Pope Francis dwells on the figure of the Magdalene. He emphasizes the deep link between mercy and hope, which is that transformative mercy of God that touches the Magdalene and leads her to follow Jesus. The encounter with the risen Lord opens to the prospect of hope, […]
11 February 2025 With great joy, today we celebrate the 24th anniversary of foundation of the Missionaries of Divine Revelation. Our hearts are filled with gratitude for all the blessings that the Lord has bestowed on us during these grace-filled years. Only a few years have passed and yet, with all the blessings the Lord […]
During this week’s General Audience, Pope Francis started his catechesis for the Jubilee which will take the theme, Jesus Christ our hope. Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! Today we will begin the cycle of catechesis that will continue throughout the Jubilee Year. The theme is “Jesus Christ our Hope”: for He is the aim […]
“A light for revelation to the Gentiles,” are the words that resound today in the Church which remembers the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple. The entrance procession, with lighted candles and the words of the Gospel, introduce the mystery of that Child who is the true light that illuminates […]
The Holy Door is the emblematic symbol of each Jubilee. Normally closed for a quarter of a century, it is finally opened on Christmas Eve to inaugurate the Year of Mercy. Like any sign, that of the door is full of meaning. Its roots go back to the Old Testament. Many important events took place […]
Pope Francis inrguated the Holy Year saying, “The time has come for a new Jubilee, when once more the Holy Door will be flung open to invite everyone to an intense experience of the love of God that awakens in hearts the sure hope of salvation in Christ.” (Spes non confundit, n. 6). Now […]
The wise men who went to Bethlehem to adore the Lord were the first “Pilgrims of Hope” in the New Testament! Let us follow their journey to Bethlehem to see how they can inspire us to live this Jubilee year with their sense of love and hope in the Lord. The Gospel of Matthew tells […]